Job Description
The Director is an operationally focused, strategic role, responsible for driving long-term customer success across a range of marketing channels including email and mobile messaging and mobile apps. The overarching goal is to create value for new and existing Horizon clients, through the oversight and delivery of meaningful experiences in their owned marketing channels. Services include CRM and App Marketing.
Who We Are
ONE (formerly 305WW) is a full-service culture-first agency whose mission is to help clients harness the power and influence of the multicultural consumer. A joint venture between Horizon Media and the influential powerhouse and entrepreneur Pitbull, 305 Worldwide is leading the industry with a modern take on the multicultural imperative necessary to drive business growth in today’s environment. Our fully integrated capabilities include Consumer Insights & Strategy, Content Development & Production, Talent & Influencer Management, Media Planning and Buying…and everything in between. We create meaningful and effective content to reach the dynamic and influential multicultural consumer, and we rely on the robust portfolio of proprietary tools and resources of Horizon Media to help us deliver positive business outcomes for our clients. At 305 Worldwide, we understand the value that different perspectives can bring to our clients and culture, so we strive for an environment where our employees feel welcomed, safe, and empowered. We value YOU and believe that your authentic voice and unique perspective allows us to create a more rewarding culture, and experience, together.
What You’ll Do
The Director, Strategy, 305 helps to represent the consumer, brand, and business. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute across a diverse array of the strategic range including delivering research, insights, strategic grounding, and creative development. This role works closely with the strategic lead of the agency and will be a significant support partner to develop the vision of the department’s practice.
Core Responsibilities:
Strategic Acumen
You see the big picture and help develop strategic initiatives towards inspired solutions. You have a passion for digging into a client’s business and understanding category and cultural trends, as well as providing insight into the competitive landscape. Working with your agency and client partners, you will be involved in positioning, platform, and messaging strategies that elevate and bring the creative idea into the world.
Creative Storytelling & Inspiration
You understand how to synthesize and distill data, research, and cultural trends into inspiring and unexpected creative briefs. Using the range of agency tools, collaborative ideation, and side-by-side partnership with creative teams, you’ll help to deliver insights that raise the bar for the creative work and unlock unexpected creative solutions.
Research and Insights
Support the development of research deliverables under the direction of a Planning Director. Conduct online research as directed, attend research interviews as appropriate. Contribute learning and insights based on research learnings. Understanding of how to use both qualitative and quantitative research as the basis for a range of client deliverables. Analyzes qualitative and quantitative data such as audience segmentation, competitive research, and market data and translate that information into insights and strategies that will impact client brands. Builds out aspects of the strategy work.
Tools:
Core proficiency with software, tools, and templates as applicable to Brand Strategy. Often establishes templates that teams can reuse for efficiency. Collaboration/workshop tools e.g. Miro, Mural, Jamboard. Research tools and platforms including but not limited to MRI/Simmons, Netbase, Helixa, Statista, You.gov, Kantar, etc.
Leadership:
Planning is a leadership position. You must bring a passion for what communication and creativity can achieve in…