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Strategy Director (Contract)
Chicago, US. Posted a month ago
The role
The Strategy Director serves as the day-to-day strategic lead for assigned brands. This senior leadership role owns the full arc of brand and social strategy and manages the strategy team.
What you will do
- Lead brand and social strategy across multiple brands or a high-priority portfolio.
- Define strategic direction with the Group Strategy Director.
- Translate audience, cultural, business, and performance insights into briefs and recommendations.
- Maintain strategic frameworks, playbooks, and brand voice guidance.
- Manage, mentor, and develop the strategy team within assigned pods.
- Provide structured feedback, coaching, and growth opportunities for junior team members.
- Serve as the senior strategic partner to Creative, Brand, and Comms leaders.
- Partner with Brand, Creative, Media, and Analytics to deliver integrated thinking.
- Lead planning processes and workflows to improve efficiency and integration.
- Monitor market trends, cultural shifts, and consumer behavior to inform strategy.
Required qualifications
- 7–10 years of experience in brand strategy, creative strategy, social strategy, or integrated marketing roles.
- Demonstrated experience leading strategy across multiple brands or a complex brand.
- Proven ability to manage and develop junior strategists and cross-functional team members.
- Experience leveraging data-driven insights, cultural trends, and consumer behavior to build strategies.
- Comfort operating with autonomy in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Strong communication and influence skills to present strategic thinking to stakeholder groups.
Nice to have
- Experience within a Fortune 500 CPG company or top-tier creative/in-house agency.
- Experience in social-led and integrated strategy across owned, earned, and paid media channels.
About the company
The Kitchen is Kraft Heinz's integrated creative function consisting of creatives, producers, data analysts and social experts. The team is recognized internationally by industry giants like Cannes and One Show.