Strategy Director

Dentsu Media; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Be the Best Us policy

Volunteer leave

One Day for Change

Job summary

Dentsu Media in Melbourne seeks a Strategy Director to own top-tier responses to briefs and advise Endeavour Group as a trusted strategic partner. The role elevates strategic direction, layering it into media planning and the media plan design.

You will lead strategic outputs, mentor managers, and champion Creative Comms thinking while collaborating across client, media, creative, digital and data teams within the global dentsu network.

Qualifications

• Experienced strategist with leadership potential and collaboration skills.
• Experience with diverse, large-scale categories and regulated categories is advantageous.
• Strong competency with media tools and systems to extract consumer insights.
• Collaborative by nature, uniting client, media, creative, digital, data and dentsu capabilities toward the strategy.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted strategic partner to senior clients, championing customers and growth opportunities.
• Lead the development of strategic outputs: brief diagnosis, audience strategy, insights and frameworks.
• Ensure the strategic platform informs the media plan in collaboration with Client and Investment teams.
• Lead, mentor and develop Manager-level talent, managing performance and utilisation.
• Champion Strategic Comms thinking and support new business pitches as needed.

Job description

As the Strategy Director, get ready to own top tier responses to brief and become a trusted advisor to Australia's largest Drinks Retailer - Endeavour Group.

This is the perfect role to level up your leadership skills - go beyond the creation of strategic product, and learn to shape strategic direction, layering it into media planning and ultimately, the media plan design.

Core Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted strategic partner to senior clients, championing their customers and identifying opportunities for business growth
• Lead the development of strategic outputs including brief diagnosis, audience strategy, insights and communications frameworks
• Work closely with Client and Investment teams to ensure that the strategic platform developed is carried through to the media plan.
• Lead, mentor and develop Manager-level talent, including performance, development, resourcing and utilisation
• Champion the value of Strategic Comms thinking to clients, while supporting on new business pitching as required.

About You:

• An experienced strategist with a keen interest in stepping up and building more leadership capability
• Familiarity working with diverse, large scale categories and verticals - experience working with regulated categories will be highly regarded.
• High level of competency in Media tools and systems, leveraging them to understand consumer insights and trends
• Naturally collaborative, bringing together client, media, creative, digital, data and broader dentsu capabilities without losing sight of the strategic direction.
• Ability to work closely with the Strategy Leads to identify and deliver key projects.

What's in it for you:

• Real flexibility to work when and where you feel most productive with our 'Be the Best Us' Policy
• The opportunity to give back with dedicated volunteer leave and our whole-company event, One Day for Change
• Three whole-company Wellness Days each year for you to switch off and take your day, your way
• Career development and learning opportunities, including access to our global dentsu University
• The opportunity to work with some of Australia's leading brands and collaborate with strategic talent across the global dentsu network

Become a champion for meaningful progress:

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

If you want to belong to one global network where opportunities are limitless, we look forward to welcoming you.