Whalar is hiring a
Director Creative Strategy

Summary

Join our team as a Director of Creative Strategy DACH (Contract) in Berlin. This is a 4-6 month contract role that requires leading creative strategy for key new business pitches, providing guidance to clients, and pioneering thought leadership in the creator economy.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years experience in creative, social media, and content strategy, with 3+ years of experience in a senior role directly leading a team
• Fluency in social media platforms and their unique dynamics, including extensive knowledge of user behaviors and platform best practices
• Meticulous, culturally rooted creative thinker and practitioner with an eye for upcoming trends
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable transforming sets of data into actionable insights
• Passion and experience in the creator economy and ecosystem and its evolving landscape
• Experienced at pitching, and confident when presenting to clients and team members
• You thrive in an environment where collaboration, flexibility and scrappiness are valued
• You have outstanding interpersonal skills, a relentless work ethic, a spirit of collaboration, and a ‘roll up your sleeves’ mentality with the flexibility to support any size project

Responsibilities

• Lead and create compelling, creator-led creative and social strategies rooted in actionable insights for key new business pitches
• Provide creative and strategic guidance to key accounts, collaborating with the Managing Director DACH and the regional team to identify creative strategy upsell opportunities and enhance existing relationships
• Unpack client briefs, identifying the exact strategic outcome and what is required to achieve it
• Proactively generate original, insight-driven strategic ideas, challenging and inspiring creative thinking for Whalar clients
• Identify and develop community and creator strategy in collaboration with Research & Insight, Client Services. Oversee creator briefings to ensure on-strategy creative output from creators
• Lead productive and inspiring brainstorms and ideation sessions both internally and externally
• Use measured campaign outcomes to continually inform and refine future strategies and ideas
• Stay abreast of emerging social media trends, technologies, and platforms, integrating them strategically into projects and proactive thought leadership
• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams like Paid Media, Measurement & Analytics, Creator Partnerships, and Client Services to develop comprehensive client solutions and ensure our creative strategic visions come to life throughout the execution process

Benefits

• 25 days of PTO + winter break
• Monthly phone/internet reimbursement
• Professional development stipend
• New joiner home office allowance
• Calm App subscription (add up to 4 dependents)
• Volunteer days
• Social programs