Strategy Manager

Strategy Manager

-up to £45k-Salford Quays/Hybrid

Our client is a multi-award-winning digital agency based in Media City, Salford Quays. Due to their success and growth across social and digital campaigns, they are looking for a Strategy or Senior Strategy Manager to join the team.This role will play a key role in shaping client success and driving strategy. You'll contribute to new business pitches, innovation and competitor research to help inform strategy across the agency. This role is hands-on but high-impact-you'll be leading accounts while also contributing to the growth and evolution of the Strategy function.

Day to Day Responsibilities of the Strategy Manager:

* Own client strategies, leading on development, execution, and refinement to ensure strategy remains impactful beyond initial delivery. * Lead strategy handovers to execution teams, ensuring clear, actionable briefs that translate into work with purpose.* Conduct performance check-ins, proactively assessing execution vs. strategy to identify optimisation opportunities.* Interrogate briefs going beyond surface-level asks to define what's truly needed for impact.* Be knowledgeable about our clients, their industry, and be seen as a trusted extension of their team.* Stay ahead of industry trends to shape data-driven, culturally relevant strategies that challenge the status quo.* Lead in New Business efforts, where required, contributing to pitches and ensuring we hit a client's brief.* Coach and mentor junior strategists, ensuring they develop confidence in their ability to lead accounts.* Maintain high standards across all strategic output, ensuring clarity, depth, and effectiveness.

Experience & Skills needed:

* 3+ years' experience in a strategic role (agency or brand-side).* Strong experience in social, content, or digital strategy, with an understanding of paid, creative, and influencer marketing.* Experience leading client strategy & comfortable with internal execution handovers.* Ability to turn data into insight and insight into action-connecting the dots between numbers and cultural trends.* Confident presenting to clients and internal teams-from reports to pitches.* Experience working with social listening or reporting tools is a bonus but not essential.

Agency Benefits:

* Hybrid working (2 office days per week).* Yearly bonus.* Social events.* Flexitime.* Birthday off* Career progression.

If you're interested in this Strategy Manager role, please click apply or get in touch with Liv Grant - Liv @ KRG.