Strategy Director - Sports & Fandom Experiences

Healing Strides Counseling; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Momentum Worldwide is seeking a Strategy Director to inspire and shape work for one of America’s biggest brands. You’ll lead strategy across major client assignments and partner with business leaders, creatives, designers, and more to inspire direction that leads to powerful work.

Reporting to the VP, Group Strategy Director, you’ll guide a brand expanding into new fandoms with strong positioning, audience profiling, and storytelling.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in brand strategy (agency setting).
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Passion for sports (soccer a plus).
• Experience leading projects end-to-end with excellence.
• Mastery of brand strategy elements: positioning, profiling, architecture, messaging.
• Excellent storytelling, presentation and writing capabilities.
• Experience with retail brands and retailer trade a plus.
• Hands-on qualitative and quantitative research experience.
• Strong foundation of business.

Responsibilities

• Be the champion for both the brand and the customer, leading strategy assignments and creative briefs that fuel impactful work.
• Own the work, properly managing projects to a high standard and flagging barriers that get in the way of greatness.
• Inspire teams and clients with well-designed, story-driven presentations rich in actionable insights.
• Work alongside creatives from idea inception to execution, ensuring alignment with objectives.
• Ensure work is properly measured, collaborating with research, analytics, and clients to capture data and create digestible reports.
• Inspire our teams and clients with thought leadership on a regular basis, guiding existing work or new ideas.

Skills

Brand strategy

Storytelling

Presentation skills

Research methods

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Momentum Worldwide is seeking a Strategy Director to inspire and shape work for one of America’s biggest brands. You’ll lead strategy across major client assignments and partner with business leaders, creatives, designers, and more to inspire direction that leads to powerful work.

Reporting to the VP, Group Strategy Director, you’ll guide a brand expanding into new fandoms with strong positioning, audience profiling, and storytelling.