Job Description
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The Chief Strategy Officer is the main igniter and driver of the thought leadership for the entire group and its clients.
Working closely with the CEO and the Chief Creative Officer, the role requires agility and flexibility to drive business growth at scale and creativity in the most innovative yet effective way for the groups` portfolio of clients.
Leading a team of planners, collaborating with the strategy community in house and servicing our key accounts as their business consultant, we require knowledge and expertise but no less great degree of creativity and innovative thinking
Key roles:
- Ignite and recommend a strategic thinking and innovation vision for the agency thru its portfolio and its potential new prospects.
- Identify growth perspectives from existing clients by discovering new opportunities for the brand and business.
- Keep a close consultant relationship with key clients and help them navigate the challenges they face from the business and marketing perspectives.
- Grow the strategy team in terms of c curiosity, knowledge, and capabilities.
- Discover opportunities for continuous training within or beyond the McCann Network and create opportunities for self-development for each of the members of the team.
- Work closely with the creative leadership teams; propose solutions to strategic and creative challenges that may arise.
- Be the champion of McCann Truth Central (Research Division) as the strategic differentiator of McCann on a local and on a regional level. Participate in on-going research projects and share new findings with the rest of the agency as well as with the key clients. Maintain the relationship with our Truth Central strategic leadership.
- Along with the Strategy team, be the ones that inspire, update, and motivate the entire agency towards creative, innovative, and effective communication.
- Support and integrate the strategic community in the group and the different divisions: BTL (Momentum) and the Digital (MRM/McCann) disciplines when needed.
Whom are we looking for?
- A very experienced head of strategy five years and beyond in a medium-to-big agency with an international portfolio
- Highly experienced with global and or international/regional clients and multiple categories: especially telecom, FMCG, finance, and finance-related, retail, etc
- A university graduate of either or both economics, political science, sociology/anthropology, psychology, etc
- A leader and proven grower of teams
- A proven credential of business and creative wins
- Ready to mobilize to a different country and already experienced with it
- A team player with a courageous heart and mind willing to be part of a chaotic, very creative, mindful community of people
