THE OPPORTUNITYAssociate Strategy Director
Could this be you? Do you:
- Get intrigued observing human behavior?
- Get puzzled when people confuse data points with insights?
- Enjoy exploring interesting solutions to new-and timeless-problems?
- Love learning, and read everything and anything in your quest to explore understand?
If the answer is "yes," then you might be our next Associate Strategy Director. Read on.
We're looking for someone who:
- Inspires great work and strategically brings it to life
- Brings positive energy to everything they do - collaborating with other groups to identify and bring to life holistic, people-focused strategies across the entire audience journey
- Writes and delivers inspiring written and visual creative briefs
- Creates confidence with each and every client interaction
- Influences and challenge co-workers, partners and clients to help build better work
- Is adaptable, able to set a long-term vision, and pivot when needed
- Confidently and thoughtfully facilitates workshops and meetings to get the best from people
- Loves the energy and excitement of new business
- Has strong cultural understanding of what it takes to build strong brands
Qualifications and experience- 6+ years' experience in a field related to strategy, insights, or planning (not necessarily brand planning)
- Digital & social experience
- Experience and interest in working and innovating with generative AI
- Ideally, experience working with auto brands
- Ideally, experience working with luxury brands
The Associate Strategy Director works closely with all teams at Hudson Rouge, across Canada and the US. They will use their insightful and strategic problem-solving approach for both agency-wide integrated campaigns and specific initiatives. They will identify opportunities; help define our strategy and tactics; set goals; help assess effectiveness; and recommend how to optimize, targeting, messaging, content creation and distribution. Ideally, this strategist is someone who can work across multiple kinds of strategy, including brand, CX, data & analytics, influencer strategy, platforms and digital marketing, content creation, and social.
The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range between the values at the bottom of this posting. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications.
$90,000-$140,000 CAD
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we've adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
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