About the Role:
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Reporting to: Head of Strategy
As Strategy Director at Fuse, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering strategic direction for both UK and international clients. You will be a driving force behind our new strategy and comms planning team, helping to strengthen our market-leading partnerships strategy offering. You will lead high-profile client work, contribute significantly to new business development, and to projects enhanced on our agency’s thought leadership and reputation. This role requires a blend of strategic vision, commercial acumen, and a deep understanding of the evolving media and partnerships landscape.
Main day-to-day responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Strategic Client Leadership
* Act as a senior strategic lead across key UK and international clients, building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
* Develop and deliver insightful, data-driven strategies that align with client business goals and drive measurable impact.
* Collaborate closely with the Fuse Insights & Effectiveness team throughout data & insight mining and analysis to deliver innovative market-leading partnership strategies.
* Collaborate closely with network clients’ media planning teams where relevant to deliver integrated comms solutions.
* Support markets with partnership strategy briefs, ensuring consistency and effectiveness across key territories.
* Ensure strategies align with evolving consumer behaviours, digital transformation, and emerging market trends.
Broader Strategy & Business Growth
* Contribute to the evolution of our product, helping to enhance Fuse’s strategic capabilities both internally and externally.
* Work alongside Senior Leaders to shape the agency’s business strategy, focusing on both immediate and future opportunities.
* Support local Fuse markets by leading strategy training modules, running workshops, and coaching teams to strengthen their rights strategy offerings.
* Develop toolkits and frameworks to drive excellence and consistency across global markets.
* Partner with the Head of Strategy and growth team to bring Fuse’s new global proposition ‘Culturally Connected, Seriously Effective,’ to life through thought leadership and industry engagement.
* Monitor industry innovations and best practices to inform strategic recommendations and maintain a competitive edge.
New Business & Commercial Leadership
* Play a key role in new business pitches, contributing strategic thinking and narrative and in some instances, leading pitch development.
* Develop solutions to client briefs, ensuring a coherent and compelling articulation of strategic recommendations.
* Enhance Fuse’s reputation across Omnicom Media Group and the wider Omnicom network through impactful thought leadership and best-practice sharing.
* Identify new revenue streams and innovative business opportunities that align with Fuse’s strategic vision.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
* Work closely with divisional leads to ensure strategic alignment across all client deliverables.
* Foster collaboration between local and global teams to ensure knowledge sharing and cohesive execution of strategic initiatives.
About the Agency:
Culturally Connected, Seriously Effective.
A global agency with local expertise, connecting brands to the things that matter most to their audiences in culture through partnerships in sport, music, film & television, gaming & esports. These connections make our clients more memorable - the key to unlocking effectiveness.
Powered by Omnicom Media Group, we bring an extra edge to strategy, execution, and measurement.
Our work has won numerous awards, and the industry frequently recognises our people as top performers in their field. We place great importance on trusted relationships, sound moral judgement, and strong governance, all delivered through transparent processes.
We have a fantastic team of 120 in our London HQ and 300 more across offices worldwide, working with incredible clients, including PepsiCo, Vodafone, Nissan, British Gas, Renault, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, McDonald’s, and Just Eat Takeaway.com.
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