Director, S&P

Croud

Director in Strategy and Planning at Croud, creating strategies that connect insights to media activation. Collaborating with teams to enhance client business and deliver measurable results in a hybrid workspace.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $150,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provoke action into tangible solutions that act as the connective tissue to drive success for our clients & Croud.
Grow our client’s business by creating strategies that connect insights to media activation to measurement.
Expand the agency's playbook to deliver media plans that deliver measurable results.
Define a digital program's strategic vision, and carry that vision through real tactics across media channels.
Facilitate effective brainstorming and ideation sessions to spur growth, turning ideas into actionable programs and/or products.
Work with new business teams on Croud’s proposition and pitch storytelling and platform strategy for all cross-channel clients.
Identify and solve key marketing challenges, as well as internal collaboration with other teams at Croud to pull plans together.
Lead cross-channel media planning across 5-6 priority initiatives throughout the year.
Create compelling narratives that engage and persuade various audiences.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience of elevating over campaign planning and having to drive demonstrable results for c-suite executives.
Expected to be an expert across all media, including digital, social and traditional, demonstrating advanced knowledge in all areas.
Extensive experience of presenting to clients and ’selling-in’ ideas, and of working closely with senior stakeholders to understand their business objectives.
Great communication and presentation skills, with good attention to detail.
Experience managing a team.
Exposure to big budgets, complex organization structure with multiple stakeholders, overlapping planning processes with multiple competing priorities.
Hands-on experience of key digital marketing platforms is preferred. These include (but are not limited to) Google Analytics, Google Ads, Facebook Ads Manager, DV360.
Experience in CPG and/or Multi Brand Retail a bonus, but not a requirement.

Benefits

Comp & perks

20 days vacation a year with 12 public holidays observed
Early finish throughout the summer months
Enhanced paid parental leave
Healthy in-office meals and snacks
401(k) Savings Plan
Sales commission with pitch opportunities
Annual performance bonus
Pre-tax commuter benefits
Full paid medical Insurance for employee (including dental and vision)
Dependent contribution to medical, dental and vision coverage
Employer paid life insurance coverage
Monthly wellness membership stipend
Access to health guidance and wellness resources
Free Citi bike membership
Hybrid workspace support - home office setup is provided
Agile working policy
Regularly scheduled social events and quarterly team offsites

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Hard Skills & Tools

campaign planningmedia planningdigital marketingsocial media marketingtraditional mediastrategic visionmeasurementnarrative creationclient presentationteam management

Soft Skills

communicationpresentation skillsattention to detailcollaborationbrainstormingideationproblem-solvingstorytellingleadershipclient engagement