Vice President Director, Strategic Intelligence - Freelance

Company Description
Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by Ad Age as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign's Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world's leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.
Job Description
Vice President/Director, Strategic Intelligence - Freelance
Strategy at Digitas is a multi-disciplinary team of Creative, Social, Experience and Connections Strategy experts, along with our newest team, Strategic Intelligence. Driven by curiosity and a craving to challenge the status quo, our team studies consumer culture and behavior to provide insights and strategies that lead to real solutions for our clients around the world.
We're searching for a Vice President/Director who is insightful, creative thinker to spark and guide research and strategies for key businesses and accounts within the agency. This role is designed for those looking to establish mastery in their craft while also leading teams and provoking complacent thinking. We want to see you will take on assignments that stretch and grow critical thinking, innovation, and thought leadership. At the same time, you will keep empathy and human understanding at the core of all you do. You will be able to ignite the best in everyone by leading and building consensus across a multi-disciplinary team. All the while guiding and growing your direct reports by sharing your knowledge and intellectual capital.
Tasks & Responsibilities Include:

• Examine research to identify gaps in learning and deduce implications for our clients and the brand.
• Initiate research and business strategic recommendations for future actions that target identified pockets of opportunities
• Identify current gaps in research, to identifying pockets of opportunity to strategically incite future actions and projects that will bring significant value to our agency, clients and creative
• Design & execute research individually and alongside vendors
  • Qualitative: Design & methodology proficiency (IDIs, groups, mobile ethnographies, shop alongs), screener & discussion guide development, moderation, analysis
  • Quantitative: Design & methodology proficiency, sample considerations, survey development, programming, analysis (knowledge of max diff, conjoint, etc)
• Shepherd and nurture strong collaborative relationships with our multi-disciplinary strategic leads and clients
• Drive interpretation and implications of research into presentations
• Contribute and participate in new business pitches as needed
• Strong aptitude for research consulting with highly developed analytic skills
• Ability to think strategically about the clients' business issues and design research to address the client's questions
• Superior organizational skills, including ability to manage and delegate work effectively, attention to detail, and demonstrated commitment to the accuracy and completeness of information
• Set the foundation for communications planning by analyzing client needs, conducting research from multiple sources, and deriving valuable insights that inform creative, editorial, and go-to-market tactics
• Research segment audiences, devise audience journeys, and build personas that articulate how people respond and behave to different issues
• Ensuring we maintain humanity in our work by helping clients see human problems behind their business challenges and set the path for how research and business strategies can help to inform solutions to the challenge(s) and drive brand growth
• Communicate insights via compelling business storytelling to drive action and share best practices from learnings to contribute to continuous improvement
• Develop strong working partnerships with research vendors at the most senior levels, driving value-added research as well as efficient contracts
• Ability to design / develop thought leadership concepts that meet client objectives, oversee research development around those objectives, and ultimately communicate insights in a compelling story from the generated research data
• Ability to effectively identify trends and create narrative around 'what's next' for clients and why it matters from the research data
• Manage research execution, driving high performance culture and quality of all output
• Lead both large-scale and quick-turn projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in addition to well-developed interpersonal and presentation skills

Qualifications
To qualify, you'll need:

• 10+ years of experience in strategy, along with designing & executing research or analyst in data management, data science or analytics.
• The ability to provide past case studies, research, pitched business, creative briefs and writing samples that demonstrate creative and insightful thinking.
• Demonstrated experience in presenting to and influencing C-level clients and senior management.
• Experience/knowledge of research operations (vendor management, data processing, etc.)
• Familiarity and experience in research approaches including, but not limited to segmentation, creative testing, user testing, journey mapping, brand positioning
• Outstanding ability to think creatively, strategically, independently, and identify and resolve problems
• Strong organizational, project management, and problem-solving abilities
• Understanding of recruiting, sample development, panel standards
• Ability to navigate research & analysis tools with ease & intuition including MRI, GWI, SPSS/R2 (or similar), boolean query-based resources, etc.
• Proficiency in survey/questionnaire design, analysis, and reporting
• Able to effectively multi-task in a deadline driven atmosphere
• Interpersonal, leadership and influencing skills, ability to self-direct, work independently, and collaborate effectively with a cross-functional team
• Excellent verbal and written communication with the ability to construct and support arguments
• Superior analytical, writing, editing, and presentation skills.
• Past experience managing direct reports
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with many competing priorities
• Team player with a professional, empathic, and assertive attitude

Got what it takes? We'd love to hear from you.
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Digitas is an equal opportunity employer.
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