Vice President, Strategy Solutions Creative Excellence

3 weeks ago

Troy, United States Ipsos Full time

Why this role is important at Ipsos:

Ipsos Creative Excellence is looking for a communications/brand strategist to help grow our advertising strategy offering. Do you enjoy having ideas about how brands should position and communicate? Are you more interested in the strategic elements of your agency job than dealing with creatives? Are you frustrated with a rush to focus on tactics before communications strategy is clear? Do you enjoy delving into primary data sources to surface fresh strategic approaches? Do you want to operate like an incubator within a larger organization? 

If any of these questions resonate with you, come and talk with us. This role brings the opportunity to further shape our service offering, deliver it successfully to clients and help grow a strategy practice focused on effective creativity.

Ipsos Creative Excellence is dedicated to helping its clients harness advertising creativity to drive brand growth. We are growing rapidly, and our growth rate is accelerating. We work with around half of the top 100 advertisers in the United States. 

What you can expect to be doing:

Be a leader in delivering the strategy offering to clients, driving the process, inter-facing with the client stakeholders for the duration of the engagement, directing and managing Ipsos team contributors Lead communications strategies for major brands across curation, ideation, workshops, and foundations to creative briefs Help to shape the strategy offering for specific client needs and drive overall refinements and improvements. While we have a standard offering in place, we want to actively innovate against client needs and further develop our solution Support client service teams in sales and proposal development for the solution Help to codify the offering in terms of best practice guidelines, templates and examples for training and guiding our broader client service teams Contribute to the training and education of our broader team in brand and communications strategy generally and delivery of the solution specifically Report to and support the Senior Vice President responsible for strategy solutions Opportunity to contribute to thought leadership & be a voice to the industry about the importance of strategy refinement in the development of effective creative.

This might be the job for you if you have:

Preferred minimum of 10 years’ experience in communications/advertising/brand strategy roles, such as agency planner/strategist, brand consultant  Experience in ideating and developing advertising messaging strategies and/or brand positioning in multiple categories, B2C and B2B Experience in moderating and facilitating groups of contributors in workshop and meeting venues to drive progress and consensus in the development of strategic directions Solid grounding in qualitative and quantitative research for concept exploration and refinement Good knowledge of the world of brands and advertising, with the ability to draw on knowledge to bring forward examples and cases 

Skills:

Ability to discern insights from data, research and trends, and draw connections to and opportunities for brands Ability to ideate and articulate strategic ideas and concept areas for brands for their advertising Fluency around responding to and addressing ad hoc questions and fluid discussions on advertising strategies and brand positionings Excellent listening and interpretation skills, to capture nuance and meaning Meeting and workshop facilitation skills with the ability to advance discussions, ensure a collaborative environment and drive to outputs Curiosity about brands, advertising, consumers and culture.

If you don’t meet 100% of the requirements, we encourage all who feel they might be a fit for the opportunity to apply. We may consider a variety of backgrounds for a particular role and are also committed to considering candidates for available positions throughout our organization, not just the one you’re applying to

In accordance with NY/CO/CA/WA law, the estimated base salary range for this role $145,000 to $160,000. Your final base salary will be determined based on several non-discriminatory factors which may include but are not limited to location, work experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications.

What’s in it for you:

At Ipsos you’ll experience opportunities for Career Development, an exceptional benefits package (including generous PTO, healthcare plans, wellness benefits), a flexible workplace policy, and a strong collaborative culture.

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