Associate Director, Strategy

Position: Full-Time

OVERVIEW

Movement Strategy is looking for an Associate Strategy Director to join our team. You will report to the Head of Strategy and work closely with various departments supporting strategy on various clients. If you’re a strategic leader with 7yrs experience and a proven track record of successfully developing brand-level social strategies, keep reading. 

Movement Strategy is a full-service social media agency that’s been creating value for brands for over 15 years. We have 150 employees who produce award-winning content for our partners, including Amazon, Netflix, Intuit, Warner Bros., and more. Last year, we were named the 2022 Small Agency of the Year at the Shorty Awards and are constantly pushing for the next big social media moment! 

Our ideal candidate is well-versed in building and leading all strategic deliverables including brand planning, comms planning, consumer journey mapping, ecosystems, and all things social strategy in between – particularly within a digital agency environment. We’re looking for someone to drive strategy development and big picture thinking at every turn to be a strong partner for our clients and internal teams. They bring their A-game every day and are always one step ahead of everyone else.

KEY FOCUS AREAS

—  Vision & Purpose: Communicates a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose; makes the vision shareable by everyone; can inspire and motivate entire teams, business units, or organizations. Collaborates to anticipate future consequences and trends accurately.

 — Strategic Planning: Provides strategic rigor to the implementation of an idea, ensuring integration of work between data, creative, and media, and aligning strategies with overarching business objectives and KPIs. Recognizes opportunities for change; creates competitive and breakthrough strategies.

— Agility & Innovation: Learns quickly when facing new problems; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks. Fosters a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the team. 

— Drive for Results: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; does not give up, even in the face of resistance or setbacks; steadfastly pushes self and others for results. Measures and evaluates strategic successes and provides actionable feedback to teams. 

QUALIFICATIONS KEY FOCUS AREAS 

• At least 7yrs experience managing and growing large-scale client businesses, primarily within a digital agency environment.
• Experience providing thought leadership and oversight of day-to-day strategic guidance to cross-functional teams. 
• Comfortable working across multiple clients and industries 
• Expertise in executing presentation inputs, including conducting research and deriving insights across social media and the cultural landscape
• Excels at writing creative briefs that are based on a single-minded thought that clearly explains the intended campaign experience to inspire big ideas.
• On top of the latest industry and pop culture trends, breakthrough creative campaigns, and emerging technologies.
• Working knowledge of all facets of social media marketing including data, paid social, influencer, and community management.
• Comfortable adding value and strategic guidance at every stage of the creative process.
• Leads all aspects of annual planning and social strategy development across multiple clients and industries.
• Extracts insights from consumer behavior that help resolve a business issue or propel business growth

IDEAL QUALITIES

• You’re a proactive planner and thought leader
• You’re proactive and naturally curious about the digital and social space, constantly looking for opportunities
• Leads by example
• Innate curiosity and entrepreneurial spirit
• Strong ability to partner across departments
• Calm and collected approach, yet determined and confident
• Strong grasp on strategic planning and the industry landscape
• Ability to work independently while leading/managing teams 
• You have a diverse and inclusive perspective 
• You are passionate about the work you do and treat your client’s business as if it were your own

Benefits & Perks

Movement Strategy’s approach to the future of work: We embrace a remote culture and empower our employees to work wherever they feel most productive. To facilitate in-person collaboration, we have a partnership with WeWork which allows our employees to have a membership to any location nationwide. We recruit in our three main states of California, Colorado, and New York. We are open to recruiting candidates in these states: New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Ohio, and Kansas. 

As a leader in social advertising, we rely on the creativity of our people to deliver the best work for our clients. In return, we invest in our employees by offering them a diverse suite of benefits from best-in-class carriers, with enough choice and flexibility to keep our team and their families healthy and happy today and tomorrow.

• 100% employee contribution for health (base plan), vision, and dental
• 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance & AD&D
• Paid Parental Leave
• Fully-Remote Agency
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Take-As-You-Need Paid Time Off
• Take-As-You-Need Paid Mental Health Days
• 10 days minimum required off per year
• (11) Company Paid Holidays
• (3) Summer Fridays- Fully Off
• Week-Long Winter Agency Closure
• Support for continued education
• New Business Referral Bonus
• Movement Journey Program - Stipend for personal growth
• Health and Wellness Program
• WeWork Membership 
• Positive Impact and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committees 
• Employee Resource Groups

SALARY & COMPENSATION

In compliance with local and state law, we are disclosing the compensation for roles that will be performed in New York City, Colorado, and California. The range listed is just one component of Movement Strategy’s total compensation package for employees. Individual compensation varies based on location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. 

A successful applicant’s actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, skill sets, years of relevant experience, qualifications, and certifications or other professional licenses held. Movement Strategy prides itself on providing competitive salaries and actively works to ensure there is pay equity across the company. 

Pay Range: $100-120k salary per year

Movement Strategy is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they check every single box. Movement Strategy is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages those from historically and systemically marginalized communities to apply. 

We believe that what we put out into the world matters. And since we were founded on the principles of paving our own path, we take bold steps toward what we believe is the right direction. This means addressing the big stuff: the systems of inequality that impact some of us far more than others. As culture creators, we firmly believe we have a responsibility to our colleagues, clients, communities, and the industry to live up to the Movement’s name. We confront inequities head-on as they come, knowing that this work is never done and that we must keep the momentum.