Strategy Director - TTP

Strategy Director: Discipline Lead

Position: Temp-to-perm

Location: Remote

OVERVIEW Movement Strategy is seeking a Strategy Director to serve as the central strategic authority within a Pod. In this role, you lead strategic development across business, brand, social, content, and communications ensuring the Pod delivers high-performing, insight-driven work rooted in cultural fluency, data rigor, and platform-native thinking.

You report directly into the Pod Lead, who oversees integrated delivery across Strategy, Creative, Content & Engagement, and Account. You also maintain a dotted-line relationship to the Group Director of Strategy, who supports your discipline growth and strategic leadership.

As Strategy Director, you bring senior-level experience in building brand-level and social strategies, annual planning, comms planning, measurement frameworks, data analysis, and consumer insights. You thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and are adept at collaborating across departments to translate insights into creative action.

A BIT ABOUT US

Movement Strategy creates content and campaigns for the world’s most exciting brands. We win awards, make headlines, shatter engagement numbers and celebrate the journey along the way. It’s why companies like Netflix, Amazon, Spotify, and Intuit come to us again and again.

We’re fully remote with hubs in New York, Denver, and LA, and a presence all across the US. We believe collaboration is what takes our work from good to great, and at times, even to legendary status. We champion diverse opinions and creativity in every department, and provide professional development and learning opportunities with the goal of helping you discover your best work today, and learn how to make it even better in the future.

KEY FOCUS AREAS 

Pod Leadership & Strategic Partnership

• Serve as the strategic lead within the Pod, partnering with Creative, C&E, Paid Media, and Account to drive integrated decision-making. 

• Support the Pod Lead in upholding the Pod’s strategic vision and setting priorities.

• Inspire, align, and motivate cross-functional teams around a data-driven, insight-led strategy.

• Strengthen the Pod’s ability to anticipate trends and proactively identify opportunities.

• Lead 0→1 social ecosystem builds for net-new brands or initiatives — defining social purpose, CTA, channels, and launch approach from scratch.

Brand & Communications Strategy

• Lead brand planning, positioning strategy, and long-term brand growth frameworks. 

• Translate early-stage brand platforms or works-in-progress into clear, launch-ready social strategy.

• Develop comms strategies, messaging frameworks, consumer journeys, narrative architectures, and tactical briefs.

• Develop phased launch strategies, including platform roles, narrative arcs, and guardrails.

• Ensure all creative work is grounded in a clear strategic foundation with a single-minded point of view.

• Translate research, insights, and consumer behavior into actionable strategic direction.

Data-Driven Insights & Measurement

• Provide analytical rigor to every project, integrating social listening, platform analytics, research, and audience insights. 

• Build KPI frameworks, measurement models, benchmarking approaches, and forecasting.

• Own recurring strategic reporting for the Pod — connecting performance to business and creative implications.

• Synthesize quantitative and qualitative data into clear, accessible, client-ready insights.

Trend Intelligence, Culture & Strategic Agility

• Stay deeply informed about digital culture, platform shifts, emerging tech, and category trends.

• Bring forward reactive, experimental, and future-facing opportunities for the Pod.

• Embrace rapid problem-solving, iteration, and test-and-learn strategic approaches.

• Push creative and content partners into new territories using insight-led inspiration.

Creative Partnership & Cross-Functional Integration

• Work closely with Creative Directors, Copywriters, Art Directors, Designers, C&E, and Paid Media to ensure strategic alignment across concepts and deliverables.

• Provide rationale and strategic context in creative reviews and ideation sessions.

• Translate strategic work into inspiration that fuels creative development and storytelling.

• Partner with the Impact COE on cross-functional strategic frameworks that guide Pod operations.

Client Leadership & Presentation Excellence

• Build strong relationships with peer-level client stakeholders, bringing clarity, confidence, and strategic POVs. 

• Present complex insights in compelling, accessible narratives.

• Provide steady, strategic guidance during fast-moving or high-pressure cycles.

• Lead annual planning, strategic roadmaps, and major presentations.

