Group Strategy Director
El Segundo, CA
Strategy – Kia /
Full-time /
Hybrid
ABOUT THE AGENCY:
David&Goliath is an agency that adheres to one simple philosophy: Brave. To be brave, to inspire people and brands to take on their goliaths. To create lasting impact that the world can feel and truly embrace. This is our purpose and for over two decades, we have never wavered from it. We are not made for everyone. We are made for the few who believe that purpose isn't just a business proposition, but a way of life. And for those who believe we can achieve the unthinkable, together. David&Goliath is a collaborative, empathetic, and team-oriented culture that believes in taking on challenges that others might walk away from. Because, the truth is, nobody ever became great without first being brave.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Group Strategy Director is essential in ushering in D&G’s next generation strategic thinking and approach. In equal measures a business strategist and a creative planner, this individual’s portfolio includes successful product-market analyses, go-to-market strategies, and business transformation thought leadership articles alongside serious creative accolades. In addition to being the senior-most strategist– deeply engaged with the multidisciplinary team on the business, they will collaborate with the CSO elevate to grow our strategy practice, ensuring we have the best-in-class tools, techniques and talent. They are responsible for identifying product and service offerings that add to the work just as much as they add to the bottom line. They are a vital ally to the Executive Creative Director in ideating and creating brave, beautiful campaigns, and to the Group Account Director in upleveling the account service department to a consultative business practice. We strongly encourage candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- A self-starter with insatiable curiosity, drive and hunger
- As passionate about the work, as they are compassionate about the people
- A curious individual looking for new and novel ways to solve challenges
- Highly collaborative, with a successful track record of leading happy, productive, diverse teams across disciplines, agencies and personalities
- A super-smart, indispensable contributor to the work and our culture, who mentors and empowers others to do the same
- A persuasive and inspiring communicator, adept at managing up, down and cross-stream stakeholders in real-time and sometimes in politically-charged environments
- Unflappable and calm demeanor in the midst of change, who can expertly anticipate and mitigate risks
- A trusted partner and in-demand champion for best-in-class creative
- Demonstrates mastery of qual and quat research design and analysis, knows how to tell compelling stories with data
REQUIREMENTS:
- 12+ years of advertising agency, research, client-side and/or consulting experience working on a challenger brand (s)
- Experience working in auto and/or brands that have successfully repositioned themselves to be premium a plus
- Demonstrated successes in identifying market-, brand-, media-, and customer-driven data and insights to produce groundbreaking work, effecting work for national brand(s)
- Fully integrated chops (traditional, digital, media, CRM, social, experiential)
- Experience leading a team of strategists at varying levels
- Expertise in qualitative and quantitative research
- Not an asshole
Video Link (1 min. max); show us why you're brave! We're not looking for the highest quality editing, just good content.
The role is based in Los Angeles, CA.
The base salary is $220k- $260k plus bonus and benefits.
