Strategy Director: Creative Leader Driving Brand Impact

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

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.