BBC Strategy Director

2 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom BBC Full time
Strategy Director Role Overview

The Strategy Director will lead and mentor the Strategy team in delivering brand and creative strategy for RFPs and proactive pitches across a wide spectrum of advertising clients for BBC Studios.

This role requires a highly creative, collaborative, and thoughtful team lead who can develop strategies for brand partnerships that maximise quality brand storytelling across BBC-owned platforms.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide inspirational leadership and strategic oversight for all aspects of pre-sale development for the BBC StoryWorks EMEA team.
  • Develop strategic vision that identifies and meets brand objectives effectively, guides creative solutions, and positions BBC as the best partner to achieve those objectives.
  • Implement efficient pre-sale processes including appropriate cross-team check-ins, crafting creative briefs, brainstorms, and briefing processes.
  • Partner closely with Creative team leads to ensure creative strategy and ideas solve the brand challenge or help meet the brand objective.
Requirements
  • Senior-level experience as a strategy leader in an in-house creative agency for a global publisher or advertising/creative agency with strategic skills that span across brand, comms, and media.
  • Senior-level experience of making compelling strategic narratives, communicating a clear strategic vision to various stakeholders internally and externally.
  • Proven track record in long-term and effective leadership, managing and motivating teams, and ensuring staff members receive regular feedback for development.
  • Strong pitch experience, comfortable with high-level client exposure.

The Strategy Director will oversee the development of all pitch work from the team, focusing on the creation of holistic upfront narratives and strategies for pitches — utilising audience insights and liaising with Editorial teams as required — that answer 'Why BBC?' and 'Why this partnership?' for potential clients.

This role reports directly to the Vice President of BBC StoryWorks EMEA and requires the successful candidate to be an effective and inspiring individual who can represent BBC StoryWorks in internal and external meetings.

What We Offer
  • Competitive salary package
  • Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance
  • Parental leave for new parents, regardless of gender, of up to a year with 18 weeks fully paid
  • 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days
  • A defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym, and much more

BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets.

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