Associate Strategy Director Job at BASIC/DEPT® (Manchester)

Job Description

This position sits in our Experience & Engineering business unit. We primarily deliver large-scale website design and build projects, combining our skills in developing future-ready technical solutions with our expertise in creating beautiful designs to help clients including Nikon, London Marathon Events and END. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional and engaging digital experiences. You’re stepping into leadership, not just over projects, but over people, portfolios, and possibilities. As an Associate Strategy Director, you’ll shape vision, elevate thinking, and grow both clients and team capabilities. You’ll lead with clarity, and make space for others to shine. You will play a leadership role across meaningful client partnerships, with real influence on outcomes. The opportunity to lead, coach, and grow the next generation of strategists, as well as contributing to how we evolve as a team and as an agency, from strategy methods to client approach. You will have the support from a connected leadership team that values your voice and invests in your growth within a culture of openness, autonomy and ambition, where you can truly shape your path.

Job Responsibility

Lead strategic work across a portfolio of accounts, ensuring quality, consistency, and business impact
Set direction for projects and pitch work, guiding teams with a strong point of view and a clear path forward
Serve as the strategic lead in client relationships, building trust, growing accounts, and spotting new opportunities
Coach and support a small team of strategists, providing developmental feedback and day-to-day leadership
Actively contribute to new business, helping define positioning, approach and value
Partner with creative, tech and delivery leads to align strategy across disciplines
Shape thinking around the future of digital experience, contributing to our internal culture of innovation

Requirements

Have strong experience in strategic leadership roles across digital, brand, product or service
Are skilled at balancing short-term needs and long-term vision in complex environments
Know how to structure strategy, elevate outputs, and steer client conversations at a senior level
Are energised by developing talent, building culture, and making great work happen through others
Are comfortable shaping opportunity, in the work, in the relationship, and in the team

What we offer

Great benefits that vary based on the country from which you choose to apply
A flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location)
An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies
Social and Cultural Events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations
Inspirational Talks, bringing the outside in with regular guest speakers and events
Learning and Development, supporting your growth with continuous opportunities to learn and advance
Buddy Programme: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®
A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards
Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications
Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities

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