Strategy Director
We Are Social
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Los Angeles • California • United States
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About the role
- Oversee social media strategy development by leading the development of innovative and effective social media strategies for our clients
- Quickly and effectively get up to speed on new categories and clients with little context and time
- Navigate conversations around processes and scopes in a clear and productive manner
- Challenge client-asks for the sake of better output in a respectful way
- Manage and mentor junior team members, by leading, inspiring and developing a team of social media strategists
- Collaborate cross-functionally by working closely with creative, account management, and data teams to deliver outstanding results for clients
- Proactively identify strategic POVs to share with the department, and/or the agency
- Service multiple clients while overseeing more junior team members day-to-day work
- Independently craft a variety of strategy deliverables from overarching brand and campaign strategy to more tactical plans such as comms framework and content briefs
- Consistently write compelling creative briefs that translates the client’s ask into actionable guidance and provides a provocative point of view to help steer creative ideation
- Identify and execute thought leadership opportunities for We Are Social
- Command the room and sell in work whether internally or externally
- Develop strategic frameworks and artifacts to guide new ways of thinking and set a new standard
- Enter a workstream with little knowledge and problem-solve immediately
- Work with other leads to address client needs and problem-solve complex, non-defined account issues
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in a strategic planning capacity, strong preference for creative agency experience
- Well versed in seeing and shaping ideas, ensuring creative is elevated beyond a collection of tactics
- Passion for wider communications/marketing trends and culture as a whole
- Well versed in in the power of social media
- Leads by example, but empowers their team to express themselves through their work
Benefits
- We like to laugh, we live for celeb gossip and we’re great on AUX
- Our passport program lets you explore and work from one of our 18 other offices worldwide, including Paris, Singapore, Madrid, Dubai, London and more
- You best believe we know how to celebrate our wins. And our losses (it’s how we learn)
- From carbon offsets to community kitchens, we’re passionate about making a difference.
- Did we say snacks? Because we have great snacks (Shoutout to Sheila who keeps the kitchen stocked)
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Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingcommunicationcreativityclient managementteam inspirationthought leadership