Strategy Director, Consumer
Company
Landor
Location
Chicago, IL
Type
Full Time
Job Description
Landor is looking for a Strategy Director to join our Chicago studio. Could this be you?Â
We are Landor.​Â
World-leading brand specialists.​
Consulting. Design. Experience.​Â
Connecting business strategy to brand.​
Bringing every facet of brand to life.​
Creating brand-led experiences for talent & customers.​
United in our drive to make a positive difference.​Â
Proudly part of WPP.​Â
We build brands, designed to transform.​
Our Landor Group also includes leaders in sonic branding, amp, workspace & architectural design experts, BDG, and award-winning motion specialists, ManvsMachine.​Â
What you’ll doÂ
The Strategy Director provides day-to-day leadership of strategists, designers, and client services during strategic phases of projects, leading our clients towards ambitious and attainable goals.Â
Along with working directly with clients, this is a key role in the development of experience strategists across the region and will represent the community within the wider global business.Â
Key Responsibilities: Â
- Leading pitch teams, managing strategy phases, and growing projects into new stakeholders and budgetsÂ
- Going beyond the brief to understand the deeper needs of the client’s business using interviews and research
- Anticipating consumer behavior to turn data into actionable insightsÂ
- Creating a rigorous and compelling brand platform with clear business impact, to inspire creative exploration among diverse participantsÂ
- Supporting strategists on their career journeyÂ
- Communicating the value of strategy and its tools to other communities across the regionÂ
Key Success Factors: Â
- Exemplary results for everyone: the client, the work, the team and the consumer
- Developing the best project approach for a clientÂ
- Managing and growing a team to ensure that the best work is produced, and any problems are handled promptlyÂ
- Strongly self-motivated, a great multi-tasker and used to working in a frenetic, entrepreneurial environmentÂ
- Ability to relate up and down both internally and externallyÂ
- Enthusiastically challenging the work and methods to foster other’s professional and personal growthÂ
- Bold, opinionated, informed and curious thinkerÂ
What you’ll needÂ
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business, Marketing or social sciences preferredÂ
- Major network agency experience would be an asset, however smaller agency experience is also a real plusÂ
- Multidisciplinary strategy and planning experienceÂ
- Ability to adapt models and thinking to fit with the real world of consumers and the wider needs of the client’s businessÂ
- Ability to influence the strategic thinking of creative and client services teamsÂ
- Fluency in brand and marketing methods for developing platform, positioning, proposition, naming and architectureÂ
Our commitment to diversity and inclusionÂ
We believe diversity brings creativity, which is at the heart of everything we do. We are actively engaging in creating an environment free of discrimination.Â
Landor is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, colour, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.Â
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Date Posted
06/08/2024
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