Director, Strategy (Communications Planning) - Media - Remote Job at Dept, New York, NY

  • Dept
  • New York, NY

Job Description

WHY DEPT®? We are pioneers at heart. What this means, is that we are always leaning forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating. Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 20+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients' problems, no matter where you are in the world. THE ROLE: As a Director, Communications Planning, you are a senior strategic leader who sits at the heart of how we connect brands to culture. You'll own the strategic architecture that sits between a brand's positioning and its channel execution. You know how to build a comms plan with genuine logic behind it — one that maps audience behavior to message sequencing, assigns channel roles based on insight rather than convention, and gives Reporting to the Group Director of Integrated Strategy & Media Planning, you will drive the communications planning discipline for industry-leading clients,shaping how brands show up across the full media ecosystem with precision, relevance, and impact. You bring a rare combination of strategic depth, channel expertise, and leadership presence, translating business ambitions into integrated communications strategies that move people and drive measurable growth.

WHAT YOU'LL DO: - Lead communications planning across assigned accounts — developing audience-first strategies that define the role of each channel, the logic of message sequencing, and the measurable outcomes each phase of a plan is designed to drive. Your comms plans have a point of view. They're not channel checklists. - Translate brand and business briefs into integrated communications frameworks: audience segmentation, consumer journey mapping, channel roles and sequencing, and a clear articulation of what moves someone from awareness through to action. The frameworks you build should be specific enough to actually guide execution. - Write and develop creative briefs. You understand that a great brief is a strategic act — it shapes what creative makes, not just how it gets made. You know how to distill an insight, define a single-minded proposition, and give a creative team enough constraint to do their best work. - Serve as a senior strategic partner to clients on communications, campaign strategy, channel planning, and audience engagement. You're in the room when planning decisions are being made, contributing a point of view. - Lead integrated communications planning across paid, owned, and earned media — defining the role of each channel, sequencing messaging, and establishing clear KPIs tied to business outcomes - Translate complex business challenges into sharp, compelling strategic frameworks that inspire both clients and internal creative and media teams - Partner closely with discipline leads across media, creative, CRM, and e-commerce to ensure full-funnel alignment from strategy through execution. Pressure test channel recommendations against real audience and behavioral data.

Job Tags

Full time, Remote work

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