Director, Strategy & Audience Intelligence

ABOUT YOU: Audience-first strategic thinker with a strong understanding of consumer behavior, media, and marketing. Able to translate complex research, data, and marketplace intelligence into clear, actionable strategies. Structured thinker who can connect business priorities with audience opportunities. Collaborative leader who can influence across teams and senior stakeholders. Curious and forward-looking, with a strong understanding of evolving consumer and media behaviors. Comfortable working across the U.S. and Mexico while recognizing the unique needs of each market. YOUR DAY-DAY: (aka Responsibilities) Lead strategic planning and audience strategy across the U.S. and Mexico, aligning business priorities with audience and marketplace opportunities. Establish standardized planning frameworks, strategic playbooks, and best practices across marketing campaigns. Develop campaign strategies by connecting business objectives, audience insights, marketplace dynamics, historical learnings, and media opportunities. Build audience architecture, personas, segmentation, and media consumption profiles to inform audience-first marketing and media planning. Partner with Research and Audience Insights to translate consumer behavior, cultural trends, and research into actionable strategies and audience growth opportunities. Monitor competitive activity, consumer behavior, and evolving media trends to identify opportunities and inform strategic recommendations. Establish planning parameters and investment guidelines to help inform marketing priorities and resource allocation. Partner with Marketing Analytics to establish KPIs, learning agendas, and measurement frameworks, translating campaign results into actionable learnings for future planning. Provide strategic direction across the U.S. and Mexico while balancing global priorities with local market needs. Serve as a strategic center of excellence for Marketing, bringing an audience-first perspective to cross-functional planning. Develop and present clear strategic recommendations to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders. YOU HAVE: (aka Qualifications) Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Advertising, Media, Research, or a related field. 10+ years of experience in marketing strategy, media strategy, audience strategy, consumer insights, communications planning, or a related discipline. Strong strategic planning experience with a demonstrated ability to translate business objectives, consumer insights, and data into actionable strategies. Experience developing audience segmentation, personas, consumer journeys, and other audience frameworks. Strong understanding of the media landscape across linear television, streaming, digital, social, and emerging platforms. Experience with consumer research, audience measurement, media measurement, and business intelligence tools such as Nielsen, MRI-Simmons, Comscore, VideoAmp, Domo, or similar platforms. …