Brand Strategy Director

Summary

Join Cielo as a Brand Strategy Director and accelerate your career! Work with industry leaders and take ownership of your success. Cielo offers opportunities to work with the world's leading talent acquisition partners, designing and building comprehensive solutions to find and keep unique talent. This role focuses on developing and leading client relationships, delivering brand and talent marketing solutions to drive direct hiring and enhance the quality of hire. The Brand Strategy Director will lead cross-functional teams, develop strategic recommendations, and oversee campaign delivery. This is a key role to drive brand engagement solutions across global clients, requiring strong leadership, communication, and strategic thinking skills.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in advertising, marketing, or related fields; prior team or project leadership experience required
• Demonstrated ability to lead client engagements and manage complex projects
• Strong understanding of marketing strategy, digital and traditional media, and brand positioning within employer brand framework
• Proven emerging talent/early career experience a must
• Thoughtful and experienced people leader
• Excellent communication, presentation, and people skills
• Ability to think both strategically and tactically in fast-paced environments
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact within key client account as a dedicated resource for emerging talent/early career; build and maintain trusted relationships internally and externally
• Bring deep knowledge of early career/emerging talent, employer brand, recruitment marketing and employee communications
• Lead cross-functional team (creative, strategy, media, production) in developing and executing integrated marketing campaigns for key client’s emerging talent/early career programme of work
• Develop strategic recommendations that align with client goals and market trends
• Oversee the delivery of campaigns on time, on budget, and on brand
• Analyse performance data to optimize current work and inform future efforts
• Mentor and develop junior team members, fostering a collaborative team environment
• Stay informed on industry trends, emerging platforms, and competitor activity particularly in the emerging talent/early career space

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a full-service advertising agency or integrated marketing environment
• Experience working with RPO and talent acquisition teams