Senior Director, Strategy - Brand & Creative

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website (<a class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="http://monks.com/careers" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="http://monks.com/careers" data-sk="tooltip_parent">monks.com/careers</a>).</span></p></div><h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2> <p>As a <strong data-start="350" data-end="398">Senior Director, Strategy – Brand & Creative</strong>, you'll lead our Brand Strategy discipline within this team. We're looking for someone who is passionate about building breakthrough brands, developing bold strategic thinking, and creating impactful work that moves businesses and culture forward.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong data-start="648" data-end="657">TL;DR</strong> – You've already done this for global brands on some of the world's biggest stages. You've been in the room when major decisions are made and know how to earn your seat there. You care more about the work being great than being right. You know the difference between a brand truth and a brand claim—and can teach others. <strong data-start="979" data-end="1179">You've built brand strategy that doesn't stop at the brief. You know how great brand platforms translate into integrated campaigns, digital experiences, product launches, and customer touch-points.</strong> Most importantly, you're excited by the opportunity to lead and shape the Brand Strategy discipline within a larger, highly collaborative, AI-forward strategy organization.</span></p> <h3><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h3> <ul> <li> <p data-path-to-node="6,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="6,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Global Brand Positioning:</strong> Lead development of foundational brand strategy, architecture, and positioning for this industry-defining tech giant across its full product portfolio. Make sure the brand stays consistent, clear and relevant whether it's showing up in São Paulo, Seoul, or San Francisco.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="6,1,0"><strong data-path-to-node="6,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">High-Stakes Creative Strategy:</strong> Drive the strategic vision for highly-visible campaigns (e.g. Super Bowl spots, Olympics moments, global product launches, major repositionings). You've been in these rooms before and you know how to lead when the stakes are high.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="6,2,0"><strong data-path-to-node="6,2,0" data-index-in-node="0">Creative Partnership:</strong> Be a trusted strategic partner to our Group Creative Directors. Write briefs that are provocative and inspiring, and stay deeply engaged throughout the creative process—from initial thinking through final execution. Thrive in a highly collaborative, iterative environment where strategies evolve through close partnership with creative teams and clients.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="6,3,0"><strong data-path-to-node="6,3,0" data-index-in-node="0">Cultural Intelligence:</strong> Keep a genuine pulse on where culture is moving: what people care about, what's shifting, what's coming. Bring that fluency into the work before clients ask for it.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="6,4,0"><strong data-path-to-node="6,4,0" data-index-in-node="0">Team Leadership & Development: </strong>Lead and mentor a team of three brand strategists. Foster an environment where rigorous thinking, creative ambition, collaboration, and curiosity thrive together. Help shape and elevate the Brand Strategy discipline within our broader strategy organization.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="6,5,0"><strong data-path-to-node="6,5,0" data-index-in-node="0">Client Advisory & Business Growth:</strong> Build real, trusted relationships with senior marketing leaders at this multi-platform digital consumer and enterprise empire. Facilitate strategic conversations, confidently present recommendations, and influence key business decisions. Partner with Client Leadership and Creative teams to identify new opportunities, support proactive thinking, and lead strategic components of new business pitches.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="6,6,0"><strong data-path-to-node="6,6,0" data-index-in-node="0">Cross-Functional Collaboration:</strong> Work closely with media, data, and AI teams to make sure the brand platform doesn't live in a deck — it translates into a full-funnel consumer experience, built with the speed and agility<strong> </strong>a pioneering, fast-paced Silicon Valley innovator expects.</p> </li> </ul> <h2> </h2> <h2><strong>About You</strong></h2> <h3><strong>The essentials:</strong></h3> <ul> <li data-start="1052" data-end="1170">12+ years of hands-on Brand Planning or Creative Strategy experience within established, award-winning creative advertising agencies, including at least 3 years in a senior leadership role. Deep experience developing brand platforms and integrated creative campaigns is essential.</li> <li data-start="1172" data-end="1277">You've worked on major global brands and campaigns