Associate Strategy Director

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website (<a class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="http://monks.com/careers" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="http://monks.com/careers" data-sk="tooltip_parent">monks.com/careers</a>).</span></p></div><h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2> <p><strong>*This role requires being onsite at our Los Angeles office twice a week.</strong></p> <p>As an Associate Strategy Director, you’ll set and implement social media and other creative and content strategies to align with communication campaigns across multiple channels. The ideal candidate is a fast, flexible, culturally-savvy go-getter who jumps on new opportunities to create impactful work. Additionally, the ideal candidate feels comfortable leading projects and isn’t afraid to share a POV. You’ll translate marketing objectives into channel strategy and social content ecosystems in both English and Spanish with ease.&nbsp;</p> <p>This role requires the ability to successfully manage relationships with both external client stakeholders and internal agency teams as they work together to bring social strategies and content to life for a CA state government agency. The ideal candidate is someone who can work autonomously in a fast-paced, strategic role with heavy Spanish language writing and ideation proficiency.</p> <h3><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Absolutely must be able to plan, manage, and execute multi-channel (TV, social and more) strategy for a Californian government agency across multiple mediums and social platforms, in both EL &amp; SL.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Develop creative briefs for product and seasonal campaigns.&nbsp;</li> <li>Work with creative teams to develop briefs, comms/messaging and creative assets.</li> <li>Distill insights into compact, easy to understand language that inspires conceptual creative development.</li> <li>Collaborate with cross-agency team to oversee research and creative testing; provide insights and align with creative on optimizations.</li> <li>Provide thought leadership to clients as well as recommendations for best practices and opportunities for improvement.</li> <li>Identify opportunities and clearly commu