Strategist (Mid - Strategy Director Level)

TAVERN is seeking highly talented and motivated strategists to join our team and work in partnership with our Design and Client Services Teams. As part of the Strategy Team at TAVERN, you set the bar for strategic excellence across clients and projects. You're highly respected by the client and creatives for delivering strategic thinking that answers their business problems, and for being a champion of our creative excellence as an agency.

Our strategists are inspirational speakers, able to work on multiple projects while being a voice of authority within the agency and pushing strategic discipline forward. Most importantly, they've got a high degree of cultural and emotional intelligence that leads to effective collaboration across many different working styles and perspectives. You know how to empower others and create a genuine sense of team cohesion to drive the agency's strategic agenda forward.

Requirements

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create and steward big brand strategies, clearly defining them and building them over multiple initiatives
• Own the strategic vision and creative output for assigned business
• Deeply understand the client business and what makes it tick
• Champion the brand purpose and ensure that it lives across all key touch-points and communications
• Identify additional opportunities for the growth of clients’ business and projects, both in the world and within the agency
• Forge relationships with internal members of leadership, across disciplines and departments (ie. Design, Client Services), constantly working with them to understand what’s working, what’s not, and what can be improved
• Be the strategic voice and oversee the strategic efficacy of the work in creative reviews
• Develop the skills of and mentor junior team members

QUALIFICATIONS

Benefits

Tavern offers 24 days PTO per year, paid holidays, paid sick leave, 401k matching, medical / dental and access to other benefits like HealthAdvocate, One Medical, Teladoc, TalkSpace, Kindbody. Plus potential for a year-end bonus and half day Summer Fridays between Memorial Day and Labor Day.