Director, Relevance Strategy

VaynerX

VaynerX is a family of companies building brands for the now. Founded by Chairman Gary Vaynerchuk in January 2017, the modern-day parent company is home to relevance-driving businesses including VaynerMedia, ChukMedia, Tamara Group, Gallery Media Group, Eva Nosidam Productions, Tingley Lane Trading, and VaynerSpeakers.

ABOUT VAYNERMEDIA

VaynerMedia is a global integrated creative and media agency, built for today's consumers. As the Modern Agency of Record, it understands the nuances of today's attention landscape, empowering brands to win attention, drive relevance, and deliver business results. Founded in 2009, by Gary Vaynerchuk, the independently owned agency operates in 15 offices worldwide, including Amsterdam, Bangkok, Chicago, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Tokyo, Toronto, Singapore, and Sydney. VaynerMedia is part of the VaynerX family of companies.

Overall Purpose

Our Relevance Strategy team sits at the intersection of culture and brand, decoding social trends, subcultures, and movements to connect our clients to the moments and communities that matter, and translating that intelligence into creative work that resonates at scale.

As a Relevance Strategy Director, you own the strategic cultural direction of your accounts. You are the analytical anchor and creative catalyst on your client teams, connecting what is happening in culture to what brands need to do next and making sure the work reflects it. Proactively looking for new opportunities for their clients. We win when we know what's next, always thinking about where the brand can go next. KNOWING, and knowing what to do with it.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Own the day-to-day strategic direction for assigned client accounts, bringing cultural intelligence into every brief, recommendation, and creative conversation.
• Proactively looking for new opportunities for their clients. We win when we know what's next, always thinking about where the brand can go next. KNOWING, and knowing what to do with it.
• Partner with creative teams as a cultural catalyst, rooted in what is moving in culture rather than what sounds strategically safe.
• Architect and lead fast-paced internal and client workshops that turn real cultural observations into tactical creative directions that teams can execute against immediately.
• Guide junior team members in synthesizing platform intelligence, pushing toward human, culturally grounded insight over raw performance data and metrics recaps.
• Play an active role in new business pitches, build cultural landscape assessments, and own the strategic narrative that connects cultural opportunity to client business needs.
• Manage and develop Associate Directors and Strategists, building a team that moves fast, thinks in culture, and leads with POV.

EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

• 7-9 years of experience in brand strategy, social strategy, cultural strategy, or a related advertising or publishing environment.
• Fluent in the creator ecosystem and the cultural verticals most relevant to your accounts, with genuine embedded knowledge of the space.
• Strong ability to bridge cultural intelligence and brand strategy, connecting what is happening in culture to what a client needs to do next.
• Comfortable with social listening tools, native platform analytics, and audience intelligence platforms; uses data to sharpen a cultural argument, not replace one.
• Strong writing and presentation skills, able to structure a compelling strategic narrative and deliver it persuasively to clients and senior stakeholders.
• Proven track record of building and maintaining client relationships and bringing proactive strategic thinking to accounts without being asked.

This position is currently designated as hybrid and is subject to the Company's workplace attendance and in-office work requirements, as in effect from time to time. The Company reserves the right to modify these requirements at any time.

All information submitted with this application and disclosed in the interview and screening processes must be truthful.  The Company reserves the right in its sole discretion, to disqualify a candidate from consideration, withdraw a conditional offer of employment, or terminate employment, if it discovers a candidate provided false, misleading, or materially incomplete information during the application process.

VaynerX is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military status, veteran status, citizenship or immigration status (as permitted by applicable law), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.