Director, Shopper Strategy

Company description

Saatchi & Saatchi X partners with our clients to create dynamic solutions rooted in shopper know-how. We are a different kind of creator. We elevate the expected, and embrace the new, the next, and the complex. Our ideas deliver real results for our clients to drive their business and help them evolve. It’s simply what happens when strategy, creative, and execution fearlessly collaborate to create the future.

We partner with our clients to provide marketing programs focused on driving results. Our approach isn’t actual rocket science, but there’s a reason no other agency can execute ideas like we do.

Talent is at the heart of everything we do.

We’ve put together a team of talented and passionate individuals from around the globe.

Check out our work at saatchix.com

Overview

A Strategy Director, is a seasoned leader within their business' cross-functional agency team, delivering insightful strategic thinking that drives the work. They manage one or more junior strategy team members and are recognized as an expert in shopper and retail strategy.

This is a hybrid role, requiring three days in-office each week. If you are contacted for an interview, your recruiter will discuss specifics with you, inclusive of any necessary reasonable accommodations.

Responsibilities

• Agency-wide strategic leadership across multiple accounts, serving as a critical business partner
• Delivers thought leadership and proactive solutions to clients and internal teams
• Drives best-in-class insight, data-informed strategy, and innovative thinking
• Build client relationships, identifying new ways to broaden offering, and grow existing relationships
• Conceptualizes, sells, designs, leads, analyzes, and presents qualitative and quantitative research studies
• Participates in new business pitches
• Works collaboratively with senior management, agency partners and peers to successfully contribute to the success of the agency

Qualifications

• 10-12 years work experience in marketing, advertising, promotions, media, or digital. CPG and/or retail experience a plus.
• Knowledge of secondary research data sources; ability to navigate and extract baseline insights
• Working understanding of omnichannel marketing tactics
• Strong writing skills
• Creates aesthetically pleasing, impactful presentations
• Enthusiastic brainstorm and/or workshop facilitator
• Quickly able to master the agency’s processes and products
• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word
• Proficiency in strategically planning campaigns to align with clients' strategic goals and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Expertise across various media types, including national, local, digital, direct, programmatic, and shopper marketing
• Ability to anticipate and quickly assess continually changing client needs and adapt resources and strategies accordingly
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, organizational, interpersonal, and analytical skills
• Experience with people coaching and/or management

Additional information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

-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 to help you invest in your future and work/life balance

-Tuition Assistance

-Paid time off that includes 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

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Saatchi & Saatchi X is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $127,585 - $165,870 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, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/16/2025.

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