Strategy Director
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Scangroup is hiring a Strategy Director in Accra to lead strategic capabilities across communications, technology, and data-driven marketing. The role involves strategic planning, business development, and cross-functional collaboration with senior agency teams. Candidates need 10-12 years of experience in strategy with a digital or consulting background.
- Senior leadership role driving agency-wide strategic capabilities
- Requires 10-12 years of strategic experience with digital or consulting background
- Involves client strategy, business development, and growth hackathons
- Full-time position based in Accra, Greater Accra
- Salary is negotiable
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- Required10+ years of relevant experienceThe job post includes a minimum experience signal.
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- RequiredAvailability to work in AccraThe vacancy is associated with this location.
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Vacancies
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Job Type
Full-time
Accra, Greater Accra
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Job Description
Role Summary
The Strategy Director will lead the agency's strategic capabilities, with an acute understanding of how communications and culture, technology and platforms intersect in the mind of the consumer. He/she must be able to analyze data and insights to create compelling solutions for today's digital first audiences.
He/she will be required to work closely with senior agency teams across account management, creative, technology and media to formulate a compelling on and offline strategy for clients' businesses. This role is also pivotal in solutioning for platform and products to power the agency's own product strategy in areas of social listening, CX and other data tools.
Key
Responsibilities
- & Accountabilities
- Strategic Planning and Implementation:
- Make and present annual, quarterly or periodic strategy presentations for the different client business units in a global work environment. Lead and drive thought and development of various media marketing plans.
- Marketing Planning:
- Define and own marketing calendars and promotional strategies to meet the organizational objective. Work on the 30-60-90 days and long-term plans.
- Data Analytics:
- Define data analytics approach and mindset for the business and activate necessary actions for business growth. Analyze customer patterns for higher returns. Set goals, interpret metrics, and implement projects that will improve business performance, visibility, and revenue.
- Business & Category Monitoring:
- Constantly keep track of prospects and bring marketing insights by analyzing competition marketing, category trends and other macro and micro aspects.
- Sponsorships and Partnerships:
- Identify, evaluate, and make recommendations for clients' participation in sponsorships and other brand partnerships as relevant.
- Growth Hackathons:
- Organize and lead periodic growth hackathons with key clients as may be agreed upon with the business lead to position Ogilvy as an indispensable strategic and creative partner.
- Business Development:
- Contribute to new business development including pitches with strategic planning.
- KPIs
- In three months:
- Expected to have full understanding of client business association and your role. Understand the different stakeholders within the agency and start building a relationship with them. Ability to lead strategic discussions with clients and internal stakeholders.
- In six months:
- Be visible as key POC of your team within the agency as well as with clients. Proactively drive the strategic initiatives and response to client
Requirements
- and briefs. Have a full understanding of what is happening on the client's business and work accordingly. Ability to start leading long term and short-term strategic planning for the client and pitches.
- In twelve months:
- Be the bridge between local clients and regional/global agency team for strategic planning initiatives. Develop case studies for internal use and for local, regional and international awards across the key disciplines in the agency.
- Professional, Technical Skills & Previous
Experience
Required
Must have at least 10-12 years of
in a strategic discipline, with a digital, communications or consulting background.
Product strategy and design thinking is a requirement, with a significant amount of this
devoted to work in digital environments.
Brand and communications planning
is a must, as is business strategy.
Understands how business, brands and customers interact, with deep knowledge of the role that technology plays in this relationship.
in insight and idea generation, with ability to judge ideas for distinctiveness, relevance and effectiveness.
Ability to translate strategic recommendations into actionable experiences, products, and plans.
Familiarity with a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research techniques, and ability to design and implement measurement plans.
Can clearly and persuasively frame and communicate strategic recommendations to senior audiences, internally and externally.
Team player with strong leadership skills, able to manage people across multiple projects under high pressure.
Organized, professional, proactive, clear and concise communication style, simple language and high cultural awareness.
Track record of nurturing and mentoring younger strategists or analysts.
Company Overview
Ogilvy Africa is the largest network agency on the continent catering to 40 countries with a team of about 900 people across Central, East and West Africa.
Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Ogilvy Africa manages a portfolio of over 100 brands for clients such as AB Inbev, Airtel, Africa CDC, Bill & Melinda Gates, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Distell, Equity Bank, Exxon Mobil, Kenya Airways, Mastercard Foundation, Mondelez, NCBA, Nestle, Philips, PWC, SAB Miller, Sanlam, Standard Chartered, Total, Tullow, UNICEF, Unilever, Visa, Vodafone and WWF amongst others.
We offer services across the full spectrum of marketing domains including advertising, customer engagement and commerce, digital transformation, shopper marketing, media, PR and influence, all under one unified setup. We have also created proprietary marketing products in areas such as real-time marketing, social intelligence, virtual experiences, influencer management, e-commerce enablement and content hubs.
Our unique operating model, One Ogilvy, allows clients and brands to reduce the complexity of agency structures and create omnichannel experiences for their consumers across touchpoints. Fueled by the combination of content, data and technology, Ogilvy Africa strives to be the best-practice agency model for developing and emerging markets.
In our 20+ years in Africa, we have won the highest number of regional and global awards for the region including Cannes Lions, Clio Awards, Dubai Lynx Festival, SABRE Awards and others.
Ogilvy is a leading global creative network of WPP. Launched by David Ogilvy over 70 years ago, it is referred to as the Agency of Giants by several industry experts.
Ogilvy Africa Beliefs
People need regular OS upgrades:
Even the best OS will be obsolete tomorrow unless it is constantly upgraded. The same is true for people.
We need more practitioners:
We are a culture of practitioners, not managers. We contribute before we comment.
Creative about creativity:
Creativity is, and will always be, our differentiator. Creativity now includes data, content and technology.
Diversity is a competitive advantage:
New profiles, new skills and new styles of leadership make us a stronger company.
Collaborative advantage:
Find partners who are on top of their game at the skillset we need. It is the only way to scale at speed.
Team over individual:
You get a lot more done when everyone stops worrying about who gets credit at the end.
Fail often, fail fast:
We see entrepreneurs in all our people and encourage a culture of pilots. Test, succeed and scale; or fail fast, learn from the failure, and start something new.
How to Apply
Apply through Scangroup's Greenhouse application page.
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