Strategy Director

Overview

As Strategy Director in London, you lead and shape top-tier strategies for a range of briefs, guiding cross-disciplinary creative teams. You partner with tech, media, and data squads to deliver culture-led, social-first content and bold, business-focused solutions. You will nurture talent, drive innovation, and maintain trusted client relationships across Europe and globally. This role offers the chance to influence creative excellence and ROI across a growing agency practice. You will work where culture, strategy, and technology converge to move brands forward.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible, hybrid working
• competitive salary based on experience
• pension
• private healthcare
• mental health support
• sick pay scheme, 26 days holiday + bank holidays

Responsibilities

• Nurture and grow the strategy team across marketing disciplines
• Lead one key account to drive pioneering work
• Ensure creative excellence through close collaboration with creative teams
• Collaborate with wider EMEA, UK, and global strategy teams for talent and resources
• Lead and guide diverse strategic disciplines, stitching multiple threads into a clear client trajectory
• Innovate offerings with tech, creative, media, and analytics to deliver market-leading strategies
• Raise the benchmark of work and push the boundaries to improve ROI
• Lead or participate in new business pitches locally and globally
• Serve as a thought leader on planning, strategy, and innovation both internally and externally

Key requirements

• Extensive strategy experience in an agency setting
• Strong digital and social media strategy expertise (social, editorial, influencer)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Deep interest in consumer behavior and meaningful audience communication
• Ability to use cultural trends for compelling social-first content
• Experience presenting to senior or C-level clients
• Ability to train and democratize strategic skills across the agency
• High productivity with efficient output and tight deadlines
• Curiosity for learning and teaching, strong interpersonal skills
• Highly organized with meticulous attention to detail

• excellent communication
• presentational clarity
• curiosity and learning mindset
• digital and social media strategy
• influencer strategy
• culture-led content

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