Director, Strategy

The posting, as The New York Times wrote it

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About the Role

The New York Times advertising department's mission is to create work that helps brands make their mark in the world, and our canvas is the full breadth of The New York Times and its associated media platforms, including digital, mobile, audio, print, events and more.

The Advertising Strategy team's award-winning work includes activations across digital, audio, and print and spans the breadth of NYT's portfolio, like Cooking, Wirecutter, Games, and The Athletic, as well as our premier editorial events like the Dealbook conference.

The Director, Strategy will bring experience working cross-category and possess a passion for uncovering how different categories intersect with media and culture to spark inspiring creative ways-in and ideas. Strategy is a team sport, and you will be an expert collaborator with experience leading versatile teams, including creative, program management, sales, and planning, toward a common goal. Success within the advertising strategy team requires the ability to uncover human and cultural truths across multiple categories like finance, media, entertainment, healthcare, and consumer goods as well as a passion for big ideas expressed through media, a love of The New York Times, and a high standard for creating visual presentations.

• Management and Mentorship: You are a skilled manager with practice and proficiency in teaching and guiding teams through the strategic process.
• Operational Skills: You have some experience with strategic resourcing of team members and managing stakeholders around workflows
• Research, Insights, and Creative Brief Development: You are an expert at using proprietary tools, third-party resources and desk research to uncover meaningful insights, human truths and whitespace opportunities that will lead to a compelling way in for creative and media.
• Creative Briefing: You are experienced in writing compelling creative briefs, briefing creative teams, and being an inspiring strategic partner to creative teams.
• Media Strategy: You are experienced in making recommendations for how to use media to bring ideas to life in ways that meet clients' campaign objectives. Although you will not be responsible for writing media plans, you are comfortable and expert in guiding internal teams as well as clients in making smart and creative media choices.
• Client Deliverable Development: You are experienced in owning and creating client-ready visual proposals

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