Strategy Director – Integrated Communications

Job Type: Permanent

HoursFull-time

EmployerAgency

LocationCentral London

Salary£75000 - £90000

BenefitsExcellent flexible

Posted24 March 2022

Closing Data25 April 2022

Job Ref20/1

DisciplinesBrand Consultancy

SectorsB2C, B2B, Corporate, Finance, Technology

Job FunctionsConsultant/strategist

This position is now filled

Strategy Director – Integrated Communications

An enticing opening at strategy director level with a lovely mix of work from brand shaping, strategy and positioning through to advertising, communications strategy, and campaign planning. The client mix is fascinating and varied and will suit someone with a good deal of integrated planning experience for a variety of international clients that extends well beyond FMCG.

This is a role for an integrated planning director who wants to and can comfortably extend their conceptual brand thinking, partnering clients on complex briefs that cover upstream and consultative brand work all the way through to crafting and delivering highly creative, hard-working and effective campaigns.

Our client especially favours candidates who exhibit a strong strategic mindset and love rolling their sleeves up to get things done.

Responsibilities
Shaping strategic thinking and decision making across your accounts

  • Developing brand strategies and propositions; creative briefs; client presentations; audience profiles; customer journeys; communications and channel strategies
  • Taking a big-picture view of your clients’ challenges; considering all factors that might affect their brand and communications strategy and developing strategic recommendations to drive our clients’ businesses forward
  • Developing and substantiating a strong point of view, presenting with authority, being able to take internal and external audiences on a journey
  • Preparing and facilitating client planning sessions and strategy workshops
  • Playing an active role in new business pitches and presentations

Skills And Experience


  • Proven experience building effective campaigns at an integrated agency
  • Demonstrable craft skills: writing briefs, developing insights, inspiring creative work, constructing arguments
  • Able to define the problem, collect information, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Can provide new ways to solve the problems identified and create opportunities for the development of great work.
  • Demonstrates a curious mind that looks for and learns from new information or experiences and an ability to think innovatively to develop creative solutions
  • Good collaborator; exemplary communication skills and an ability to quickly build rapport with client and agency teams

In return you will be joining an outstanding agency which offers exceptional career development opportunities, flexible working, and a range of excellent versatile benefits.

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