Senior Growth Strategist

Summary

Join Common Thread Collective (CTC) as a Senior Growth Strategist and lead the forecasting and implementation of financial outcomes for clients. This strategic leadership role involves overseeing profitable growth of paid media channels, analyzing client businesses to identify growth obstacles, and creating persuasive presentations. You will identify growth opportunities, stay updated on industry trends, and prioritize relationship building with your team and clients. The role requires expertise in growth strategy, setting best-in-class standards, and making data-informed decisions. Success involves consistent preparation, daily client tracking, clear communication, and collaboration with the team.

Requirements

• Minimum 3+ years in an eCommerce growth marketing role, including experience working in a client-facing role within an agency
• Experience developing a holistic eCommerce growth strategy through a deep understanding of organic and paid revenue sources
• A proven track record for scaling direct-to-consumer eCommerce businesses
• Experience managing advertising budgets on social media platforms in excess of $100,000 per month
• Minimum 1 year experience managing a team or leading cross-functional projects
• Experience creating and presenting persuasive presentations
• Familiarity with analyzing financial statements, especially income statements / P&Ls
• Ability to organize and work in a fast-paced environment in order to prioritize and manage multiple projects at once
• A desire to take risks - but only after carefully examining the calculus and determining that your chosen course of action is most effective
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Oversee the profitable growth of paid media channels (Experience scaling Meta, Google, Bing and TikTok channels preferred)
• Analyze client businesses in order to identify growth obstacles and clearly communicate monthly, quarterly and yearly growth targets
• Create persuasive presentations to externally communicate strategic objectives
• Identify and develop opportunities to further push growth through regular performance analysis and optimizations
• Stay up to date with the latest trends, best practices, and advancements in the Ecommerce industry
• Prioritize the development of relational equity with your team and clients to foster lasting relationships for the continued growth of CTC and our client businesses
• Communicate to senior leaders internally in order to action the agency around key opportunities for our clients
• Be a subject matter expert for Growth Strategy to push the department forward
• Committed to making decisions informed by research
• Customer service is referenced as the bar that others strive to emulate
• Take pride in arriving to meetings prepared with insight to contribute
• Organize your time and say “no” appropriately so that you can attend to what is most critical
• Committed to approaching challenge & failure with curiosity about how to improve
• Growth Strategists word is trustworthy; they do what you say you will
• High emotional intelligence including a unique combination of humility (willing to do the dirty work), ambition (vision for what your future holds), and empathy (identifying and caring for teammates and clients driving forces)
• Growth Strategists are the temperature leader for your team and clients. You step into a room to set the stage for someone else to stand in the spotlight and be the hero
• Excited about the complexities of a business and love identifying solutions to growth problems. Both your team and your clients will look to you to point them in the right direction
• Passionate about building brands for the next generation
• Clearly articulate your expertise so that even a beginner can understand the concept
• In the habit of documenting and reporting your work
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone (no matter how complex) until you’ve found one or many different potential solutions
• Seek opportunities to refine your skills without being prompted
• Desire to inspire others with your excellence and expertise
• Willing to put in the reps to be an expert in your domain
• Resist the temptation to play victim; instead, you take 100% ownership over outcomes
• Consistent preparation to bring excellence in client meetings, team interactions, and individual work on a daily basis
• Daily tracking client pacing in relation to their growth targets and identifying areas of adjustment
• Clearly articulate and communicate account performance in relation to the client’s growth targets. Anticipate client needs and proactively address issues and develop solutions
• Collaborate with your team and set weekly objectives for each of your clients. Maintain constant awareness of weekly objectives status and seeing projects through to completion
• Understanding the organization, culture and processes, gaining the respect of the business’ leadership team and your cross-functional support
• Effectively developing internal and external relationships that helps build rapport
• Establishing credibility and earning the trust of existing clients
• Creating efficiencies and identifying new measurements, metrics or strategies to meet company revenue goals/KPIs
• Delivering “Best In Class” service to clients that provides transparency, insightful data, actionable insights resulting in the success of a shared vision

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with email marketing
• Experience managing Google advertising budgets
• Bachelor's Degree or similar experience
• Familiarity with Shopify, Facebook Ads, Google Analytics and Ads, Klaviyo, Snapchat, Pinterest, TikTok
• Skilled in ASANA or relevant project management software

Benefits

• 401K | program with a 3% company match (post 90 days employment)
• TIME OFF | Flexible Time Off policy
• MEDICAL | Full health, dental, and vision benefits
• WELLNESS | A wellness reimbursement program
• $120,000 base salary, annually
• Bonus Structure | $50,000+ uncapped OTE