Associate Director of Creative Strategy

Sapient Corporation
United States, New York, New York
Apr 07, 2025
Job Description As Associate Director of Creative Strategy, you ll be the cultural decoder who bridges strategic relevance with creative vision for our company. Working in close partnership with our taste-making Creative Director, you ll ensure our creative executions are not just visually exceptional, but culturally resonant and strategically sound. This role demands someone who can navigate the electric third rail of culture-identifying emerging signals, understanding their significance, and translating them into meaningful creative approaches. You possess not only sharp analytical skills, but also the rare intuition to recognize what will matter tomorrow, paired with the strategic rigor to make these insights actionable for our creative teams and valuable for our audience. Qualifications What You ll Bring The ideal candidate combines cultural fluency with strategic rigor: Exceptional cultural radar-ability to detect meaningful signals amid cultural noise Experience translating cultural insights into actionable creative strategies Deep understanding of how aesthetics, language, and narrative evolve across different communities Strategic thinking that connects cultural relevance with business outcome Talent for articulating complex cultural concepts in accessible ways for diverse stakeholders Background in strategic roles that interface between creative execution and business objectives Ability to develop frameworks that guide creative development without constraining creative possibility Natural curiosity that extends beyond typical industry research into unexpected domains Comfort moving between high-concept thinking and practical application A profound excitement and incorporation of the latest tools and technology into your workflow and process Additional Information The Impact You ll Make In this role, you ll ensure our creative work doesn t just look exceptional but resonates meaningfully. While the Creative Director perfects craft and execution, you ll ensure these beautiful vessels carry content that matters to our audiences. You won t just shape creative briefs-you ll develop a cultural intelligence function that keeps our organization perpetually relevant in a rapidly evolving landscape. Together with the Creative Director, you ll create work that stands out not just for how it looks, b Company Description We are a leading global technology consulting firm, empowering businesses to innovate, transform, and thrive in the digital age. Our internal agency team is the creative heartbeat of our brand, crafting world-class campaigns, immersive storytelling, and visually stunning experiences that captivate our clients, employees, stakeholders and marketplace at large. We are seeking an Associate Director of Creative Strategy with an uncanny ability to detect cultural undercurrents before they surface-someone who can translate emerging signals into meaningful creative directions that resonate both visually and conceptually across diverse audiences.