Senior Director, Strategy

NVE Experience Agency is a world-class experiential marketing agency and event production company, guided by the principle that the right moment will transform someone forever. NVE creates experiences that connect brands to the people, ideas, and trends that drive culture. Committed to delivering calculated impact, NVE builds multi-dimensional business solutions that convert consumer attention into action, sales, and brand loyalty.

Summary of Position:

The Senior Director, Strategy will jointly report to the SVP, Strategy and EVP, Strategy & Communications (Career Dev) within the Strategy & Communications department – leading strategic marketing initiatives for both new and existing client-projects. They will ensure programs and campaigns are insight-driven, ownable to the brand, resonate in culture, and are executed at the highest level.

This person must have the ability to develop integrated experiential campaigns that cut into culture and consumers lives. From initial insight to final decks, this person must be able to craft a strategy into a persuasive story that inspires creative teams and excites our clients.

This position will join an ambitious team of multidisciplinary strategists and experts. This position will have the opportunity to lead strategic initiatives by working cross-functionally to develop and execute comprehensive marketing strategies and advise senior clients on a regular basis.

This is a hands-on, high-responsibility role that will require a confident marketer, leader, writer, and speaker with a passion for brands and a deep fascination with culture and the role brands play within it.

Job Responsibilities:

• Create and present thoughtful and provocative strategies, creative briefs, brand ideas, and experience plans
• Lead key strategic projects to fulfill client deliverables and execute exceptional programs
• Support the SVP strategy in day-to-day strategic marketing output
• Responsible for leading the development of strategic programs, and communicating our positioning to key clients
• Collaborate cross departmentally to develop breakthrough ideas/strategies for new business proposals and existing accounts
• Participate in RFP brainstorms, offering brand solutions against client requests as needed
• Serve as a thought-leader internally within NVE and externally with clients.
• Connect the full range of NVE’s capabilities, from brand experience, communications, creator marketing, creative strategy, Cognition (interactive) and The Future Party, amongst others – for our brand partners.
• Maintain a deep knowledge of category and competitive activity
• Mentor and develop strategic talent internally and externally

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8+ years’ experience in marketing and brand solutions
• Experience includes brand management or strategy, advertising, content strategy, media, events, digital marketing, and/or PR
• Specific experience in developing and leading cultural marketing initiatives
• Specific experience in leading integrated programs and connecting the brand objectives through the line.
• Creative problem-solving, and a doer/builder of decks and beautiful documents
• Ability to think creatively with evidence of success in developing brands and delivering them to market.
• Strong communication skills, an imaginative writer, and enthusiastic presenter with proficiency in Keynote.

Requirements: 

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% or more of the time

Location:

• We are a hybrid company with hub locations in Los Angeles and New York. The ideal candidate is located in Los Angeles.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging:

At NVE, we are led by curiosity and fueled by humanity. Authentic connection is at the heart of our work and we embrace the opportunity and responsibility we have as an organization to provide the tools and resources needed to deliver the best and most equitable experiences possible for our employees and the clients we serve.

Perks & Benefits:

• Health & Wellness Benefits 
• 401k Match 
• Communication Stipend 
• Paid Company holidays & PTO Package 
• Company get togethers & annual retreats 
• Paid Parental Leave 
• Flexible WFH policy 

Salary Estimation: [$135,000.00 - $160,000.00, plus incentive bonus]

NVE intends to provide a competitive total compensation package which includes a variety of incentives, benefits, growth and developmental opportunities. There are many factors to the presented salary range, including but not limited to - location, departmental budgets, certifications, and overall job-related qualifications.