Freelance Director, Strategy

Interbrand • New York, NY

12h

About The Position

About Interbrand
Interbrand understands what it takes today to build the world’s most iconic brands.
To support our clients in an ever more complex and fascinating world, we have renewed our commitment to both common global standards and greater empowerment, experimentation and entrepreneurialism.
Interbrand is its people. We are a global team of highly diverse thinkers, makers and collaborators. We are proud of our heritage and often regarded as the university of branding. Over the past four decades, we have pioneered iconic work and invented many of the brand building tools that are now commonplace.
In collaboration with many of the world’s leading brands, we are pioneering the future of brand building. In a world where people’s expectations are moving faster than businesses, we give our clients the confidence to make Iconic Moves that create desire and utility, reshape the competitive landscape and drive extraordinary results.
The Interbrand Best Global Brands study/rankings are resources to our clients and the industry, providing proprietary data and insight for our role as client partner and commentator. We have published 18 books on brands and are often the reference point for university curriculum and professional associations. Today, through our own Academy, we aim to be the most impactful learning environment in the marketing world.
Our Behaviours
Our culture is informed by a set of behaviours we co-created as a business. Our behaviours give us space to experiment, permission to speak out, and a model of leadership that anyone in the business can adopt. Our behaviours are Lead with love, Be Brave, Listen First and Make it happen. We are proud of our behaviours. They make us, us.
In this role will be responsible for consulting with our clients on how to increase their brand’s value through various branding strategies including brand positioning, brand architecture, brand valuation/analytics, internal brand engagement and digital brand strategy. You will also be responsible for leading client engagements, forming and growing trust-based client relationships, creating high impact content, managing client profitability and enhancing our distinctive knowledge.
A successful candidate will have led projects at a branding or consulting firm with a focus on strategic and client development. This is an amazing opportunity to work with our clients to help them become leading brands in the markets where they compete today and tomorrow.

Requirements

• Proven experience in brand strategy/brand architecture and/or management consulting
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities with experience leading a group of professionals
• A proven track record of organic revenue and relationship growth
• Track record of handling large complex projects
• Strategic thinking and flexibility to see both the big picture and pay attention to detail
• A leader and team player can work across all levels of organization and client
• Strong client leadership skills – can connect with clients and inspire their confidence and ongoing commitment
• Skills needed to build relationships and organize communities that bring ideas to life
• Passionate about having measurable impact on client’s business
• Strong organization, presentation skills and attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Own major client relationships and act as the client lead and primary driver of growth in the relationship
• Take a lead role in development of assigned clients’ brand strategies, identifying opportunities for clients to grow brand value
• Develop trust-based relationships with day-to-day client contacts
• Captain team and ensures that work is produced efficiently and effectively
• Play a leadership role within Strategy to expand our practice and product offerings
• Produce and integrate highest quality end-product
• Manage and deliver targeted WIP
• Develop and monitor metrics of “success”

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed