Droga- Strategy Director

Droga5 - Strategy Director at Accenture

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Droga5, part of Accenture Song, is a creative agency with offices in New York, London, Dublin, Tokyo and São Paulo. From integrated communications and experience innovation to business design, Droga5 exists to build and sustain the most influential brands of the 21st century through creativity. Droga5 was founded in 2006 and has been recognized as Agency of the Year more than 25 times and was named both Ad Age and Adweek’s Agency of the Decade (2010–2019).

As a Strategy Director at Droga5, you are the hub around which strategy on the account rotates, managing content and process. You set the bar for how excellent our strategic product is, and help those more junior to reach that bar. You’re highly respected by the client and creatives for delivering strategic thinking that answers their business problems and for being a champion of our creative excellence as an agency.

You are adept at managing multiple projects and clients to a very high degree of quality, can run a pitch, and are an inspirational presenter. You’re a voice of authority within the agency, push the strategic discipline forward, and lead inclusively with cultural and emotional intelligence that drives collaboration across diverse working styles.

• Oversee and be responsible for best‑in‑class strategic deliverables of an account in close partnership with other disciplines such as creative, account, production, etc.
• Create and steward strategic outputs from overarching brand strategies to creative execution briefs, building them over multiple campaigns at pace with the account.
• Frame thinking and place it in its proper context by identifying real business problems a brand and communications can affect.
• Articulate the roles of the brand, communication and communication channels within business plans—thinking for tomorrow, not just today.
• Show deep understanding of the client business and industry.
• Champion the brand purpose and creative vision; ensure it lives across all key touch‑points and communications as appropriate.
• Utilize desk research, syndicated tools and AI tools for basic research, build a unique and original POV and find creatively interesting ways of approaching problems.
• Build measurable goals up front in the strategic and creative process and track performance once a campaign has launched.
• Show clear ways of impacting the strategic and creative output from D5.
• Collaborate up, down, and across both internally and externally.
• Be curious about the world and clients.
• Be persuasive and compelling.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

• 6+ years of brand, comms, or data strategy, or relatable experience in a creative agency setting, with experience leading pieces of business and pitches or adjacent industry experience.

• Demonstrated mastery and proven track record of delivering creatively inspiring, business‑driving thinking.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or equivalent training and/or experience.
• Deep understanding of the roles of brands, communications and communication channels within business plans.

• California: $94,400 – $266,300
• Cleveland: $87,400 – $213,000
• Colorado: $94,400 – $230,000
• District of Columbia: $100,500 – $245,000
• Illinois: $87,400 – $230,000
• Maryland: $94,400 – $230,000
• Massachusetts: $94,400 – $245,000
• Minnesota: $94,400 – $230,000
• New York/New Jersey: $87,400 – $266,300
• Washington: $100,500 – $245,000

Information on benefits is here.

We accept applications on an on‑going basis and there is no fixed Final date to receive applications.

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