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.