Strategy Director

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Ho Chi Minh City, VNM
In-Office
Expert/Leader
AdTech • Marketing Tech • Software
The Role
Leads strategy for integrated marketing and creative agency accounts, managing strategists and planners while guiding research, insight generation, campaign narratives, creative briefs, strategic recommendations, go-to-market plans, and client proposals. Partners with Account and Creative teams, presents to clients, and maintains strategic alignment throughout campaign execution. Requires extensive strategic planning experience, strong analytical and storytelling abilities, and expertise translating consumer insights into compelling marketing strategies.
Summary Generated by Built In
The purpose of this role is to manage senior strategists and planner/junior on day-to-day client strategy needs on a single account or group of accounts – guiding insight generation, creative briefs, selling narratives, strategic POVs and go-to market plans

Job Description:

Job Description: 

Strategic Research & Insight Discovery 

  • Conduct market, industry, and consumer research. 

  • Perform competitive analysis, evaluate communication activities, track industry shifts, and set campaign benchmarks. 

  • Analyze target audience behavior, consumer insights, and cultural nuances to inform and shape campaign strategies. 

Strategy Development & Campaign Narrative 

  • Formulate strategic direction, communication channels, and cohesive campaign narratives tailored to client business goals and briefs. 

  • Propose strategic recommendations for campaign concepts, platform ideas, messaging frameworks, and audience engagement approaches. 

  • Provide strategic consultation for integrated marketing campaigns (IMC) and brand experiential activations. 

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Proposal Management 

  • Collaborate closely with Account and Creative teams to build strategic frameworks and unified communication directions. 

  • Review, refine, and finalize pitch decks/proposals prior to major client presentations. 

  • Adjust and optimize strategic directions based on internal feedback and client inputs throughout the pitch process. 

Client Engagement & Execution Alignment 

  • Participate in client briefs, Work-In-Progress (WIP) meetings, internal brainstorms, and client presentations alongside the Account team. 

  • Provide continuous strategic oversight across project phases to ensure strategic alignment and consistency across all deliverables. 

Qualifications & Experience 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or a related field. Appreciate for short-course or training new technology such as AI. 

  • Experience: 10–15+ years of strategic planning experience in an Integrated/Creative Agency, ideally handling Tech or Consumer Electronics accounts. 

  • Strong analytical mindset to translate market research and consumer insights into compelling campaign narratives and proposal decks. 

  • High flexibility and strong openness to new thinking, modern approaches, and emerging channels. 

  • Excellent storytelling, presentation, and English skills; confident in pitching to clients and bridging Creative and Account teams

Location:

Ho Chi Minh City

Brand:

Dentsu Redder

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)

Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or a related field
  • 10–15+ years of strategic planning experience in an integrated or creative agency
  • Experience handling technology or consumer electronics accounts
  • Strong analytical mindset and ability to translate market research and consumer insights into campaign narratives
  • Flexibility and openness to new thinking, modern approaches, and emerging channels
  • Excellent storytelling, presentation, and English-language skills
  • Confidence pitching to clients and bridging Creative and Account teams
  • Training or short-course experience with new technologies such as AI
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The Company
HQ: London
6,507 Employees

What We Do

Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency network designed to unlock exponential growth for clients. We use Transformative Creativity as a differentiating, driving force to bring our capabilities together to positively impact people, business and society. Established in 2022, Dentsu Creative is integrated with dentsu’s Media and CXM businesses in over 145 countries and regions, to offer Integrated Growth Solutions.

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