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Marketing Strategist

First Ascent
Wilmington, DE Full Time
POSTED ON 8/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/30/2026

Welcome to a role where your curiosity and strategic mindset take center stage. We are seeking a dynamic, client-facing Strategist to become our clients' ultimate advocate and growth partner. In this role, you’ll absorb client visions, analyze the digital ecosystem, plan campaigns from strategy, to execution, to metrics/measurement, and engineer comprehensive multi-channel strategies that deliver real ROI. You are the vital bridge between our clients and our internal specialists, possessing the rare ability to distill a vision and goal into a compelling narrative, and complex data into insights. If you are an empathetic listener, a proactive problem-solver, insatiably curious, and a true team player who values both the strategy and the everyday work, we’d love to meet you.


Experience & Skills Required:
  • Proven experience (e.g., 3 years, 5 years preferred) in a marketing strategy, brand planning, or digital marketing role, preferably within an agency environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to think critically and strategically, translating complex business problems into clear, data-driven, and effective marketing plans.
  • Solid command of both marketing and business fundamentals.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a talent for crafting compelling narratives and presenting complex ideas with clarity and confidence.
  • Strong client-facing and presentation skills, with experience building rapport and establishing credibility with senior-level stakeholders.
  • A deep, holistic understanding of the digital marketing ecosystem, including SEO, SEM/PPC, content marketing, email automation, and social media marketing.
  • Proficiency in analyzing marketing data and using analytics platforms (e.g., Google Analytics, Ahrefs, HubSpot) to generate insights and measure ROI.
  • Direct experience creating essential strategy documents, such as project briefs, marketing plans, content calendars, advertising campaign strategies, social media playbooks, audit reports, and creative briefs.
  • A highly collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and inspire them to execute on a unified strategic vision.
  • Excellent problem-solving abilities and a proactive, curious mindset, always seeking to understand the root cause and find innovative solutions.
  • Ability to adapt to evolving situations and shifting priorities, willingness to re-adjust strategic approach as needed while thinking and learning on your feet. 
  • Ability and willingness to not just do the strategy, but do the work alongside the broader agency team as well.


What You'll Do:
  • Develop comprehensive, multi-channel marketing strategies for a diverse portfolio of clients, aligning with their unique business goals and market position.
  • Lead client discovery sessions and stakeholder interviews to deeply understand business objectives, target audiences, pain points, and success metrics.
  • Conduct in-depth market, competitor, and audience research to uncover key insights, trends, and opportunities that will inform strategic recommendations.
  • Craft compelling core messaging, value propositions, and brand positioning statements that resonate with target personas across all marketing channels.
  • Author detailed marketing and campaign plans that clearly outline objectives, KPIs, recommended channels, tactical roadmaps, budget, and timelines.
  • Translate high-level strategies into actionable and inspiring project briefs for internal creative, content, and technical teams, ensuring clarity and strategic alignment.
  • Collaborate closely with account/project managers, and specialists (SEO, PPC, Content, Social) to guide campaigns from concept to completion.
  • Analyze campaign performance data and marketing analytics to measure effectiveness, derive actionable insights, and drive continuous optimization of strategy and tactics.
  • Ensure that client deliverables and written work are completed to a high degree of quality, and are free of mistakes or misalignment with project needs and plans. 
  • Prepare and present strategic recommendations, performance reports, and quarterly business reviews to clients, articulating the "why" behind the data and our approach.
  • Work with our team leads and experts to craft estimates and “scope of work” documents for new opportunities.
  • Stay at the forefront of marketing trends, emerging digital technologies, and consumer behavior to bring innovative and effective ideas to our clients and agency.
  • Participate in discovery and review meetings with clients
  • Manage editorial calendars and social/email content production
  • Track and analyze campaign performance, using data to continuously improve.
  • Create and deliver monthly analytics reports to report on campaign performance, providing recommendations and strategic insight on campaign health. 
  • Communicate effectively with clients, manage monthly check in meetings, and report on progress.
  • Stay up-to-date on industry trends and suggest innovative approaches to client marketing campaigns.
  • Contribute to project planning, timelines, and content calendars.
  • Seek professional development opportunities, including acquiring and maintaining relevant industry certifications.
  • Communicating and collaborating with the project management team to ensure work is completed on-scope, on-budget, and on-timeline, or that adjustments can be made as needed. 
  • Perform other functions and duties as required. 


Attributes for a successful candidate:
  • Highly collaborative, respectful, and has a positive attitude
  • Demonstrates personal ownership and accountability
  • Ability to distill complex concepts into simple messages
  • Ability to think and act both strategically and tactically
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • High levels of integrity, autonomy, and self-motivation
  • Level of flexibility and adaptability to a fast-paced workflow
  • Professional development is encouraged


We use the tools below to collaborate:

Notion | Google Workspace | Google Drive | Discord | Harvest | Dropbox | AirTable | Agorapulse | Google Data Studio | Supermetrics | Ahref | Streak


You’ll Get:
  • Compensation range is based on skills and experience. Some flexibility in range for best-fit candidates.
  • 4 weeks paid vacation
  • Paid holidays, Paid sick time
  • Hybrid schedule (3 days in office, 2 days remote)
  • Health, Vision & Dental insurance
  • Short term disability and long term disability as a company-paid benefit
  • 401k with up to 4% match
  • Primary office location in Wilmington Delaware.
  • Access to professional development tools where we encourage you to spend an hour a week learning new skills
  • Lots of snacks
  • Parking
  • A close-knit, hardworking team that has fun and loves a good challenge

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