• Job Tag: #LI-KT1
• Posted: May 28,2026

Client Service & Strategy Director

We’ve partnered with a well-established brand consultancy to identify an experienced Client Service & Strategy Director to join their growing leadership team. This is a senior-level opportunity for a strategic thinker and relationship-builder who thrives at the intersection of brand strategy, client leadership, and integrated marketing.

The Account & Strategy Director will play a critical role in shaping client partnerships, guiding strategic initiatives, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver thoughtful, impactful work. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to clients while helping drive agency growth, operational excellence, and team development.

This role is ideal for someone who brings both big-picture strategic thinking and hands-on leadership experience within an agency or consulting environment.

Key Responsibilities

Client & Brand Strategy Leadership

Lead the development and execution of strategic client engagements across branding, marketing, and communications initiatives.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading brand positioning and messaging development

• Guiding integrated marketing and communications strategy

• Developing strategic recommendations and key client deliverables

• Facilitating discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews, and strategic planning engagements

• Translating complex business challenges into actionable brand and marketing strategies

• Ensuring strategic work balances insight, creativity, and executional practicality

• Overseeing presentation development and executive-level storytelling

• Elevating the quality and consistency of strategic thinking across client work

Client Relationship Leadership

Serve as a senior strategic partner and trusted advisor to clients across a variety of industries and engagements.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading senior-level client relationships and strategic conversations

• Providing day-to-day account leadership and communication

• Building long-term client partnerships rooted in trust and collaboration

• Ensuring client expectations are consistently met or exceeded

• Navigating evolving business priorities and complex conversations with confidence

• Proactively identifying opportunities, challenges, and solutions

• Helping clients connect brand strategy to business growth and organizational goals

• Supporting client retention and account growth opportunities

Agency & Team Leadership

Partner with internal teams to ensure exceptional work quality, operational alignment, and a collaborative culture.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing leadership across client engagements and strategic initiatives

• Partnering with account and project teams to support workflow, prioritization, and resource alignment

• Ensuring consistency and excellence across deliverables

• Fostering collaboration between strategy, creative, and execution teams

• Supporting team growth, mentorship, onboarding, and development

• Helping build scalable processes and operational efficiencies

• Contributing positively to agency culture, communication, and team engagement

Business Growth & Account Leadership

Support agency growth through strategic partnership development, account expansion, and new business initiatives.

Responsibilities include:

• Contributing to agency growth strategy and leadership planning

• Supporting new business opportunities and proposal development

• Identifying opportunities to deepen and expand existing client relationships

• Participating in pitch development and strategic presentations

• Overseeing account planning and long-term client success strategies

• Supporting revenue growth and client retention efforts

Ideal Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in brand strategy, marketing strategy, agency leadership, consulting, or client services

• Proven success leading complex client relationships and strategic engagements

• Strong understanding of branding, messaging, marketing, and communications strategy

• Experience leading and collaborating across cross-functional teams

• Exceptional communication, presentation, and facilitation skills

• Ability to think strategically while managing executional details

• Experience contributing to business development and organizational growth

• Collaborative, proactive, and solutions-oriented leadership style

Success in this role looks like

• Building strong, trusted client partnerships

• Delivering high-quality strategic work that drives measurable impact

• Leading collaborative, accountable, and high-performing teams

• Ensuring efficient execution across projects and engagements

• Supporting continued agency growth through strategic leadership and relationship development

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Opportunity to wear multiple hats and influence both strategy and execution

• Exposure to a wide range of industries, brands, and business challenges

• Ability to contribute ideas and shape strategic direction in a meaningful way

• Collaborative, entrepreneurial environment where initiative is valued

• Chance to work at the intersection of business strategy, branding, and creative problem-solving

• Team-oriented culture focused on delivering exceptional work while supporting one another

This role is based in downtown Minneapolis and operates on a hybrid schedule, with team members working in-office 3 days per week.