Strategy Director

Landor is looking for a Strategy Director to join our Dubai studio. Could this be you?  

We are Landor. 

World-leading brand specialists. 

Consulting. Design. Experience. 
​ 
Connecting business strategy to brand.​ 

Bringing every facet of brand to life.​ 

Creating brand-led experiences for talent & customers.​​ 

United in our drive to make a positive difference.​ 

Proudly part of WPP.​ 

We build brands, designed to transform.​ 

Our Landor Group also includes leaders in sonic branding amp,  

workspace & architectural design experts BDG 

and award-winning motion specialists ManvsMachine.​ 

What you’ll do 

The Strategy Director plays a key leadership role in driving the success our clients. They develop long-term

relationships and become the go-to advisor for executive-level clients. They are part strategic advisor, part

client developer, and part team builder, inspiring and leading teams to solve our clients’ toughest brand and

business challenges.

To succeed in this critical role you will need to demonstrate

• A trusted advisor for executive-level clients

• Leads the team to develop and deliver high-quality work

• Leads multidisciplinary teams to understand client needs, articulate the story, develop recommendations,

and provide solutions to create brand led client solutions

• Pushes themselves and their team to be at the forefront of AI use to maximize knowledge, inspiration

and efficiencies

• Actively grows existing client relationships and develops new relationships

• Is a strategic lead on pitch presentations and opportunities

• Develop proposals, pitch materials, and leads new business pitches

• Elevates and broaden the perception of our capabilities and broader offer

• Leads development of articles/POVs, products, methodologies, and processes

• Supports key internal processes such as training, recruiting, marketing, and coaching

• Contributes at all levels of creative generation

• Champions best-in-class project and financial management for all projects, engagements, and growth

opportunities

• Champions collaboration, working closely with the creative lead, client lead and brand

performance lead, as well as any required expertise or specialist

• Champions, embraces, utilizes, and coaches the team on how best to use strategy tools to solve clients’

business challenges

• Facilitates and ensures a share-of-voice for wider team members across multiple disciplines, promoting

communication and collaboration

What you’ll need 

 Strong track record of delivering multi-scale, multi-year client successes

• Strong experience in designing, conducting, and analysing secondary and/or primary research

• Experience in pitching and winning businesses

• Passionate about being culturally connected and on the leading edge of brands, marketing, design and

innovation

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion 

We believe diversity brings creativity, which is at the heart of everything we do. We are actively engaging in creating an environment free of discrimination.  

Landor is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, colour, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or marital status. 

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