Manager, Strategy

Initiative; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Initiative in Los Angeles seeks a Strategy Manager to shape the strategic direction of brands in communications, leveraging cultural, consumer and market insights to design holistic plans.

You will develop strategic recommendations, advise the client, report to the Client Lead, and collaborate with Analytics to build new planning tools, ensuring brilliant strategic thinking for the client team.

Qualifications

• Think creatively and strategically to shape brand direction.
• Translate consumer and market insights into actionable strategies.
• Experience collaborating with clients and managing relationships.
• 6+ years in integrated planning across media, creative, or communications.
• Demonstrate entrepreneurial, independent thinking and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Maintain excellent client relationships and oversee delivery of innovative strategies.
• Contribute in client meetings and challenge ideas constructively.
• Arm the client team with knowledge to articulate strategic direction and product offerings.
• Enrich strategic thinking with data and compelling storytelling.
• Lead velocity planning for the team and client base.
• Introduce fresh thinking into the Strategic Process to unlock growth.
• Develop new planning tools and models with Analytics for Initiative.
• Train and guide teams in development and packaging of ideas.

Skills

Innovative thinking

Understanding consumers

Client relationship management

Strategic and independent thinking

Velocity Planning

Job description

Position Overview

As a Strategy Manager, you are responsible for the creation of the strategic direction a brand will take in communications to achieve their business goals. You are responsible for helping to strategize, produce and make sense of the key cultural, consumer and market intelligence required to design the best possible holistic communications plan to deliver on that task.

Agency

Initiative

Job Function

Strategy and Planning

Job Subfunction

Strategy

Job Description

Position Overview

As a Strategy Manager, you are responsible for the creation of the strategic direction a brand will take in communications to achieve their business goals. You are responsible for helping to strategize, produce and make sense of the key cultural, consumer and market intelligence required to design the best possible holistic communications plan to deliver on that task. You are responsible for creating the strategic recommendations and engaging with the client in an advisory capacity. It is not your responsibility to manage the client relationship & you will – by Brief – report to the Client Lead to deliver brilliant strategic thinking for the client team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain excellent client relationships & understanding of the clients' key business and challenges; identify, develop & oversee the delivery of unique and innovative strategies to deliver the client’s desired results
• Make valuable contributions during client meetings with the ability to challenge others’ opinions in the right forum/manner
• Arm the client team with knowledge & expertise to speak confidently about the strategic direction where required; understand and speak to clients confidently about key proprietary product offerings
• Clearly and confidently enrich strategic thinking with data (of all kinds) underpinned by a compelling story
• Lead Velocity Planning for the team and client base
• Bring fresh thinking & inspiration into the Strategic Process to help the teams springboard to better Strategic thinking
• Drive usage of the Cultural Analytical Process/Tools to help teams find new insights that unlock growth
• Write cohesive communications architectures that deliveron the platform and give guidance for how the brand will play in culture
• Train, guide & assist the Strategy & Client teams in development and packaging of ideas
• Partner with Analytics to developnew tools, inputting into the development of new & cutting edge proprietary planning, research and reporting models for Initiative

Required Skills

• Proven ability to think in innovative and creative ways
• Proven ability to understand consumers & their behaviors
• Experience working with clients and/or managing client relationships

Desired Skills And Experience

• 6+ years in integrated planning role in media, creative, innovation or communications discipline (digital, content, invention, social, activation)
• Ability to think differently: creative & adaptive, entrepreneurial, independently-minded

$80,000-$95,000

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$80,000-$95,000