Freelance, Director, Strategy
Golin is looking for a temporary Director, Strategy. This role will have the opportunity to collaborate with teams to ensure strategies are insight-driven and audience-centric.
We are looking for someone who can join us in a Freelance capacity and can commit to up to approximately 30 hours in total.
Responsibilities:
- Research and insights mining for creative strategy development
- Facilitate creative briefing
- Guide and sharpen creative ideas with strategic feedback and additional support as needed
- Craft client ready presentation with strategic set up and rationale and lead ins for ideas
- Work with analyst team to establish measurable objectives and set outcome based KPIs
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of relevant experience
- Experience monitoring social media/social listening
Please note: We are open to considering qualified remote candidates in other locations.
Golin has included the base salary range or hourly rate for this role. Actual compensation offered within the range will depend upon, among other factors: a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience; actual ranges for current or former employees in the role; and market considerations. Hourly rate: $185/hour.
Any request to schedule an interview and any legitimate offer of employment will only come from an authorized representative of Golin. We will never require an applicant to provide sensitive personally identifiable information in order to conduct an interview.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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