• Job Title: Strategy Director
• Level & Responsibility: This role is at a Director level or equivalent and has responsibility over a team.  
• Location & Hybrid Working: 2 days a week in office in our Leeds office. 
  

The role

We are looking for a Strategy Director to join SMG.  At SMG, we help some of the world’s most iconic brands — like Disney, Pepsi Co, Lego, Funkin Cocktails and P&G— win at the intersection of media, creativity, and commerce. Now, we’re looking for a Strategy Director to lead a talented team of strategists and shape campaigns across all our agencies.

If you love turning insight into action, influencing big ideas, responding to a diverse range of exciting briefs and developing people — this could be your next big move.

Why SMG?

We are dedicated to supporting our employees to be the best version of themselves both inside and outside of work. We have an extraordinary culture built by exceptional people and it’s because of this that we’ve been recognised by Best Companies within the top 5 best Marketing & Media agencies to work for, with a World Class and Outstanding accreditation across the past 2 years. 

We are also dedicated to continuously reviewing and improving our benefits package to offer the best that we can for our people. We have a whole page dedicated to our benefits here, but here's some of our favourites...

💰 10% discretionary bonus scheme

🧘‍♂️ £1,800 yearly wellbeing fund (on top of your salary!) towards your personal wellbeing and passions

🫶 4 additional Wellbeing Days - one to be taken each quarter, dedicated to focusing on your wellbeing

📚 £500 yearly “Uni Fund” towards learning and development

🎧 Free headspace subscription

🕐 4pm Friday finishes all year round

🥳 Two fully paid conferences a year at Summer & Winter, as well as a dedicated team that put on activities and celebrations throughout the year

Why you?

In line with our company values, within your role you'll want to stay honest, stay hungry, stay foolish, and most importantly, have fun! 

Although we operate within Retail Media, we are very open to people who come from all different backgrounds, the key requirement is someone who has experience in and loves building consumer centric strategies!

More specifically, you'll have:

Strategic Thinking & Commercial Acumen

• Track record of building successful brand strategies
• Able to distill complex data into sharp insights and into consumer centric strategies

Leadership & Collaboration

• Experience leading and managing teams in fast-paced environments and delivering results through others
• Strong cross-functional collaboration experience

Marketing & Media Expertise

• The ability to translate strategy into innovative campaigns and how to activate them across various media touchpoints and channels
• Knowledge of data/market research tools and multiple media channels

P.s. we try really hard to make sure that we list only essential criteria here, BUT if you think you can do an amazing job, yet don't have every single thing on this list, we'd still love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

We pride ourselves on creating challenging and exciting opportunities, meaning that no two days are the same. However, here's an idea of what your responsibilities will look like:

• Lead and grow a team of strategists within our central function ‘Axis’
• Create, set and elevate strategies across diverse client briefs
• Coach, train, and mentor strategists and cross-functional teams to boost strategic thinking across the business -
• Spot future trends and share sharp, actionable insight that drives innovation
• Collaborate with senior leaders (Insight, Creative, Media) to create end-to-end strategic excellence
• Bring your vision to both day-to-day campaigns and long-term business growth

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