Senior Strategist, Partnership Strategy

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR
As a Senior Strategist, you'll support strategy development and help bring to life effective and engaging experiences for a range of top-tier brands that have established partnership portfolios. You'll collaborate closely with partnership consulting, creatives, designers, business leads, experiential production, and other disciplines within Momentum's network to ensure strategy is thoughtfully reflected across initiatives and touchpoints.

You'll contribute insights, strategic thinking and research to help shape consumer-led ideas, while continuing to build your point of view on the fast-evolving retail landscape, consumer behavior, and shopping experiences.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO (RESPONSIBILITIES)

• Work closely with Creative to help shape and evaluate ideas, ensuring they are grounded in behavioral, cultural, and consumer insights
• Collaborate with Sponsorship Consulting to help align partnership roles with broader brand and portfolio strategy
• Support client teams in ensuring partnerships have a clear strategic fit with brand and business goals
• Assist in defining clear, measurable goals and KPIs for partnerships and programs
• Contribute to the development of partnership strategies, frameworks, and strategic POVs
• Support strategy development for assigned accounts, acting as a thoughtful brand steward
• Help align strategic recommendations with client business objectives
• Support the presentation and communication of creative ideas and strategic recommendations to clients
• Develop clear, compelling presentation materials using strategic frameworks and visual storytelling
• Assist in identifying client objectives, goals, KPIs, strategies, and tactics
• Conduct and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research to inform strategic thinking
• Participate in new business efforts through research, insights, and presentation support
• Collaborate effectively within cross-functional agency teams and foster a positive team environment
• Support and live Momentum's values
• All other duties as required

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR (QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS)

• 3-5 years of experience in brand, experiential, or marketing strategy within an agency or consulting environment
• Bachelor's degree
• Strong storytelling, presentation, and writing skills
• Ability to manage workstreams independently while collaborating closely with senior team members
• Strong curiosity about culture, consumers, and the role creativity plays in driving behavior
• Solid understanding of business fundamentals and client objectives
• Comfortable participating in strategic discussions with internal teams and clients
• Working knowledge of integrated marketing disciplines (e.g., research, segmentation, targeting)
• Entrepreneurial mindset with comfort navigating ambiguity and evolving assignments

SALARY RANGE
The salary range for this position is $80,000 to $100,000. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; location and region; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee's/applicant's background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

ABOUT US - MOMENTUM WORLDWIDE
Momentum is an agency of doers.We make the industry's most disruptive, entertaining, shareable, unforgettable experiences for our clients and their fans.We do it by bringing people closer to what they love, in original and unexpected ways.Whether it's a physical activation, a virtual experience, or a piece of unique branded content, it's all part of what we call the Total Brand Experience - ideas that solve business challenges, through best-in-class Consulting, Strategy, Analytics, Experience Design, and Production.

We want you to help brands do amazing, unprecedented, wild things, creating experiences that people never forget.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM MOMENTUM
At Momentum, we expect our employees to embody our values!
Our Core Values of Be One, Do Great Work, Have Fun, Give Back and Grow empower an environment where we challenge ourselves professionally and encourage each other personally.

At Momentum, we make our differences matter!
Who we are matters. We choose to hire diverse voices from all walks of life. We choose to make our culture one where everyone can be their authentic self and speak in their voice. We choose to give each other permission to get things wrong, so we can learn to make them right. We choose to celebrate the bravery of our peers and we choose to be collectively responsible.

At Momentum, we make our actions matter!
Making it matter means always choosing the sustainable option. It means designing waste out from the start. It means working with the right materials. Sourcing locally, innovating off-the-shelf solutions and reusing and repurposing. It means powering smarter. Traveling less. And only working with vendors who do the same. Make it matter means becoming the first experiential agency in the world to receive 2 ISO certifications.

At Momentum Worldwide, we value diversity and the uniqueness of all people. We thrive in an inclusive environment, and we recruit, hire and promote without regard to race, gender, age, color, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, religion, sexual preference, military or veteran status, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability - or any other legally protected categories as set forth in the applicable state, federal or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including training, compensation, benefits and all other privileges of employment.

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