Executive Strategy Director
OLIVER Agency
| Company | OLIVER Agency |
| Category | Consulting & Strategy |
| Location | London |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Director |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 16 Jun 2026 |
| Last verified | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.
As a part of The Brandtech Group , we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results. Role: Executive Strategy Director
Location: London, United Kingdom ( 2-3 days a week from our client's offices)
About the role:
You'll be the strategic engine behind Dove's social presence, turning audience understanding, cultural signals, and platform data into briefs, frameworks, and recommendations that guide the creative team to produce stand-out work. Working across always-on content, campaign activations, creator partnerships, and reactive cultural moments, you'll ensure Dove's social output is strategically coherent and creatively ambitious.
We're looking for someone who can think at brand level and act at platform level, someone equally comfortable articulating a long-term content strategy as they are writing a sharp brief for a trending moment on TikTok. Success means social work that is rooted in real insight, aligned with Dove's brand purpose, and demonstrably effective in driving engagement, conversation, and brand affinity.
What you will be doing:
Lead social-first strategy for Dove, developing content strategies, campaign platforms, and always-on frameworks that connect brand purpose to audience behaviour on social
Mine consumer, cultural, and category insight to identify opportunities for Dove to show up meaningfully in social conversations and cultural moments
Translate platform data, social listening, and audience research into actionable creative briefs that give the team a clear strategic springboard
Develop audience and community strategies that deepen Dove's connection with diverse audiences across markets and platforms
Partner with the creative team to shape ideas from brief through to execution, providing strategic input that sharpens and elevates the work
Collaborate with social media managers to align strategic recommendations with publishing plans, platform priorities, and performance learnings
Inform creator and influencer strategy, identifying partnership opportunities that are authentic to Dove's brand and relevant to target audiences
Present strategic thinking and campaign recommendations to the Dove brand team with clarity, confidence, and a strong point of view
Analyse social performance data and campaign results to refine strategy over time, building a continuous learning loop between insight, creative, and outcomes
Stay ahead of social platform evolution, emerging audience behaviours, cultural trends, and competitive activity in beauty and personal care
Mentor and develop junior strategists within the studio, building strategic capability and fostering a culture of curiosity and rigour
Shape strategic processes and tools for the studio, including briefing templates, insight frameworks, and reporting approaches suited to social-speed workflows
What you need to be great in this role:
8+ years of strategy experience, with a significant focus on social-first or digital-first work for consumer brands
Deep understanding of social platforms (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and emerging ch