Executive Director - Strategy

About the role

Please See// is an independent brand consultancy that blends strategy, design, and culture to create purposeful brands. We are seeking an Executive Director of Strategy to lead and grow our strategy practice, shaping the agency’s point of view and delivering high‑impact work for senior client leadership.

Key responsibilities

• Own the strategic output for key client engagements, ensuring rigor, relevance, and lasting impact.
• Act as the senior strategic voice in client relationships, advising on brand identity, positioning, architecture, and transformation.
• Lead new‑business pitches from a strategy perspective, shaping narratives that win work.
• Partner with the Executive Creative Director and client leaders to guarantee strategic‑creative coherence.
• Develop and evolve internal strategic frameworks, methodologies, and ways of working.
• Contribute to the agency’s intellectual capital by defining its point of view on brand strategy and industry trends.
• Represent Please See// externally through thought‑leadership and industry conversations.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high‑performing strategy team.

Required profile

• 12–15 years of experience in brand strategy, strategic planning, or brand consulting.
• Background either client‑side in insight/strategy for a consumer‑goods organization or agency‑side at a research or brand consultancy.
• Proven ability to lead and close strategic engagements independently, from problem framing to recommendation delivery.
• Deep expertise in brand architecture, positioning, narrative development, and organisational identity.
• Confident, authoritative presence with experience working directly with CXOs and senior leadership.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of how strategic work creates and protects business value.
• Experience building, structuring, or scaling a strategy practice or team.

Required skills