Droga5 Strategy Director

Accenture; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Droga5, part of Accenture Song, in New York hires a Strategy Director who will serve as the strategic hub for the account, driving high-quality thinking and championing creative excellence. You’ll manage multiple projects, lead pitches, and inspire junior staff while fostering inclusive collaboration across diverse teams.

You’ll be a voice of authority, embedding strategy into business plans, and empowering teams to deliver impactful work.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of brand, comms, or data strategy or relatable experience in a creative agency setting.
• Experience leading pieces of business and pitches or adjacent industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and be responsible for best in class strategic deliverables of an account in close partnership with other disciplines such as creative, account, production, etc.
• Create and steward strategic outputs from big overarching brand strategies to creative execution briefs. Clearly defining and building them over multiple campaigns/activities at pace with the account.
• Frame thinking and place in its proper context by identifying real business problems a brand and communications can affect; articulating the roles of brand and channels within business plans.
• Show deep understanding of the client business and industry
• Champion the brand purpose and creative vision; ensure it lives across all key touch-points and communications as appropriate.
• Utilize desk research, syndicated tools, AI tools for basic research to build a unique POV and creative approaches.
• Build measurable goals up front in the strategic and creative process and track performance after launch.
• Be collaborative up, down, and across internal and external teams; be curious about the world and clients; be persuasive and have excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

Skills

Brand strategy

Communication

Pitch leadership

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Job description

Who we are

Droga5, part of Accenture Song, is a creative agency with offices in New York, London, Tokyo, São Paulo and Dublin. From integrated communications and experience innovation to business design, Droga5 exists to build and sustain the most influential brands of the 21st century through creativity. Droga5 was founded in 2006 and has been recognized as Agency of the Year more than 25 times and was named both Ad Age and Adweek’s Agency of the Decade (2010–2019). Visit Droga5.com or @droga5 on all social platforms to get to know us better.

Job Summary

As a Strategy Director at Droga5, you are the hub around which strategy on the account rotates, managing content and process. You set the bar for how excellent our strategic product is, and you help those more junior to reach that bar. You’re highly respected by the client and creatives for delivering strategic thinking that answers their business problems, and for being a champion of our creative excellence as an agency.

You are adept at managing multiple projects and clients to a very high degree of quality. You can run a pitch, and you are an inspirational presenter. You’re a voice of authority within the agency, and you push the strategic discipline forward. Most importantly, you’re an Inclusive leader demonstrating a high degree of cultural and emotional intelligence that leads to effective collaboration across many different working styles and perspectives. You know how to empower others and create a genuine sense of team cohesion to drive the agency’s strategic agenda forward.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee and be responsible for best in class strategic deliverables of an account in close partnership with other disciplines such as creative, account, production, etc.
• Create and steward strategic outputs from big overarching brand strategies to creative execution briefs. Clearly defining and building them over multiple campaigns/activities at pace with the account.
• This person should be able to frame thinking and place in its proper context by:
  • Clearly identifying and isolating the real business problems a brand and communications can affect
  • Articulating the roles of the brand, communication and communication channels within business plans—thinking for tomorrow and not just today
• Show deep understanding of the client business and industry
• Champion the brand purpose and creative vision; ensure that it lives across all key touch-points and communications as appropriate.
• Utilizing desk research, syndicated tools, AI tools, for basic research - build their unique and original POV and find creatively interesting ways of approaching problems
• Be able to build measurable goals up front in the strategic and creative process and track performance once a campaign has launched
• This person should:
  • Show clear ways of impacting the strategic and creative output from D5
  • Be collaborative up, down, and across both internally and externally
  • Be curious about the world and their clients
  • Be persuasive and compelling
  • Have excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of brand, comms, or data strategy or relatable experience in a creative agency setting, with experience leading pieces of business and pitches or adjacent industry experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated mastery and proven track record of delivering creatively inspiring, business-driving thinking
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or equivalent training and/or experience
• Deep understanding of the roles of brands, communications and communication channels within business plans

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 08/02/2026. Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture