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About the Role

Monks is looking for a Director of Strategy to be the on-site lead for a new, major client initiative. You will serve as the strategy lead for this CPG client, helping develop strategic deliverables across their lines-of-business, proactively sharing thought leadership, and identifying opportunities for organic relationship growth.

This is a role where you will conduct research, analyze trends, derive insights, and apply best practices to inform client marketing initiatives. Our ideal candidate is someone who is detail-oriented, able to offer creative and innovative strategic solutions both to internal teams and clients, and be a fast and flexible go-getter who jumps on new opportunities. The role requires someone who understands how to tackle a range of client business problems with flexibility and focus. We seek someone who is a self-starter and unafraid to jump into new projects and take the lead.

Responsibilities:

• Lead development of all strategic deliverables across the account, including managing junior-level strategists, partnering with core team leads and internal specialists, and writing program briefs
• Serve as the strategic lead across lines-of-business, keep a pulse on the client's industry and account,  and provide strategic resources, approaches, and thought leadership
• Collaborate with account and creative leads to identify opportunities to grow client relationships and deepen strategy support across the business
• Clearly communicate strategic recommendations internally and to the client.
• Collaborate with the creative teams on ideation and execution.
• Support and participate in account planning exercises and meetings 
• Lead effective ideation sessions and workshops with creative and client teams, turning ideas into actionable programs and/or products.
• Execute programs by helping get programs off the ground and owning the strategy to launch, optimize and measure program success.
• Directly manage at least 1 direct report

About You

The essentials:

• 8+ years of experience in marketing or strategy, with a minimum requirement of 3 years in CPG marketing.
• Ability to synthesize client objectives, data, research insights and other inputs to formulate actionable and measurable strategies.
• Experience building and executing end-to-end marketing campaigns and programs.
• Strong analytical, communication (written and verbal), and presentation skills .
• Experience supporting strategies across a variety of different channels, e.g. retail, digital, email, media, etc.
• Sense of humor and strong team orientation
• Embrace working in a fast paced continually evolving environment, and on highly cross-functional teams

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.  

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What We Offer

Benefits

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer-paid HRA
• Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
• 401k with company contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
• Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network 
• A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
• Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)

Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range$120,000—$150,000 USD

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.