Strategy Director

The posting, as Monks wrote it

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About the Role

As a Director of Strategy, you’ll lead full-funnel paid social media campaigns that drive customer acquisition, brand awareness, and high-value product launches across enterprise accounts (such as telecom and tech lines of business), acting as a senior domain expert driving large-scale programs and managing high-performing teams. We are looking for someone who is passionate about seeking new opportunities to create impactful work.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Design and execute full-funnel paid social roadmaps across Meta, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Pinterest, X, and emerging channels to achieve client revenue and audience targets.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with creative, analytics, and product development teams to optimize creative variations, target audience preferences, and landing page performance.
• Client & Business Growth: Lead executive-level presentations, foster high-value client relationships, and drive organic and new business scoping efforts.
• Team Management & Development: Lead, coach, and scale internal strategists, digital marketers, and media buyers—setting best practices for campaign trafficking and execution.
• Reporting & Optimization: Deliver clear performance reporting on traffic, user engagement, and attribution metrics, transforming raw data into actionable strategy recommendations.
• Emerging Tech & Compliance: Leverage AI and automation to scale campaign efficiency while ensuring strict adherence to data privacy regulations and brand safety guidelines.

About You

The essentials

• Experience: 8+ years of digital marketing and paid social strategy experience working with enterprise brands (telecom, tech, or high-consideration lines of business preferred).
• Platform Mastery: Expert-level knowledge of major social platforms and ad managers (Meta Ads Manager, YouTube/Google Ads, etc.) and analytics platforms (Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics).
• Leadership Track Record: Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and successfully driving large-scale strategic initiatives.
• Analytical Mindset: Exceptional ability to dissect complex datasets to identify audience insights, optimize user engagement, and prove marketing ROI.
• Communication Skills: Outstanding presentation, client-facing, and executive stakeholder management abilities.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

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Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc, where our culture centers on how we show up for the work and for one another. That begins with the commitment to strive for mastery—taking deep pride in our craft and creating work that sets the bar. In everyday execution, we drive momentum by choosing bold action rather than waiting for certainty. Above all, our teams are stronger together, bringing diverse perspectives into a unified team that communicates with clarity, trust, and mutual respect.

This commitment to craft and innovation translates directly into widespread industry acclaim: Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services and a leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Digital Marketing Agencies. It ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization (2025), Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2026 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in the Human-Machine Interaction Team category. Additionally, Monks.Flow earned AI-based Marketing Solution of the Year at the 2026 AI Breakthrough Awards and a 2026 Global Generative AI Award in the Agentic Marketing Innovation category. Finally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.