Saatchi & Saatchi has grown from a start-up advertising agency in London in 1970 to a global creative communications company headquartered in New York with 114 offices in 67 countries and over 6000 employees. 

Saatchi & Saatchi is part of the Publicis Groupe, the world’s third largest communications group. We are a full service, integrated communications network and we work with 6 of the top 10 and over half of the top 50 global advertisers. 

We’re in the business of getting people to fall in love with our clients’ products and services. We have an unshakeable spirit and unbeatable attitude from day one at Saatchi & Saatchi that Nothing is Impossible.

As a Strategy Director you are the team leader and keeper of the brand vision. You’re recognized as the expert on the brand, business and consumer. You work in tandem with your counterparts in Creative and Business Leadership and, together, push to make the work better and braver. This is an amazing opportunity to truly make a significant impact on the work, your team and the agency’s overall reputation and bottom line. The possibilities to shine in this role are endless–it’s up to you what you make of it. 

Essential Skills 

·                Storytelling Maestro. You will need to be highly adept at developing powerful narratives that deliver insights and strategy, presenting complex concepts in an engaging and persuasive manner that is visually and verbally captivating. As a presenter, you will tell a clear and compelling story, command your audience’s attention and anticipate and answer questions that may arise.  

·                Owning the Room. This is your show to run. People will be looking to you to facilitate, guide and direct conversations. You will need to be both the ringleader and a key contributor to discussions. Your presence should be felt and you should be making an impact in any meeting you have a prominent role in, both internally and externally. 

·                Brief/Briefing Mastery. By now, you should be highly proficient at writing briefs that are insightful and identifying interesting problems for creatives to solve. But even though you’ve mastered these skills, it’s important to continue to hone them. You will continue to write briefs and briefing decks, holding yourself and your team accountable for not just getting it right, but making sure the briefs are as focused, clear and inspiring as they can be.   

·                Building Platform Ideas. You will translate creative ideas into platform ideas, providing the frameworks for all the ways the brand is experienced—across the consumer journey, by different consumer segments and across multiple touchpoints and channels. Use our Success Planning tools to align on the objectives and optimize the work. 

·                Resources Resource. You should be familiar and fluent in all the tools, data, IP, etc. available across our organization. Your job is to keep up on what’s available, what’s new and what we might want to add. Additionally, you should be the central source that connects your team, your internal partners and your clients to these amazing resources and identify when/how they should be used. 

·                Thought Leadership. You have developed areas of expertise and a POV. You will be asked to be a key contributor of white papers and agency thought pieces, including developing articles for publication. This is your chance to get your perspectives out into the world and make the industry better and smarter.  

·                Powers of Persuasion. You can harness the gravitas that compels constituents, across the aisles and through the line, to get on board to make great ideas happen. 

·                Radical Empathy. You have the ability to channel and represent the needs of people, audiences and customers with openness, anti-bias and (un)conscious inclusion in the everyday strategy development. 

·                Effective & Empowering Team Leadership. Your team will look to you to help them grow and flourish in their roles. You will need to be able to provide candor in the feedback, delegate effectively, set clear expectations and identify realistic deadlines so everyone knows what they’re working toward. You will also be responsible for motivating and coaching those who work for you to aim high and produce brilliant work.  

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.