Storyful is an equal opportunity employer
Job Description :
Storyful, a News Corp company, is a global leader in social media news and intelligence, specializing in contextualization and verification. With a unique ability to gather and streamline data from the vast landscape of an increasingly complex media landscape, we believe in the power of social for a deeper understanding of global events and cultural phenomena.
Storyful Intelligence, our consultancy arm, provides leaders in marketing and communications with critical, data-driven insights and strategic consultancy, focused on mitigating reputational risk.
Job Summary:
As a Strategy Manager, you will play a critical role in guiding leaders within the marketing and communications space on reputation management. Combining your experience in marketing and communications consultancies, with insights from Storyful's unique social analytical tools, you will provide clients with data-driven strategies, identify opportunities for brand enhancement, and mitigate reputational risk. Your expertise in synthesizing complex data into concise narratives, crafting actionable strategies, and creating compelling client experiences will be instrumental in driving success.
Responsibilities:
Client Engagement & Growth
•Advise high-profile clients on compelling narratives, positive stakeholder engagement and proactive storytelling aligned with strategic business objectives and leveraging social media insights.
•Oversee deliverable quality across the client, ensuring insight-driven strategies meet client briefs and reflect business goals, providing direction and feedback to team members.
•Hold internal brainstorms and other work sessions to ideate strategic recommendations for clients.
•Own creation of client reports, briefing documents, and workshop materials
•Partner with the commercial & marketing teams to ideate opportunities to better engage clients across the program lifecycle as a critical collaborator across scoping, pitching and proposals for new and existing clients.
Innovation and Thought Leadership
•Work with team leadership to improve and innovate existing processes and approaches to drive consistency and standardization.
•Collaborate with product teams to drive social analysis tool development, staying current on the latest capabilities and opportunities in the market.
•Serve as a senior expert externally, participating in events and webinars and authoring blogs and newsletters.
•Develop and implement frameworks to deliver strategy and insights for clients more effectively, driving innovation across the team. Team Management
•Lead and manage a team of consultants/ strategists, providing coaching and mentorship to ensure optimal performance
•Collaborate with project management to resource and fulfill client projects while maintaining best practice processes
•Contribute to internal training, ensuring team skills align with client needs
Skills & Experience desired:
•Five to eight years of relevant experience within a social media, corporate communications, marketing, consultancy, media or brand environment, including at least one year of people management experience
•Strong leadership skills with a track record of surpassing client expectations and building long-term, value-expanding partnerships
•Excellent analytical and strategic thinking abilities, with an ability to understand and synthesize data to the most critical insights
•Effective team management and mentoring skills
•Exceptional communication, writing and presentation skills.
•BA/MA qualified in a related discipline
•Fluency in a non-English language is a plus but not required
•Experience using analytical tools such as Brandwatch, Zignal, Meltwater, Netbase Quid, and BuzzSumo a strong plus
Join us at Storyful Intelligence and be part of a team that shapes the future of data-driven insights and strategic consultancy in the ever-evolving world of media and communications. Apply now to make an impact with Storyful!
Job Category:
Storyful - Intelligence
Pay Range: 85,000 - 103,000
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