Head of Strategy
7 days ago
We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Head of Strategy to join our team at Ogilvy Johannesburg. As a senior leader and key member of our management team, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of our agency and driving business growth.
Key Responsibilities- Lead brand teams in integrated strategy, uncovering unique customer insights and identifying key compelling strategic opportunities.
- Nurture and champion the big creative idea, leading brainstorm sessions that result in areas of opportunity for the brand.
- Design and manage research projects, analyzing qualitative and quantitative research results for agency and client needs.
- Utilize proprietary and secondary research to identify and assess target characteristics and needs, strength of competition, and cultural attitudes and behaviors toward brands.
- Optimize the impact of customer insights in program development by inspiring and partnering with creatives.
- Lead Integrated Strategy Team(s), overseeing and actively developing, training, and mentoring direct reports to continually improve output.
- Participate in the agency's Senior Leadership Team(s), playing an active role in defining and clarifying agency short- and long-term Go-to-Market strategy and suite of offerings.
- 5-10 years of experience in agency leadership, brand strategy leadership, digital strategy leadership.
- Team leadership, POV and Thought Leadership, Effectiveness commitment and capability.
- Research, statistics, social and behavioral sciences, or another related content area.
- Effective and persuasive leadership, comfortable with all levels of interaction across the business.
- Proven management skills and ability to manage day-to-day operations.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Strategy Team leadership towards development and realizing of goals.
- Respectable operational comprehension of the data and qualitative research.
- Proven client management skills and experience of client relationship building.
- Solid working expertise of the market overall and provide a broad perspective on the critical issues facing a brand.
- Strong Partnership with the creative leadership and teams to drive the necessary impact and championing creative excellence.
Ogilvy is a global marketing and advertising agency that has been a leader in the industry for over 80 years. We are committed to helping our clients build their brands and drive business growth through innovative and effective marketing solutions.
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