Senior Strategist - New York, New York, United States

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 briefs. ...

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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 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, lifestyle and spirits brands and is highly attune to nightlife and pop-culture fluent. 

You'll report into the Vice President, Strategy, 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
• AlcBev/Spirits Experience a Plus
• 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 $80,000 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 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.

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We make our careers website accessible to any and all users. If you need an accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact us at This email address is not for general employment inquiries or vendors; rather it is strictly for applicants who require special assistance accessing our employment website. Due to volume, messages sent to this email address that are not related to an accommodation cannot be answered.