What are the main differences between a senior strategist and a strategy director in terms of roles and responsibilities?

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I’d expect a director to be able to run almost on their own. They could execute a workshop, conduct annual planning, etc with oversight from me. I’d expect them to be able to produce client ready deliverables that tell a cohesive story and help guide work across other groups by asking smart questions. A Senior strategist would be able to produce good work under the guidance of a director+, do comprehensive research and synthesize that into working insights and produce a good project brief. They would have client visibility and have good presentation skills but it would be primarily support function vs lead- unless it’s on a smaller client where a little more freedom can be given. I will also say, I don’t promote into the next role until you can do that job. You’ve got to learn in the role before and earn the title once I know you are 90% of the way there.

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More leadership and oversight from the director and less of the actual day to day doing

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Senior strategists answers a brief. A director creates / defines a brief.

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Also a director is different in uk vs us. As in the uk director =vp

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