Strategy Director (Temp)

Job Description

Strategy Director Blue Hour Studios

Blue Hour Studios is a social-first agency that builds community and fandom at the intersection of culture content creators and commerce. As an affiliate of Horizon Media we partner with leading brands to design culturally magnetic work that drives both relevance and results.

We believe different perspectives make better work. We hire people who think deeply challenge convention and bring original points of view into the room.

We are seeking a Strategy Director to lead strategic thinking across key accounts new business and agency POV. This is a role for a culturally fluent commercially sharp strategist who can shape direction inspire teams and build trust with clients at the highest level.

What Youll Do Strategy

Own strategic direction across major client engagements and new business opportunities translating insight into bold differentiated social-first and creator-driven ideas.

Interrogate client briefs to uncover the real business and cultural challenge defining the strategic foundation for creative influencer and platform execution.

Collaborate closely with account and creative teams to determine the right strategic approach to a client ambition or challenge and working cross-functionally to make sure we deliver exceptional work.

Build decks and drive overall narrative of campaign presentations that clearly communicate our ideas insights and recommendations leaving clients captivated and ready to embrace our vision.

Develop and present clear thought-provoking strategy deliverables including social strategy creative briefs campaign tactical plans & communications plans.

Identify trends and opportunities to innovate our agency approach and help the creative team uncover social-first trends that will inspire breakthrough creative.

Write creative briefs and facilitate brainstorms and client workshops to inspire great creative and strategic work.

Connect strategy to business outcomes by linking brand ambition audience insight and performance metrics (ROI growth effectiveness).

Contribute to the evolution of Blue Hours strategic methodologies tools and social-first POV.

Client Leadership

Serve as the strategic lead for select client relationships providing clarity inspiration and point of view at the senior level.

Navigate ambiguity with confidence setting direction when the client brief is unclear and earning trust through decisive thinking.

Lead workshops immersions and inspiration sessions to help clients stay ahead of cultural platform and creator shifts.

Evaluate campaign performance to surface insights optimize future strategy and demonstrate the commercial value of social-first work.

New Business

Drive strategic development for pitches and proposals shaping narratives that address real client challenges with original culturally resonant solutions.

Partner with Creative and Client leadership to win new business and grow existing accounts through compelling insight-led positioning.

Who You Are

A social-first strategist with 710 years of experience in social influencer or social-first creative at an agency or brand.

Extensive experience leading social-first and influencer-driven strategies for major brands with clear examples of shaping POVs campaign strategy and creative briefs that influence agency or client direction.

Deeply fluent in social and creator ecosystems including platform behaviors content formats community dynamics and influencer landscape.

Proven experience in translating social cultural audience and platform insights into compelling ideas that deliver measurable brand and business impact.

A sharp storyteller who distills complexity into structured persuasive narratives across decks rooms and client conversations.

Commercially minded able to connect creativity to performance growth and ROI.

A confident leader and mentor who elevates the work of others through clear direction thoughtful feedback and high standards.

Curious proactive and creatively brave energized by emerging platforms new cultural movements and non-obvious connections.

Collaborative by nature respected across disciplines and trusted by senior clients.

Strong command of research and insight tools (e.g. Brandwatch MRI Simmons Helixa) and social analytics.

Salary Range:$3076.92 to$3653.85a week. A successful applicants actual weekly or hourly rate may vary based upon but not limited to skill sets experience and traininglicensure/certifications and equity.

Base Pay

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

Horizon Media is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.