At BBDO we do big things. Come up with the biggest ideas. And here’s the thing about getting to big ideas:They require a broad perspective. The wider the perspective the bigger the idea. At West BBDO we are an unmatched collection of complementary forces. As the only agency rooted in LA, SF, and Texas we’re built of powerfully different traits and perspectives, born to push every idea to its biggest place.

STRATEGY DIRECTOR

As a Strategy Director you would help lead on a range of accounts, from food and packaged goods to telco, and biotech, and report directly to the Head of Strategy. You are a curious and open-minded leader responsible for working collaboratively with clients and cross-agency partners.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Champion Strategic Excellence: From crafting briefs and brand positions to forming POVs, and proactively facilitating conversations, you step up to own the strategic direction and ensure it aligns with client’s and agency’s vision.
• Simplify The Complexity: Be able to find and take in significant input across the business, category, culture, and consumer, and find the powerful intersections that can lead to bold brand positions and big creative ideas.
• Be A True Collaborator and a Great Teammate: Genuinely partner and collaborate with cross-functional teams, partner agencies, and client leadership to drive a unified, impactful direction that manifests across all types of assets and formats.
• Drive The Business Forward: Help manage metrics and measurement, ensuring we deliver exceptional results and act as a trusted client advisor who understands their business inside and out.
• Fuel Creative Brilliance: Create the ideal environment for groundbreaking, effective, and award-winning work to flourish.
• Inspire Through Insights: Elevate our creative output by blending data-driven research and insights with business acumen and cultural awareness.
• Pride In The Details: Execute with a high degree of precision, caring for nuance and detail and delivering outputs that are presented accurately and beautifully.
• Live Our Values: Champion an inclusive and inspiring environment that embodies the core values of BBDO.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• 5-7+ years professional agency experience in a strategic role
• Deep familiarity with strategic frameworks like positions, messaging hierarchies, competitive analyses, segmentations, comms frameworks, and market-sizing initiatives.
• Ability to successfully communicate with team members, including managing and mentoring where appropriate
• Strong knowledge of research and data, including a deep understanding of methodology, and the ability to use both to impact strategies and creativity
• An openness and understanding of new forms of innovations (e.g. AI, machine learning, (IoT), etc.)
• A passion for storytelling and the ability to do it very well
• Excited by business transformation beyond advertising and demonstrates high level of industry engagement
• Ability to problem-solve many challenges simultaneously, quickly, calmly and efficiently
• Proactively tracks trends in business and marketplace relevant to Client business

We are only considering candidates that currently live in San Francisco. The targeted annual salary range for this role is $140,000 to $160,000 and may vary depending several factors including but not limited to the candidate's experience, education, skills and job qualifications. Benefits for this role include health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), stock purchase, vacation, sick and personal days.