Senior Director, Engagement Strategy

Fingerpaint Group; Cedar Knolls (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Fingerpaint Group in Cedar Knolls, NJ, is seeking a Senior Director, Engagement Strategy to guide our engagement, digital, market research and data strategy capabilities.

You will drive strategic vision for clients, lead teams to execute integrated omnichannel tactics, mentor staff, and collaborate across analytics, media and marketing technology to grow business.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engagement strategy, digital marketing, or project experience.
• Experience with omnichannel engagement and analytics.
• Proficient with AI tools: Gemini, Claude, NotebookLM.
• Familiarity with Google Analytics.
• Experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare advertising a plus.
• Strong leadership and strategic planning.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain agency engagement strategy philosophy.
• Lead omnichannel strategy across digital, data and market research.
• Mentor engagement team and guide career growth.
• Collaborate with analytics, media and marketing technology.
• Translate customer insights into journey-driven programs.
• Apply data capture, segmentation, and scoring models.

Skills

Engagement strategy

Digital marketing

Team leadership

Data-driven

Tools

Gemini AI

Claude

NotebookLM

Job description

Reset your expectations of a health and wellness agency. From our inception, Fingerpaint has been driven by an unstoppable collective spirit of possibility. It's that curiosity that’s at the heart of everything we do. From our legendary people-first culture to the hundreds of Fingerpainters who define us, we've reimagined what it means to be a healthcare and wellness advertising agency. Here, creativity happens naturally, we attract top talent and collaborate.

Objectives Of This Role

We're looking for a Senior Director, Engagement Strategy who will guide our capabilities with a depth and breadth of skills in engagement, digital, market research and data strategy. The right person will drive strategic vision for our clients and lead teams to execute with innovation and excellence. In this role you will collaborate with many facets of the agency and client stakeholders to guide the successful planning and execution of integrated tactics in an omnichannel ecosystem. You will play a part in growing business and developing the engagement strategy roadmap for key client accounts.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Defines, teaches, and maintains agency engagement strategy philosophy and approaches
• Fosters innovation to expand and evolve our engagement and omnichannel services
• Experience with AI tools and focus on leveraging AI to enhance the quality of our work
• Bring together creativity and data to create compelling personal experiences that grow our clients' business
• Incorporates and champions innovation and quality throughout the process and across all tactics
• Mentors engagement team members, discussing with each career interests, growth opportunities, and training
• Partners with other departments to ensure overall agency collaboration, particularly analytics, media and marketing technology
• Defines, interprets, and executes client digital and omnichannel strategy
• Have a vision and see the "big picture" of the brand-customer experience
• Frame the customers' behavior trends/patterns, identify differences across customer segments, and apply all learning to their journey
• Bring a deep understanding of data resources and techniques related to market research, targeting, and measurement
• Employ a variety of methods, including market trends/gap analysis, segmentation, personas, customer journeys, content mapping, program architecture, data capture strategies, scoring models, and business process optimization

Job Requirements

• Minimum of 8+ years of engagement strategy, digital marketing, or project experience (within a pharmaceutical agency strongly desired)
• Proficient with AI Tools such as Gemini, Claude, and NotebookLM
• Familiarity and comfort interacting with Google Analytics
• Track record of implementing omnichannel strategies and cohesive ecosystem of tactics
• Extensive experience leading brand/tactical planning and championing innovative ideation techniques

Don't meet every single requirement? That's okay! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Fingerpaint, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, Fingerpaint Group provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to all applicants and employees. We are proud to recruit qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or citizenship status.