Saatchi & Saatchi

Senior Vice President, Strategy

Saatchi & Saatchi$180K — $240K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of media experience with extensive planning knowledge
  • Proven strategic media planning and superior client service capabilities
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Experience with national, local, direct, and OOH media
  • Strong adaptability to navigate changing client needs
  • Outstanding communication and analytical skills
  • Proficient in translating numerical data into strategic solutions

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary liaison between Zenith and the client
  • Direct the development and maintenance of comprehensive brand media plans
  • Guide buyers and planners to ensure accurate media executions
  • Collaborate with internal teams for brand extension recommendations
  • Maximize client value from Zenith's resources within service agreements
  • Lead and mentor the account team towards client deliverables
  • Drive ideation and creativity in partnership with various agencies
  • Lead new business activities and pitch planning teams

Benefits

  • Robust medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability and 401K plans
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Family forming assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off policies
Full Job Description
Overview

Overview:

The SVP, Strategy will provide consistently superior media strategies, ideas and marketplace solutions tailored to a fast-paced client in the luxury fashion space.

We are seeking a senior SVP candidate who is:
  • #1- Strong client relationship builder with a proven ability to cultivate strong, enduring partnerships; anticipate client needs; understand the client's culture; accept client direction and operate "in the grey". Client is looking for a trusted thought partner as their account lead.
  • Luxury/Retail experienced Understanding of the category, high net worth audience targeting, and fast-paced nature of retail. Appreciation for the premium brand positioning, storytelling and the critical need to protect how/where the brand shows up.
  • Cross-channel media experiencewith fluency across full-funnel media (brand, performance, commerce, CRM, Data, offline (print/OOH), etc.), driving integrated, business-impacting solutions. Experience with key on and offline partners in the luxury space such as Condé Nast, NYT, JC Decaux would be ideal.
    • Also seeking fluency in measurement, data and analytics as this is a client passion point. We have a full D&A team for support.
    • Interested in bringing new creative and innovative ideas to the table
  • Strategic growth driverresponsible for identifying new opportunities and delivering measurable outcomes aligned to client objectives.
    • Client business has been delivering growth quarter after quarter. Clients are seeking a partner that can help develop growth strategies to maintain and build upon their current performance.
  • High-impact team leaderwho inspires, mentors, and develops the team while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and excellence.
    • We have an awesome, highly capable team. We need a leader that can help orchestrate, inspire and prioritize based on evolving client needs.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as primary day-to-day liaison between Zenith and client.
  • Direct the development, presentation and maintenance of brand media plans. Including objectives, strategic initiatives, updates and point-of-views (POVs) on proposals.
  • Provide direction to buyers and planners in a timely and accurate manner. Ensure all buys and executions of media plans adhere to agreed upon planning strategies and are properly communicated to client.
  • Partner with internal teams and other Zenith accounts to develop insights into brand extensions through evaluations and recommendations of cross-platform and merchandising concepts.
  • Ensure that client receives full value from Zenith's resources within the parameters of service/compensation agreement.
  • Provide leadership and direction to team working on account.
  • Take leading role in client ideation and creativity, partnering with creative, digital and other agencies
  • Take leading role in new business activity as required, leading pitch planning teams
  • Ensure a robust training program for all members of the team is in place

Qualifications

  • Minimum 12+ years of media experience with extensive planning knowledge
  • Superior client service experience with proven ability to provide strategic media plans
  • Bachelors degree
  • Experience across all media types (national, local, direct, OOH)
  • Ability to anticipate and quickly assess continually changing client needs and adapt resources and strategies accordingly
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, organizational, interpersonal and analytical skills
  • Ability to translate numbers into viable business solutions to enhance strategies and meet deliverables
  • Excellent leadership ability to drive team to deliver results

Additional information

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

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Compensation Range: USD $180,215.00 - USD $240,000.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/12/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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