Overview

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Location: London / Hybrid

Salary - £70-90k

A fast-growing, award-winning independent media agency is looking for a Strategy Director to join their Strategy team. The agency is renowned for combining creativity and data-driven insights to deliver exciting, highly creative media campaigns that also deliver.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of client media strategies, using insight and data to drive business growth.
• Collaborate with client teams to ensure consistency of strategic thinking and implementation.
• Manage senior stakeholder relationships internally and externally, fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture.
• Contribute to new business pitches and agency thought leadership.
• Guide and mentor junior strategists, building capability across the wider agency.
• Embrace AI tools to enhance insight generation and strategic thinking.

Skills & Experience

• Currently working in a Strategy focused role at a media agency
• Strong stakeholder management skills across clients, internal teams, and external partners.
• Experience across media planning, campaign execution, and reporting.
• Broad knowledge of media channels and planning tools (e.g., Kantar, YouGov, Nielsen).
• Proven track record in pitching for new business and/or retaining clients.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

What this role offers

This Strategy Director role offers the chance to join an agency with a great reputation who really invest in their team. They have a very rich heritage of developing award-winning, highly-creative work which delivers.