Senior Strategy Director

dentsu Creative Philippines, Inc.; Makati; Hybrid; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Volunteer leave

Dentsu University access

Never Before Awards

Job summary

Dentsu Creative in Makati City seeks a senior strategist to lead day-to-day client strategy for a single account or group of accounts. You will guide insight generation, creative briefs, selling narratives, strategic POVs and go-to-market plans, ensuring alignment with client objectives.

You will mentor junior strategists, partner with senior clients, and collaborate across strategy, creative and media to drive integrated solutions and brand growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Business, or a related field.
• Significant experience in brand strategy and planning across multiple brands.
• Strong ability to translate insights into strategic recommendations and briefs.
• Proven leadership and people development capabilities.
• Excellent client management and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of strategic outputs across multiple brands, including brand strategies, creative briefs, research reports, strategic POVs, selling narratives, and go-to-market plans, ensuring alignment with client objectives and business priorities.
• Act as a strategic partner to creative and brand teams, leveraging consumer insights, data, and cultural intelligence to inspire creative thinking, challenge conventional approaches, and identify opportunities for brand growth and innovation.
• Lead, mentor, and develop junior strategists, providing strategic direction, guidance, and constructive feedback while building their capabilities and encouraging independent thinking.
• Build and strengthen relationships with senior and mid-level marketing clients, establishing credibility as a trusted strategic advisor. Proactively identify opportunities to add value, address business challenges, and strengthen client partnerships.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams across strategy, creative, media, and other agency functions to deliver integrated solutions, elevate the quality of strategic work, and contribute to new business opportunities and overall agency growth.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Mentoring junior strategists

Client relationship management

Storytelling

Presentation skills

Cross-brand strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Business, or related field

Job description

Dentsu Creative in Makati City seeks a senior strategist to lead day-to-day client strategy for a single account or group of accounts. You will guide insight generation, creative briefs, selling narratives, strategic POVs and go-to-market plans, ensuring alignment with client objectives.

You will mentor junior strategists, partner with senior clients, and collaborate across strategy, creative and media to drive integrated solutions and brand growth.