Freelance Associate Director, Content Strategist

Saatchi X; Rogers (AR); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic advertising agency in Arkansas is seeking a Freelance Associate Director, Content Strategist. This role involves crafting insight-driven content strategies and frameworks that empower creative teams. The ideal candidate should have experience with strategic briefs, cultural insights, and a strong understanding of agency workflows. This is a temporary freelance position with a focus on transforming business objectives into impactful narratives.

Qualifications

• Experience with strategic briefs and creative ideation.
• Ability to synthesize cultural insights into actionable strategies.
• Skilled in operating within agency environments.

Responsibilities

• Create evergreen strategic tools and frameworks for storytelling.
• Surface insights to inform creative direction and editorial decisions.
• Lead the development of strategic briefs that connect brand narratives with business goals.
• Collaborate across creative, channel, and technology teams for integrated storytelling.
• Utilize enterprise AI tools to optimize creative processes.

Skills

Creative strategy

Content planning

Audience insights

Cross-channel storytelling

Project management

Job description

Overview

Freelance Associate Director, Content Strategist at Saatchi & Saatchi X. Saatchi X partners with clients to create dynamic solutions rooted in shopper know‑how, delivering results by fearlessly collaborating across strategy, creative, and execution.

Job Description: The Associate Director, Content Strategist is a strategic enabler and creative thinker who thrives at the intersection of storytelling, business intelligence, and content planning. This role turns business objectives into insight‑driven content strategies, evergreen tools, and scalable frameworks that empower creative teams and stakeholders to deliver with clarity and impact. You’ll work with communicators, designers, and channel experts to enable great storytelling at scale through content architectures, brief development, and channel planning. If you’re a strategic systems‑thinker who loves building creative infrastructure as much as building narratives, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Enablement & Framework Development: Create evergreen strategic tools and frameworks that guide and scale storytelling across channels and teams, and develop content architectures aligned with reputational pillars and communications goals.
• Insights & Planning: Surface and share cultural, competitor, platform, and audience insights to inform creative direction and editorial decisions; analyze critical calendar moments and emerging trends to help teams plan and activate.
• Creative Strategy & Brief Development: Lead the development of strategic briefs rooted in insights and guided by clear guardrails that connect brand narratives, cultural relevance, and business goals.
• Multi-Channel Content Strategy: Collaborate with creative, channel, and technology teams to orchestrate integrated storytelling across touchpoints with consistency and intentionality.
• Generative Strategy: Use approved enterprise AI tools to move from project intake to creative briefing more quickly and effectively.

You’ll Need To Be Great At

• You’re a creative strategist who sees both the big picture and the supporting systems.
• You can translate creative thinking into structured tools that accelerate team performance and strategic operation.
• You bring a student‑of‑culture mindset, continually learning from new platforms, audiences, and media behaviors.
• You have deep experience crafting briefs, guiding ideation, and building trust across disciplines.
• You’re proactive, organized, and thrive in complexity—turning ambiguity into structure.
• You’ve worked in or alongside agency teams and understand how to move work from concept to execution in fast‑paced environments.

Role Details

• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Temporary (Freelance)
• Job function: Advertising
• Industry: Advertising Services

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