Senior Director, Brand

Sr. Director, Brand

Department: Brand Leadership

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: New York

Description

Looking for something fresh?

Day One Agency is hiring.

Day One is a creative agency committed to bringing fresh thinking to our work. Every. Single. Day. For us, every day is day one, a new opportunity to start from the beginning, find a new angle, and let our creativity and curiosity lead us to earn the unexpected.

We’ve built a reputation as a creative partner tuned for navigating culture today; helping brands build legacy through relevance. We’re looking to expand our team with a new Senior Director, Brand overseeing integrated teams and client relationships. You’ll become part of an award winning collective of cultural insiders* and industry outsiders**, all of whom are storytellers at heart.

Below you’ll find some specifics about the role. At Day One, the job description is truly just the start. Our best team members are enthusiasts who opt-in and bring something to the party.

Ready to join a team that claimed a spot on 2024 & 2025 Fast Companies Most Innovative list, an Ad-Age Top Ten in 2024 + Agency to Watch 2025, Campaign Agency of Year 2025 and PR Week Midsize agency 3 years in row (2023, 2024 and 2025)?

Keep reading.

This position is full-time, requires a hybrid work schedule, and is only available in New York City.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will lead teams to ideate, sell-in and activate culturally impactful work while exceeding the expectations of our clients. In this role, you will showcase strong written and verbal skills to not only champion great ideas, but also the value behind them. You have an innate understanding of what ideas are viable and buyable and you can lead both internal and client teams from ideation to activation. As a senior member of the team, your responsibility will be both interfacing directly with clients and mentoring highly collaborative, highly integrated teams. In this role you will:

• Provide strong business and account leadership, overseeing account health, profitability, and long-term growth
• Build trusted, impactful client partnerships and serve as a senior strategic advisor
• Lead creative thinking by defining, shaping, and selling ideas rooted in brand strategy and business objectives
• Shepherd work from brief through execution, ensuring quality, clarity, and consistency
• Bring a clear, confident point of view on what makes great work and actively share it with teams and clients
• Collaborate closely with design, strategy, and communications partners to develop campaigns and ongoing programs
• Drive ideation across channels, identifying both platform-specific opportunities and holistic solutions
• Translate complex challenges into simple, compelling creative solutions
• Stay deeply informed on social, digital, and cultural shifts, identifying emerging opportunities to apply to client work
• Build and maintain strong industry relationships that extend the Day One community and network
• Support new business efforts as needed, including shaping RFPs, leading creative responses, and presenting to prospective clientsConduct research and analysis to inform strategy, creative direction, and new ideas

* TREND FORECASTERS, WRITERS, DESIGNERS, PRODUCERS, PEOPLE PERSONS, DIGITAL NATIVES, CULTURE HEADS, INTERNET ARCHAEOLOGISTS, MEME HISTORIANS

** ORGANIZERS, GLOBETROTTERS, DROPOUTS, SKATE SHOP ALUMNI, FORMER BARISTAS, SELF-TAUGHT DEVS, INDIE PUBLISHERS, FINE ARTISTS, SMALL-TOWN ESCAPEES

Requirements

• 8+ years of agency experience, managing or contributing to creative ideation and campaign/asset execution
• Experience thinking through both campaign tactics and the big picture
• Ability to articulate the why and the how of an idea
• Understanding of both major and emerging social platforms
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Conceptual thinking skill, editorially minded
• Leadership and creative problem solving skills
• Demonstrated passion for people, organization, and an excitement to collaborate in a fast-paced team environment
• Experience with, and a love for, presenting to teams and clients
• Self-motivated, organized, and reliable
• Passion for earned creative and brand storytelling

Compensation + Benefits

We value all of our employees and are happy to provide comprehensive benefits to help support them holistically in the best way we can. We offer all our employees:

• Health Care (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Paid Time Off and Company Paid Holidays
• Summer Fridays
• 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Lifestyle Spending Account
• Paid Parental Leave
• Commuter Benefits
• Uber & Lyft Business Account
• New Business Referral Bonus
• Employee Referral Bonus

The Company is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base compensation range for this role is $130,000-$155,000 and this position is eligible for benefits that include medical insurance (health, dental, and vision), retirement plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, new business and employee referral bonuses, etc. Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for New York City based hires only and is provided pursuant to the New York City Pay Transparency Law. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as candidates' relevant work experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

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