Group Strategy Director

We're a team of makers and dreamers, turning strategic ideas into flawless retail executions. We collaborate closely with our clients to elevate the expected and embrace the new, the next, and the complex. If you can shop it, we can do it.

About the role

A Group Strategy Director serves as a part of the agency Extended Leadership Team, responsible for overseeing multiple accounts as well as contributing strategic vision and thought leadership that drives growth for their accounts. They are accountable for continuously raising the bar on the quality of our strategic deliverables. This is a hybrid role, requiring four days in-office each week.

Responsibilities

• Influential agency-wide strategic leadership, delivering valuable thought leadership to multiple clients and internal teams
• Drives best-in-class insight, data-informed strategy, and innovative thinking
• Acts as a catalyst to spark curiosity and innovation within the Strategy team and across all lines of business in the client portfolio
• Builds client relationships, identifying new ways to broaden offering, and grow existing relationships and revenue
• Participates in new business pitches
• Works collaboratively with senior management, agency partners and peers to successfully contribute to the success of the agency

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required
• 10+ years work experience as a leader in marketing, advertising, promotions, media, or digital
• CPG and/or retail experience required
• Knowledge of secondary research data sources; ability to navigate and extract baseline insights
• Creates aesthetically-pleasing, impactful presentations
• Experienced brainstorm and/or workshop facilitator
• Quickly able to master the agency’s processes and products
• Demonstrated excellence in strategically planning campaigns to align with clients' strategic goals and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Ability to anticipate and quickly assess continually changing client needs and adapt resources and strategies accordingly
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, organizational, interpersonal, and analytical skills
• Strong leadership skills to motivate and guide the team towards achieving results

Benefits

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy, and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off including Flexible Time off, Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
• Medical and voluntary benefits for eligible U.S.-based employees, freelancers, and temporary employees, including:
  • Supplemental medical insurance
  • Transportation and parking benefits
  • Legal benefits
  • Pet insurance
  • Auto and home insurance
• Eligibility for medical and voluntary benefits after 90 consecutive calendar days of active employment

Pay

Compensation Range: USD $129,485.00 - USD $168,340.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position.

The Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off for regular roles. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan and 401(k) plan after meeting eligibility criteria.