Associate Director, Strategy , Citizen Relations
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Associate Director, Strategy

Citizen Relations is a global communications agency with a mission to make every conversation count. With ten offices across North America and EMEA, Citizen integrates PR, digital, creative & strategy, insights & intelligence and experiential into the way they build, execute and measure their earned-first programs. Citizen was named PRovoke Media's Best Agency to Work For (Mid-Size) in 2023 and PRWeek's Best Places to Work in 2022 and 2023. Their work with clients across such sectors as consumer packaged goods, food & beverage, automotive, gaming, tech and travel has won multiple awards at such global shows as The Clios, Webbys, The One Show and the Cannes International Festival of Creativity.

This isn't just a job...It's the chance to be part of a growing team driven by a collaborative and entrepreneurial spirit. We believe a passionate, motivated team is the cornerstone of happy clients and boundless creativity. Our offices are growing and we're actively searching for the ideal candidate to join our team. You can find out more about us here:

About the Role

A key member in our global Strategy team, the Associate Director will help lead strategies that change culture. We're looking for someone who knows an insight when they see it, whose curiosity is around-the-clock, and believes in the power of communications to unlock brand results. Equal parts arts and science, logic and imagination. If you can ask questions that lead to more questions, if you have opinions and tangents, if you want to do work that goes beyond PR, we want to hear from you.

Key responsibilities:

• Design and develop communications strategies for key clients, provide strategic counsel for clients, work within IAT environments to help guide strategy development and tackle briefs together
• Articulate consumer and cultural insights into creative briefs, work hand in hand with Citizen's creative team to set up earned-centric campaigns
• Partner with Citizen's Insights & Intelligence team to guide research, simplify complexity, and uncover original insights
• Grow and develop existing pieces of business by extending Strategy's impact and influence further upstream, while supporting and leading (where possible) new business mandates

What you'll bring to the table…

• Natural curiosity, a hunger to learn and ask critical questions
• 3-5 years of experience in an agency or brand/comms environment.
• Nuanced understanding of earned media and its intersection with creativity, trends and cultural shifts.
• A passion for consumer behaviour and ability to translate consumer data into tangible, actionable insights
• Clear growth mindset: self-motivated, high standard of work, and constant commitment to improvement
• Confidence and influence in a room: with both internal stakeholders, current clients and new business prospects. Ability to influence, negotiate and be persuasive
• Proactive energy to self-start and thrive working both independently and within cross functional teams.
• Experience and knowledge of social listening tools (Talkwalker) and a nuanced POV on the current creator / social media landscape.

Salary for this role is $95,000-120,000 (USD)

Joining Citizen Relations, you are part of the Plus Company. This network of entrepreneurial agencies is designed to collaborate, not compete. It empowers every agency – and every individual – to bring their own unique capabilities together to make magic happen. You will be empowered to take risks, dream big, develop your skills and grow in your career with the full support of the network and all it has to offer.

We thank all applicants. However, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.