Director, Strategy

Company Description

Publicis New York is a full-service communications agency with a focus on creating culturally relevant consumer platforms in broadcast, digital advertising, web development, social, CRM and experiential channels.  Our healthcare team has over twenty years of growing leading healthcare brands across a broad range of categories including vaccines, immunology, women’s health, food/nutrition and oncology.  We have a passion for uncovering the cultural opportunity for every health brand and we bring insights from our diverse client roster, including P&G, Citi, Walmart, Nestle, Abbott, L’Oreal, T-Mobile, to our health brands.   

As part of the Publicis agency network, we strive to “Lead the Change” for our client’s businesses and be their preferred creative partners in their marketing transformations.  We believe that change has become the defining characteristic in today’s business environment. Creating leading strategies and powerful ideas that allow our clients’ brands to become unique, irreplaceable, in control and ahead is our purpose. You have to lead the change, if you don’t want to be led by change. Are you ready to lead the change? 

Job Description

Are you an innovative strategist who’s keen to apply your talent to the health and wellness space? Would you like to work in one of the fast growing and most innovative therapeutic categories? Would you like to be part of the largest healthcare communications network in the world? Do you believe in challenging convention and pushing for new ways to look at things? Do you enjoy working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment? Do you have a passion for inspiring and nurturing great ideas? If so, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.  

Responsibilities include:   

• Developing strong client relationships as a key strategic and business partner  
• Guiding the strategic direction in relation to our clients’ brand development and marketing approach 
• Gain a deep, holistic and evolving understanding of our client’s business objectives, challenges, threats and opportunities – including forward looking awareness of emerging competitive threats 
• Developing a deep understanding of our clients’ customers’ wants, needs, and behaviors across the full customer journey (awareness > trial > continuation) 
• Developing an understanding and ability to advocate for the full suite of strategic skillsets and solutions offered by SSW  
• Collaborating with the creative, account, strategy, medical and analytics teams on business, brand and communications/content strategies  
• Developing POVs for our clients around business-critical issues and trends 
• Mining provocative insights that form the basis for effective communication, marketing, business and creative strategies  
• Developing inspiring creative and project briefs 
• Ability to lead the translation of insights into strategies and tactics 
• Leading internal brainstorms and client workshops 
• Participating in new business pitches  
• Partnering with clients on market research activities  

Qualifications

• HCP marketing experience 
• Experience with oncology brands very, very desirable 
• Able to become deeply immersed in our clients’ business on both a commercial and clinical/scientific level 
• Able to develop strong client relationships and trust based on deep immersion in their business 
• Bring a rounded competency set spanning brand strategy/creative development/digital engagement, or, in other words 
• Creative thinker  
• Adept at storytelling  
• Able to simplify and clarify complex concepts  
• Excellent analytical skills 
• Presence and personality, or, in other words 
• Superb and persuasive communications skills, both written and verbal 
• Clients and the internal team want to work with you  
• Collaborative approach 
• Leadership skills  

Additional Information

Compensation Range:  $98,500 -$165,500 annually.  This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application window for this job posting will end 12/27/2023.