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Malaysia

Strategic Planning Director

Our client is a leading creative advertising agency known for their great work with established homegrown and blue-chip brands. They are now searching for an outstanding Strategic Planning Director to drive their business forward working alongside senior management and a team of professionals.

 

Profile Description:

The Strategic Planning Director is required to contribute at a senior level to the strategic planning partnership between internal client service and assigned clients. Specifically, the role of the Director, Strategic Planning, is to identify opportunities, help solidify objectives, apply analyses, and develop insights for key businesses as assigned with the end goal of building a strategic voice within the agency /client team through a higher level of strategic abilities.

 

Please contact Priya Bala or email your CV directly in word format with job reference no. Jo0000004774 to MalaysiaCareers@theedgepartnership.com

  

Please note that due to the high number of applications only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us in the next 5 business days we regret to inform you that your application for this position was unsuccessful.

 

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Key responsibilities

  • Partner with the Account Teams to identify client needs with regard to competitive insights, syndicated/research data analysis, and custom client research to drive strategy development.
  • Lead and author presentations, independently as well in collaboration, that demonstrate the ability to “connect the dots” of research, data and information, yielding actionable conclusions that result in strategically sound communications and marketing solutions/programs.
  • Work closely with staff to provide support and direction.
  • Lead ongoing process improvements, including the identification of new resources and operational systems to best manage strategic planning, insight and data requests from clients.

Role requirements

  • 10+ years progressive brand marketing, advertising or media agency, promotion agency, shopper marketing or consumer marketing building strategy.
  • Adept at analyzing qualitative and quantitative data in order to translate Intel into actionable communication & marketing plans.
  • Previous direct client interaction and account management experience.
  • Superior ability to “connect-the-dots” by using multiple information resource to yield actionable conclusions and create strategic frameworks to influence creative and drive marketing-based solutions.
  • Fluent writer, speaker; skilled presenter with a persuasive consultative presentation style to effectively internal sell-in strategic plans to internal teams, management, and clients.
  • Engaged and passionate, innately curious individual.
  • Bachelor’s Degree or MBA from a recognized institution.