Director, Strategy

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Toronto, ON, CAN
In-Office
125K-150K Annually
Senior level
AdTech • Marketing Tech • Social Media
The Role
Lead strategy practice for client accounts by deriving consumer and cultural insights, synthesizing qualitative and quantitative research, directing strategic presentations, guiding creative ideation, running workshops, mentoring team members, and building client and agency relationships to drive brand growth and integrated marketing plans.
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VaynerX

VaynerX is a family of companies building brands for the now. Founded by Chairman Gary Vaynerchuk in January 2017, the modern-day parent company is home to relevance-driving businesses including VaynerMedia, ChukMedia, Tamara Group, Gallery Media Group, Eva Nosidam Productions, Tingley Lane Trading, and VaynerSpeakers.

ABOUT VAYNERMEDIA

VaynerMedia is a global integrated creative and media agency, built for today's consumers. As the Modern Agency of Record, it understands the nuances of today's attention landscape, empowering brands to win attention, drive relevance, and deliver business results. Founded in 2009, by Gary Vaynerchuk, the independently owned agency operates in 15 offices worldwide, including Amsterdam, Bangkok, Chicago, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Tokyo, Toronto, Singapore, and Sydney. VaynerMedia is part of the VaynerX family of companies. 

Overall Purpose
Strategy at VaynerMedia provides a crucial perspective on the business dynamics. We are a human centric, culture obsessed discipline where we dive deep into audience insights, media trends, cultural shifts, and tech innovations that inform our strategic recommendations. Our team is collectively redefining and modernizing the way our clients harness consumer and cultural intelligence, develop brand strategy and plan for attention.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  • Articulate data-driven insights in a logical flow in order to deliver a compelling and enlightening story to client.
  • Bring the consumer’s world to life through the use of qualitative and cultural mining, plus insightful synthesis of quantitative research.
  • Demonstrate strong analytical and strategic skills to help solve clients’ business problems.
  • Stay abreast of the competitive landscape and identify new methodologies as it pertains to data and human centered research to deliver meaningful results for our clients.
  • Evaluate creative concepts and communication opportunities and provide sound feedback and/or recommendations, as appropriate. 
  • Facilitating brainstorms, workshops and ideation sessions that drive greater creativity and innovation.
  • Direct the strategic development of client presentations and other important communication; delivering clear, compelling and persuasive communications to all stakeholders.
  • Be an ambassador in the development of new insights, audience segmentation and cultural analysis that will  build clients' businesses.
  • Responsible for growth and development of his/her direct reports / team by providing clear, direct, actionable and motivating feedback 
  • Brief creative teams for ideation and steer / facilitate brainstorms and workshops.
  • Build and maintain client and external agency relationships.

EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

  • 7-9 years strategically building brands at a top agency, working for Fortune 500 clients - must have experience understanding the intersection of business strategy, consumer insights and digital behavior in grounding big, purposeful ideas. 
  • Management experience, recognized for their ability to balance 
  • Strong leadership experience and recognized for their ability to balance mentorship and empowerment of the team, with ensuring quality of strategic output.
  • Ability to review qualitative, quantitative research, and behavioral data and independently be able to dive into research tools to draw and interpret insights.
  • Ability to interact with and influence people of an organization, fostering strong cross-functional teamwork and collaborative results.
  • Strategic thinking ability with balanced analytical and creative approach to integrated marketing planning.
  • Understanding of multiple channels for communications and connections, and their role in brand and content marketing.
  • Self-motivated and demonstrates initiative in identifying opportunities, discerning a clear path forward and acting upon them swiftly.

Base Salary

$125,000 - $150,000 CAD

Skills Required

  • 7-9 years strategically building brands at a top agency, working for Fortune 500 clients
  • Management experience leading and developing direct reports
  • Strong leadership with ability to balance mentorship and ensure quality of strategic output
  • Ability to review qualitative, quantitative, and behavioral data and use research tools to draw insights
  • Ability to interact with and influence cross-functional stakeholders and foster collaborative results
  • Strategic thinking with a balanced analytical and creative approach to integrated marketing planning
  • Understanding of multiple communication channels and their role in brand and content marketing
  • Self-motivated with initiative to identify opportunities and act swiftly

VaynerMedia Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about VaynerMedia and has not been reviewed or approved by VaynerMedia.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off is considered broad, with substantial PTO and major holidays, and in some cases “unlimited” vacation policies. This breadth is often highlighted as a meaningful part of the overall package.
  • Retirement Support Retirement support is reinforced by a 401(k) with employer matching and accessible plan administration. Past matching contributions indicate tangible investment in employee savings.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental leave includes fully paid time for primary and secondary caregivers with a phased return-to-work period. These elements signal family-friendly support within the package.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
1,232 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

VaynerMedia is a global creative and media agency with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Singapore and Mexico City. We work differently because we’re built differently. We are consumer-centric, not boardroom-centric; We respect the internet's impact on culture, not Madison Avenue’s; We have the humility and curiosity to find what’s right, not to debate it for months on end; We are all practitioners; We scale the unscalable; We value real consumer signals; We create ideas consumer-up, not ego-down; We believe that it’s our responsibility to deliver business results for our clients.

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