Director, Strategy, One Horizon

Horizon Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Horizon Media is seeking a Director of Strategy in New York to drive long-term customer success across email, mobile messaging, apps, and CRM. You will oversee strategic initiatives, lead research and insights, and collaborate with the agency’s leadership to shape the department’s practice.

The role emphasizes operational excellence, storytelling from data, and delivering impactful brand strategies across diverse channels for Horizon clients and the 305 Worldwide network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 6–8 years of marketing/strategic insights experience in a creative agency or research setting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfort with data-driven storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic initiatives and client-facing planning across brand–defining programs.
• Develop research deliverables, insights, and creative grounding with cross-functional teams.
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to agency leadership and culture.
• Deliver brand strategy outputs such as segments, journeys, and briefs.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Communication

Digital fluency

Multicultural

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Miro

Mural

Jamboard

MRI/Simmons

Netbase

Helixa

Statista

You.gov

Kantar

Job description

Job Description

The Director is an operationally focused, strategic role, responsible for driving long-term customer success across a range of marketing channels including email and mobile messaging and mobile apps. The overarching goal is to create value for new and existing Horizon clients, through the oversight and delivery of meaningful experiences in their owned marketing channels. Services include CRM and App Marketing.

Job Description

The Director is an operationally focused, strategic role, responsible for driving long-term customer success across a range of marketing channels including email and mobile messaging and mobile apps. The overarching goal is to create value for new and existing Horizon clients, through the oversight and delivery of meaningful experiences in their owned marketing channels. Services include CRM and App Marketing.

Who We Are

ONE (formerly 305WW) is a full-service culture-first agency whose mission is to help clients harness the power and influence of the multicultural consumer. A joint venture between Horizon Media and the influential powerhouse and entrepreneur Pitbull, 305 Worldwide is leading the industry with a modern take on the multicultural imperative necessary to drive business growth in today’s environment. Our fully integrated capabilities include Consumer Insights & Strategy, Content Development & Production, Talent & Influencer Management, Media Planning and Buying... and everything in between. We create meaningful and effective content to reach the dynamic and influential multicultural consumer, and we rely on the robust portfolio of proprietary tools and resources of Horizon Media to help us deliver positive business outcomes for our clients. At 305 Worldwide, we understand the value that different perspectives can bring to our clients and culture, so we strive for an environment where our employees feel welcomed, safe, and empowered. We value YOU and believe that your authentic voice and unique perspective allows us to create a more rewarding culture, and experience, together.

What You’ll Do

The Director, Strategy, 305 helps to represent the consumer, brand, and business. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute across a diverse array of the strategic range including delivering research, insights, strategic grounding, and creative development. This role works closely with the strategic lead of the agency and will be a significant support partner to develop the vision of the department’s practice.

Core Responsibilities

Strategic Acumen

You see the big picture and help develop strategic initiatives towards inspired solutions. You have a passion for digging into a client’s business and understanding category and cultural trends, as well as providing insight into the competitive landscape. Working with your agency and client partners, you will be involved in positioning, platform, and messaging strategies that elevate and bring the creative idea into the world.

Creative Storytelling & Inspiration

You understand how to synthesize and distill data, research, and cultural trends into inspiring and unexpected creative briefs. Using the range of agency tools, collaborative ideation, and side-by-side partnership with creative teams, you’ll help to deliver insights that raise the bar for the creative work and unlock unexpected creative solutions.

Research and Insights

Support the development of research deliverables under the direction of a Planning Director. Conduct online research as directed, attend research interviews as appropriate. Contribute learning and insights based on research learnings. Understanding of how to use both qualitative and quantitative research as the basis for a range of client deliverables. Analyzes qualitative and quantitative data such as audience segmentation, competitive research, and market data and translate that information into insights and strategies that will impact client brands. Builds out aspects of the strategy work.

Tools

Core proficiency with software, tools, and templates as applicable to Brand Strategy. Often establishes templates that teams can reuse for efficiency. Collaboration/workshop tools e.g. Miro, Mural, Jamboard. Research tools and platforms including but not limited to MRI/Simmons, Netbase, Helixa, Statista, You.gov, Kantar, etc.

Leadership

Planning is a leadership position. You must bring a passion for what communication and creativity can achieve in the world. You’ll be empowered to contribute to intellectual products for the agency, and to develop your plus-up superpower that brings a little something unexpected to the planning department.

Deliverables

Can lead the development of smaller-scale Brand Strategy deliverables with oversight and guidance, including deliverables such as: Segments, Personas, Journey Maps, Core brand strategy outputs: Value Proposition, Positioning, Benefit Ladders, Brand Core outputs, Strategy Foundation development, Journey Maps, Creative Briefs, Brand Foundations, Brand Identity Models, Cultural Narratives, reports/POVs from qualitative research, communication mapping, measurement plans.

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s required, preferably in a social / human-oriented field (e.g., Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, etc.) or communication / marketing (e.g., Integrated Marketing, Brand Planning, etc.). Master’s degree or higher is desirable. Work experience of 6 to 8 years in marketing either in creative agency or market research, working in a strategic insights function Experience outside of marketing and advertising that provides value, expertise, and fresh perspective to Agency is desirable: digital shop, ethnic agency, ethnography, research house, retail or promotions agency, university lab, etc. Excellent communication and writing skills. Digital “fluency” is expected, given the speed of changes in communication. Familiarity with the latest trends and development in social media and interactive. Experience with multicultural is a positive. Able to thrive in an entrepreneurial culture where creativity and data are both highly valued.

Salary Range

$140,000.00 - $165,000.00

Horizon Media is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

A successful applicant’s actual base salary may vary based on factors such as individual’s skill sets, experience, training, education, licensure/certifications, and qualifications for the role. As an organization, we take an aptitude and competency-based hiring approach. We provide a competitive total rewards package including a discretionary bonus and a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, company paid holidays and unlimited paid time off (PTO), mental health and wellness resources, pet insurance, childcare resources, identity theft insurance, fertility assistance programs, and fitness reimbursement.