Associate Strategy Director

Associate Strategy Director
Manchester/Dublin/London, hybrid

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

JOB PURPOSE

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.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• 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.
  
  

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 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.
  
  

WE OFFER:

• Great benefits that vary based on the country from which you choose to apply. Feel free to ask about the specific benefits available in your location.
• 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.
  
  

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.