Director, Strategy

Job Description
How you’ll strengthen the team:
Our team is looking for someone who demonstrates a strong work ethic, exceptional analytical skills, and a knack for converting insights into creative, actionable recommendations for our clients. Beyond that, here’s how you’ll make your mark:
Developing strong client relationships as a key strategic and business partner
Guiding the strategic direction with internal and external teams in relation to our clients’ brand development and marketing approach
Gain a deep, holistic and evolving understanding of our client’s business objectives, challenges, threats and opportunities – including forward looking awareness of emerging competitive threats
Developing a nuanced understanding of our clients’ customers’ wants, needs, and behaviors across the full customer journey
Understanding and advocating for Heartbeat’s full suite of strategic offerings
Formulating strategic recommendations ranging from brand positioning, marketing strategy and digital engagement strategy, and being able to communicate them clearly and effectively
Developing POVs for our colleagues and clients around business-critical issues and trends
Developing inspiring creative and execution briefs
How you’ll grow with us:
Director, Strategy is where you’ll start, but we’re always planning for where you’ll go. Strategy Directors are all expected to hone skills that will help build on their careers. Those skills include:
Facilitating internal brainstorms and client workshops
Identifying and pursuing organic growth opportunities within existing clients
Partnering with clients on market research activities
Overseeing development of measurement plans and developing meaningful or noteworthy insights based on both qualitative and quantitative analysis
Contributing to the development of junior team members
Managing complex projects independently and successfully
Seamlessly collaborating with other departments, identifying opportunities for efficiencies in working relationships and cross-departmental processes and hand-offs (e.g. Creative, Client Services, Media, Production, and Technology)