Pod Strategy Operations & Ways of Working

• Ensure strategic outputs are connected to Pod processes, rituals, and workflows.

• Bring clarity and structure to ambiguous or complex strategic challenges.

• Collaborate with Project Management to support efficient workflow and strategic prioritization.

• Create clarity fast in ambiguous situations, synthesizing imperfect inputs into decisive strategic direction under tight timelines.

New Business & Cross-Pod Strategic Reinforcement

• Support new business pitches with insight development, strategic POVs, category/competitive research, deck building, and narrative structure

• Jump into other Pods or business units when senior-level strategic support is needed for high-priority initiatives.

• Partner with Strategy leadership to align on strategic consistency and cross-Pod needs.

QUALIFICATIONS 

• 8–10+ years in strategy (social, digital, brand, comms, or integrated) in an agency setting.

• Deep familiarity with social platforms, cultural trends, and performance metrics. 

• Hands-on experience with social listening and analytics tools (Brandwatch, GWI, RivalIQ).

• Proven ability to build brand strategies, messaging frameworks, comms architectures, and consumer journeys.

• Strong ability to synthesize multiple inputs into clear, cohesive strategies.

• Experience presenting to senior-level clients (VP+, Directors). 

• Expertise in developing measurement plans, KPIs, and performance reporting.

• Experience leading social strategy for net-new launches or initiatives with high cultural visibility.

• Comfort navigating sensitive/civic or purpose-driven spaces with clear strategic guardrails.

IDEAL QUALITIES

• Insight-driven with a sharp strategic POV.

• Energetic, positive, collaborative, and solutions-oriented.

• Equally analytical and creative in approach.

• Clear communicator who thrives in cross-functional environments.

• Proactive, experimental, and adaptable in fast-paced environments.

• Confident, calm, and thoughtful in complex or high-pressure moments.

Benefits & Perks

Movement Strategy’s approach to the future of work: We embrace a remote culture and empower our employees to work wherever they feel most productive. To facilitate in-person collaboration, we have a partnership with WeWork which allows our employees to have a membership to any location nationwide. 

As a leader in social advertising, we rely on the creativity of our people to deliver the best work for our clients. In return, we invest in our employees by offering them a diverse suite of benefits from best-in-class carriers, with enough choice and flexibility to keep our team and their families healthy and happy today and tomorrow.

• 100% employer contribution for health (base plan), vision, and dental

• 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match

• Short and Long Term Disability

• Life Insurance & AD&D

• Paid Parental Leave

• Fully-Remote Agency

• Flexible Paid Time Off

  • Take-As-You-Need Paid Time Off

  • Take-As-You-Need Paid Mental Health Days

  • 10 days minimum required off per year

• Company Paid Holidays

• (2) Summer Fridays - Fully Off

• Week-Long Winter Agency Closure

• Support for continued education

• New Business Referral Bonus

• Movement Journey Program -  Stipend for personal growth

• Health and Wellness Program

• WeWork Membership 

• Positive Impact and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committees 

• Employee Resource Groups

SALARY & COMPENSATION

In compliance with local and state law, we are disclosing the compensation for roles that will be performed in New York City, Colorado, and California. The range listed is just one component of Movement Strategy’s total compensation package for employees.  Individual compensation varies based on location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. 

A successful applicant’s actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, skill sets, years of relevant experience, qualifications, and certifications or other professional licenses held. Movement Strategy prides itself on providing competitive salaries and actively works to ensure there is pay equity across the company. 

Pay Range: $135k - 175k salary per year

Movement Strategy is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they check every single box. Movement Strategy is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages those from historically and systemically marginalized communities to apply. 

We believe that what we put out into the world matters. And since we were founded on the principles of paving our own path, we take bold steps toward what we believe is the right direction. This means addressing the big stuff: the systems of inequality that impact some of us far more than others. As culture creators, we firmly believe we have a responsibility to our colleagues, clients, communities, and the industry to live up to the Movement’s name. We confront inequities head-on as they come, knowing that this work is never done and that we must keep the momentum.