Who You Are
You LOVE strategy and uncovering kick-ass solutions that allow brands to show up in relevant and ingenious ways—ways that get them noticed and generate earned. Also, you give enough of a shit and are just crazy enough to try change the world with us.
If you need more of a job description than the above, keep reading on for the long-winded one....
Who We Are
We're MikeWorldWide, a full-service, integrated PR agency headquartered in NYC with sister offices across the country and London. We make work to care about and we're seeking a Sr. Strategy Director to help us do that.
Where You Come From
You come from a creative/digital comms agency, or relevant client-side position, and have 4-6+ years working as a Creative Strategist or Planner. You understand Earned Media and have experience generating ideas in the PR and Comms space that not only win the accolades of our clients, but also win awards.
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What You'll Do
You'll lead the formulation of program strategy, target market definition and concept ideation-working alongside MIkeWorldWide's creative, research and account leads in the development of Earned Media ideas which are defined via proposals, client strategies and incremental concept proposals and presentations.
This role drives the strategic planning process for new business proposals and key agency accounts by leveraging the monitoring, collection and reporting of vertical insights, and crafting strategies and ideas to help us remain valued strategic partners to our clients.
Acts as a strategic partner in challenging clients and agency teams with smart thinking and offering strategic guidance and client counsel by uncovering breakthrough customer insights and inspiring impactful cross-channel PR and Comms programs.
You'll drive the application of customer insight into the Earned Program development process and work with the Chief Creative Officer to integrate meaningful creative, ensuring that all work builds off a compelling insight in support of business strategy.
Specifically, you'll be:
• Helping to guide cross-disciplinary teams toward the best possible work through sound, clear direction and close partnership with your CCO
• Helping to synthesize the work of creative, strategy, social and digital teams.
• Establishing warm, confident client relationships and building trust with the client
• Working with your CD as well as your partner Accounts and Production counterparts to translate client feedback into clear action items with clear deadlines
• Providing creative leadership on existing business and new business pitches either solo or with ACD partners/CD support
• Managing and resolving creative conflict internally and with the client in partnership with your CD
What We'd Really Like to Have
• Demonstrated excellence in primary discipline (aka Strategy)
• Exhibited strengths in conceptual thinking paired with a willingness to improve in areas where you may have less experience (e.g.,PR, Corporate Comms)
• Experience in creating Earned campaigns across multiple channels
• Fluency across mediums; able to think and create in a medium-agnostic way
• Superior strategic judgment
• Excellent communication skills; must be comfortable representing the work to clients in all mediums and engaging with clients to a C-suite level
• Business acumen and a willingness to incorporate that knowledge into the work
• Phenomenal work ethic
• Empathy for your internal team, the client, and the client's consumers with the ability to inspire, motivate, cultivate, and clarify with comfort dealing with complex critical feedback in a way that allows you to maintain decorum and professionalism...maybe even crack a joke
What we can offer
• Competitive and generous compensation program including medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Unlimited paid time off and a comprehensive WFH policy
• Performance-based bonuses
• 12 weeks paid parental leave as a proud member of Pledge Parental Leave
• Commuter benefits
• Team and company outings and events
• Free beverages, snacks, coffee & beer on tap!
Check us out at MWW.com
We celebrate diversity in our employees and partners, and we're committed to building a safe and inclusive workplace environment where we all can, feel comfortable and thrive while we bring our best ideas to life. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we encourage future MWW family from traditionally underrepresented and underserved communities to apply.