Senior Strategist

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR
As a Senior Strategist on our team, you will lead and support creative strategy development to accomplish client business objectives. You are a big picture thinker who loves pushing boundaries, illuminating emerging trends and writing provocative creative briefs. You have the ability to craft and defend a persuasive narrative and are comfortable asserting a strategic perspective that guides creative and client conversations to new places. The best candidate for this role has a natural curiosity, passion for luxury, and has an opinion on what’s happening in pop culture (from music, to bravo, to sports, to the intersection of all 3).

You’ll report into the strategic lead (Director), and partner with business leads (account), creatives, research, experiential design, and other disciplines within Momentum’s network to ensure strategy is properly reflected across all initiatives/touchpoints, and that all efforts drive toward our clients’ business objectives.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL DO (RESPONSIBILITIES)

• Develop & deliver clear, concise and compelling creative strategies to both internal and external teams
• Serve as an excellent leader in aligning strategy with a client’s business goals and objectives
• Provide internal team with understanding of the cultural landscape, consumer behavior, competitive activity and emerging technologies, culture and global trends
• Act as a thoughtful, consultative partner to our clients and internal cross-functional teams and agency partners
• Foster a team environment and play an active role in mentoring team members
• Supporting Momentum’s Values
• All other duties as assigned

HERE’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR (QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS)

• 4+ years of experience: experience, brand, or creative strategy
• Agency experience preferred
• Keen understanding of Luxury, lifestyle brands and their intersection with other entertainment like music and sports
• Proven leadership ability with strong client relationship skills
• Experience managing and coordinating multiple strategic projects across internal teams and client relationships
• Exceptional written, oral communication and presentation skills

SALARY RANGE
The salary range for this position is $85,000 to $100,000. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; location and region; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

ABOUT US – MOMENTUM WORLDWIDE 
Momentum is an agency of doers. We make the industry’s most disruptive, entertaining, shareable, unforgettable experiences for our clients and their fans. We do it by bringing people closer to what they love, in original and unexpected ways. Whether it’s a physical activation, a virtual experience, or a piece of unique branded content, it’s all part of what we call the Total Brand Experience — ideas that solve business challenges, through best-in-class Consulting, Strategy, Analytics, Experience Design, and Production.

We want you to help brands do amazing, unprecedented, wild things, creating experiences that people never forget.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM MOMENTUM

At Momentum, we expect our employees to embody our values!
Our Core Values of Be One, Do Great Work, Have Fun, Give Back and Grow empower an environment where we challenge ourselves professionally and encourage each other personally.

At Momentum, we make our differences matter!
Who we are matters.  We choose to hire diverse voices from all walks of life.  We choose to make our culture one where everyone can be their authentic self and speak in their voice. We choose to give each other permission to get things wrong, so we can learn to make them right.  We choose to celebrate the bravery of our peers and we choose to be collectively responsible.

At Momentum, we make our actions matter!
Making it matter means always choosing the sustainable option. It means designing waste out from the start.  It means working with the right materials. Sourcing locally, innovating off-the-shelf solutions and reusing and repurposing. It means powering smarter. Traveling less. And only working with vendors who do the same. Make it matter means becoming the first experiential agency in the world to receive 2 ISO certifications.

At Momentum, we make our people matter!
We choose to make your workplace part of your wellbeing. We choose a hybrid work model. We choose no meeting Fridays. We choose to let ourselves take as much Time Well Taken (vacation) as we need. We choose education programs that help our people develop professionally and personally. We choose tuition reimbursement. We choose to match your 401K. We choose to make your financial wellbeing our priority. We choose to make our people’s lives matter.

MOMENTUM BENEFITS

• Flexible Time Off (our flexible benefits plan that allows you take the time you need)
• Hybrid Work model – ability to work from home or in office
• Holidays and Winter Break (agency closes between Christmas and New Years holidays)
• No meeting Fridays
• Curated DE&I programs and initiatives
• Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Short- and Long-term disability
• 401(K) with company match
• EAP – Employee Assistance Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Work from Home stipend
• Referral bonuses
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Saving Accounts

At Momentum Worldwide, we value diversity and the uniqueness of all people. We thrive in an inclusive environment, and we recruit, hire and promote without regard to race, gender, age, color, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, religion, sexual preference, military or veteran status, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability – or any other legally protected categories as set forth in the applicable state, federal or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including training, compensation, benefits and all other privileges of employment.