Strategy Director

About the Role

A prominent creative agency is seeking an experienced Strategy Director to lead strategic direction for a portfolio of key clients, driving ambitious and impactful work. This senior leadership position involves uncovering opportunities that inspire innovative creative ideas while advancing client organizations.

Key Responsibilities

• Steer strategic direction for major client accounts by translating intricate challenges into motivating creative opportunities.
• Synthesize research data and complexities into clear human insights, focused propositions, and effective creative briefs.
• Create compelling strategic narratives and presentations that foster confidence, align teams, and inspire ambitious projects.
• Identify potential areas for growth, innovation, and organizational transformation beyond immediate briefs.
• Introduce fresh viewpoints, question assumptions, and encourage ambitious thinking among clients and colleagues.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams including creative, client leadership, production, and digital specialists.
• Lead strategic initiatives for new business pitches and organic growth prospects.
• Contribute to shaping the agency's market positioning and showcasing its capabilities.
• Develop new strategic frameworks, tools, and advisory services to add value for clients.
• Design balanced research methodologies that combine rigor and pragmatism to derive creative insights.
• Build trusted partnerships with senior client stakeholders and act as a valued advisor on business, brand, and organizational challenges.
• Enhance the agency’s strategic culture through idea sharing, mentoring, and raising the standard of strategic work.

Candidate Profile

• Extensive experience leading strategy on complex, high-profile accounts.
• Comfort and skill moving between brand, customer, digital, and business strategy domains.
• Strong grasp of how insights and strategy drive distinctive creative outputs.
• Ability to simplify complexity and communicate ideas clearly and powerfully.
• Confident in presenting to and advising senior client stakeholders.
• A collaborative mindset with enthusiasm for cross-disciplinary cooperation.
• The capacity to challenge constructively and advocate for innovative, ambitious solutions.
• Entrepreneurial approach with a history of spotting value-creation opportunities.
• Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities, dedicated to advancing team strategic thinking quality.
• Deep belief in creativity as a critical commercial asset and a drive to build an agency recognized for exceptional work and client growth.