Director, Strategy

2 Months ago • 6 Years + • $120,000 PA - $160,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

This role, reporting to a VP of Strategy, focuses on building the agency’s strategy presence in Los Angeles and delivering for a brand client with an extensive partnership portfolio across sports and entertainment. Responsibilities include leading all aspects of the strategy process from research and analysis to insight and strategy development, providing strategic counsel, developing communications plans, presenting briefs, serving as a thought leader, partnering with internal teams, and assisting in new business opportunities. The position requires a candidate with at least six years of agency-based strategy experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a complex organization.
Must have:
  • 6+ years of agency-based strategy experience.
  • Portfolio of breakthrough strategies and results.
  • Partnership Marketing experience required.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Job Details

Who We Are:

160over90 is an award-winning global marketing agency which forges stronger human connections and creates shared moments where people feel something real. With 800 thinkers, doers, and makers across every cultural corner of the world, the agency offers a full-service, channel-agnostic approach and a deep connection to the people, places, and properties that drive the conversation of tomorrow. 160over90 works with leading brands including AB InBev, Amazon, Coca-Cola, DP World, Macy’s, Marriott International, McDonald’s, Verizon and Visa. 160over90 is part of WME Group, a global representation business comprising the world’s leading talent, intellectual property and brands.

How We Strategize: 

 

A laugh. A tear. A heart skipping a beat. A human reaction to something completely unexpected. This is what drives us.  It’s also the inspiration for our name btw (an elevated blood pressure, since you ask).  

 

As a growing strategy team within the global powerhouse of 160over90,  we take the mantle of digging deep into the cultural currents of what people most care about today and tomorrow; attaching a brand to the right and relevant insights…and guiding the way ideas come to life across every/any part the marketing spectrum.  

 

Is your heart beating faster yet? 

 

Who You Are:  

First and foremost, you’re serially curious; about brands, about people and the world around usHow all of it is changing and evolving. You’re plugged into culture; Interested and inspired by the now and next. Simply put, you love to ask (and understand) why.  

You appreciate the value of others. Because we ask our leaders to inspire creative teams and nurture teams of strategists. To power the collective that gets us to bigger and better; that gets us to wow.  When in doubt, you do. Because you value courage over comfort. You always give a damn. About the client, the agency, the people and the work. 

Success in this role requires the intellectual curiosity to stay at the forefront of cultural and category dynamics, the emotional intelligence to question and understand consumer behaviour and the collaborative spirit to work closely with internal creative, account, and project management teams. It also requires a certain confidence, gravitas and way with words (written and spoken) that means clients, listen. 

Intrigued? 

Responsibilities: 

This role has senior strategy responsibility reporting into a VP of Strategy building our agency’s strategy presence in Los Angeles, focused on delivering for a brand client with an extensive partnership portfolio across sports and entertainmentAs such responsibilities cover the following: 

  • Lead (as required) all aspects of the strategy process, from research and analysis (in collaboration with our analytics team) to insight and strategy developing, inclusive of key recommendations and creative briefs. 

  • Provide strategic counsel and client recommendations across assigned account; incl. proactive ideas. 

  • Development of comms plans, consumer journeys, and activation frameworks that guide creative execution across key partnership investments.  

  • Create and present briefs and strategic solutions to internal and external audiences. 

  • Serve as a thought leader on client and category dynamics, and emerging consumer and cultural trends. 

  • Partner with internal account and creative teams to ensure strategic alignment throughout projects. 

  • Assist (and potentially) lead new business opportunities as required. 

  • Support and enhance how the Strategy Department integrates with and services the agency; developing ways to improve our product, people, processes and performance to the benefit of the agency as a whole. 

Skills and Experience: 

Whether you’re a loud force of nature or a quiet powerhouse, we don’t care. But you must bring confidence and perspective to all you do. 

  • 6+ years of agency-based strategy experience at creative and/or specialist agencies (experiential/pr/digital, partnerships etc.) which may include a period brand-side! 

  • Portfolio of breakthrough strategies that cross categories and drive results. Experience as both a maker of great work and an instigator of it. Partnership Marketing experience required. 

  • Experienced with a variety of research tools and methodologies.  

  • Proven ability to translate research and data into meaningful inspiration for big ideas 

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop a clear, compelling POV that sells strategy (internally and externally). 

  • The soft skills of strategy: emotional intelligence, curiosity, empathy, and collaboration.  

  • Ability to thrive in a large complex (and atypical) organization, building stronger relationships and deeper connections within the Endeavor network. 

  • A track record for elevating the profile of strategy within an agency and/or client account. 

  • As for your qualifications, we care more about you and your work than your school. 

How we work: 

WME Group is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we prioritize an in-office working environment. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support. 
 
Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.  

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the range shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.


Hiring Range Minimum:

$120,000 annually

Hiring Range Maximum:

$160,000 annually

160/90 is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that encourages applications from qualified, eligible candidates from all backgrounds and life experiences regardless of race, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief.

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160over90 is an award-winning global marketing agency which forges stronger human connections and creates shared moments where people feel something real. With 800 thinkers, doers, and makers across every cultural corner of the world, the agency offers a full-service, channel-agnostic approach and a deep connection to the people, places, and properties that drive the conversation of tomorrow.

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