Senior Strategist Jobs

About Vaynermedia

VaynerMedia is a contemporary global creative and media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned agency was founded in 2009 and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, APAC and LATAM. VaynerMedia has been recognized for its work at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards and The Webby Awards. It is part of the VaynerX family of companies.

Overall Purpose

Strategy at VaynerMedia provides a crucial perspective on the business dynamics. We are a human centric, culture obsessed discipline where we dive deep into audience insights, media trends, cultural shifts, and tech innovations that inform our strategic recommendations. Our team is collectively redefining and modernizing the way our clients harness consumer and cultural intelligence, develop brand strategy and plan for attention.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Well versed with the ability to leverage VaynerMedia tools, research and platforms to:
• Collaborate with Analytics and Media to ensure a robust plan to measure the performance (in real/near-real time), increasing the probability of success through on-going optimization.
• Develop distinct and differentiated audience segmentations that are connected to strategic decisions and creative ways-in.
• Conduct audience, category and brand analysis; leveraging our data, licensed data and/or clients’ 1st Party data.
• Ability to manage your workload, understanding how to prioritize and communicate when support is needed.
• Conduct social listening and content audits.
• Design and deploy quantitative surveys and analyze data for actionable insights and intelligence.
• Input to the strategic development of client presentations and other important communication in a clear manner
• Identify the most valuable audiences for our clients, balancing longer-term brand building objectives and real/near-real time results to be achieved.
• Be actively involved in the briefing of creative teams for ideation and steer / facilitate brainstorms and workshops.
• Design research recommendations through the use of insights resources and proprietary tools
• Develop weekly learning agendas in partnership with Strategy leads, and execute all relevant research and data analysis.
• Brings the consumer’s world to life for creative teams and clients using qualitative and cultural mining and insightful synthesis of quantitative research to inform a strategic approach.
• Articulate effective strategic rationale and logic flow that will help form a compelling story

Experience/Knowledge Required

• Understanding of multiple channels for communications and connections, and their role in brand and content marketing.
• Strategic thinking ability with balanced analytical and creative approach to integrated marketing planning.
• Self-motivated and demonstrates initiative in identifying opportunities, discerning a clear path forward and acting upon them swiftly.
• 3-5 years experience with strategically building brands, within the advertising industry
• Familiarity with, and ability to capably review qualitative and quantitative research plus behavioral data to draw and interpret insights.
• Ability to collaborate with the people of an organization, fostering strong cross-functional teamwork and positive results.
• Experience using secondary research tools such as Crimson Hexagon, MRI, and Mintel, and is able to select and mine appropriate resources efficiently and effectively to answer insights requests.

Unsure if you meet the qualifications? We are always looking for talent which will continue to cultivate an inclusive and representative team that will enhance our perspectives, skill sets, background, and behaviors. We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply!

• Medical, Dental, and vision coverage
• Caregiver (Parental) Leave
• Base Salary $70,000- $95,000
• Health and Wellness benefits
• Employer-sponsored 401k with match
• Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
• Unlimited PTO