Strategy Director at Maurice Xandra Solutions

Our client, a global marketing and cooperate communication firm is looking for a Strategy Director who will be an inspirational leader on brands, trusted as such internally and externally by clients and creatives for delivering strategic thinking that answers their business problems, and a champion of their organization’s creative excellence.

Job Summary:

The Strategy Director will manage multiple projects and clients to a very high degree of quality, lead client engagement, form and grow trusted relationships, create high-impact strategic content, and maintain client profitability.

KEY RESPONSIBLITIES

• Develop role as strategic client partner and advisor across ongoing brand initiatives
• Create and direct innovative and thoughtful strategic solutions to complex brand and communications challenges on behalf of our portfolio of clients
• Consult with clients on a range of strategic brand initiatives, including brand positioning, brand architecture, brand analytics, internal brand engagement and digital brand strategy
• Build upon a deepening knowledge of business, brand and clients to deliver strategies that continually evolve client brands
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams and partners to build and execute on strategic recommendations that will ultimately be brought to market across multiple channels
• Collaborate with creative teams to shape creative expression and execution
• Collaborate with project management to ensure that initiatives have appropriate resources for development, and are ultimately delivered on time and on budget
• Inspire and mentor junior strategy team members
• Any other duties that may be assigned

New Business Development

• Engage in broad-based branding discussions with clients to become trusted counselor, and in so doing identify further opportunities for mutually beneficial growth of BBDO and client relationship
• Follow up and manage the new business process on select leads generated by the firm’s marketing efforts, including conducting research and contributing strategy to presentations and proposals

PREFERRED QULAIFICATIONS

• Degree-qualified in management, social sciences or a business-related discipline; a relevant post-graduate degree will be an added advantage.
• 6-8 years of proven management experience in roles that demand coordination of multiple business entities
• Demonstrable success at a senior level in the marketing communications industry and thorough understanding of the market.
• Extensive client service experience working with both local and regional clients especially in building brand and communications strategy
• Strong relationship and interpersonal skills.