Director, Strategy

160over90; Dubai; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic global marketing agency based in Dubai is seeking a Strategy professional with 6+ years of experience. The ideal candidate will possess strong emotional intelligence and strategic thinking abilities, working through various channels to create compelling brand narratives. This role requires effective collaboration with creative teams and offers opportunities for mentorship within a stimulating agency environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of agency-based strategy experience at creative and/or specialist agencies.
• Proven ability to translate research and data into meaningful inspiration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead key aspects of the strategy process, from research to creative brief development.
• Provide strategic counsel and client recommendations as needed.
• Collaborate and mentor junior strategists in the team.

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Curiosity

Empathy

Collaboration

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Tools

Research tools

Job description

160over90 is an award-winning global marketing agency that forges stronger human connections and creates shared moments where people feel something real. With 800 thinkers, doers, and makers across every cultural corner of the world, the agency offers a full-service, channel-agnostic approach and a deep connection to the people, places, and properties that drive the conversation of tomorrow. 160over90 works with leading brands including AB InBev, Amazon, Coca-Cola, DP World, Macy's, Marriott International, McDonald's, Verizon, and Visa. It is part of WME Group, a global representation business comprising the world's leading talent, intellectual property, and brands.

A laugh. A tear. A heart skipping a beat. A human reaction to something completely unexpected. This is what drives us. It's also the inspiration for our name (an elevated blood pressure, since you ask). We’d love to tell you it’s easy to be a cultural marketing agency when you’re connected to a force like this. But the truth is, it takes a badass team to make it all, make sense. To navigate the cultural currents of what people care about most today and tomorrow; to attach a brand to the right and relevant cultural moment and then bring that to life across every/any part of the marketing spectrum, all under one (metaphorical) roof.

Is your heart beating faster yet?

The Role and What You’ll Do:

First and foremost, you’re serially curious; about brands, about people, and the world around us. How all of it is changing and evolving. You’re plugged into culture; interested and inspired by the now and next. Simply put, you love to ask (and understand) why.

You appreciate the value of others because we ask our leaders to inspire creative teams and nurture teams of strategists. To power the collective that gets us to bigger and better; that gets us to wow.

When in doubt, you do. Because you value courage over comfort and because you always give a damn about the client, the agency, the people, and the work. Success in this role requires the intellectual curiosity to stay at the forefront of cultural and category dynamics, the emotional intelligence to question and understand consumer behavior, and the collaborative spirit to work closely with internal creative, account, and project management teams. It also requires a certain confidence, gravitas, and way with words (written and spoken) that means clients listen.

You Have These:

This role is located in our Dubai office, reporting into a Senior Director based in London, with the majority of the responsibility allocated against one of our core accounts but with additional responsibilities outside of that, including supporting the development of strategy within the region. Responsibilities include:

• Lead (as required) key aspects of the strategy process, from research and analysis to insight and creative brief development.
• Provide strategic counsel and client recommendations across the account as needed, including proactive opportunities.
• Development of comms plans, consumer journeys, and activation frameworks that guide creative execution across the account, with a specific remit for in-region activity.
• Create and present briefs and strategic solutions to internal and external audiences.
• Serve as a thought leader on client and category dynamics, and emerging consumer and cultural trends.
• Collaborate with and mentor junior strategists in the team.
• Partner with internal account and creative teams to ensure strategic alignment throughout projects.
• Assist (and potentially lead) strategy for new business opportunities (mainly within the region).
• Support and enhance how the Strategy Department integrates with and services the agency in the region.

We’d Love If You Also Have These:

• 6+ years of agency-based strategy experience at creative and/or specialist agencies (experiential, PR, digital, partnerships, etc.), which may include a period on the brand side.
• Experienced with a variety of research tools and methodologies.
• Proven ability to translate research and data into meaningful inspiration for big ideas.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop a clear POV that sells strategy (internally and externally).
• The soft skills of strategy: emotional intelligence, curiosity, empathy, and collaboration.
• Experience as both a maker of great work and an instigator of it. Partnership marketing experience is a plus.
• Ability to grow and thrive in a large, complex (and atypical) organization, managing diverse stakeholders and building stronger relationships within WME Group.
• We care more about your work and experience than your formal education.

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