Retail Voodoo · 14 hours ago
Director, Strategy & Client Growth
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
12+ years expVoodoo Brands is a dynamic and entrepreneurial team dedicated to creating exceptional brands for clients. The Director, Strategy & Client Growth will lead the development and execution of strategies to drive business growth and client success, managing relationships with clients and overseeing projects from inception to completion.
Advertising
Hiring Manager
Diana Fryc
Responsibilities
Lead High-Value Strategy Across Our Practice Areas
Serve as lead strategist across insights, commercial strategy, brand strategy, creative, and innovation
Translate complex business challenges into clear strategic frameworks and pathways
Drive engagement outcomes that create measurable commercial impact
Be a Trusted Advisor to Senior Clients
Own and deepen relationships at the C-suite and VP level
Bring clarity, challenge, and forward-thinking recommendations to client conversations
Build trust quickly and guide clients through critical business decisions
Grow Existing Accounts Through Value Creation
Identify opportunities to expand work based on emerging client needs
Lead annual planning, roadmapping, and multi-workstream engagements
Build scopes and proposals rooted in real value and outcomes
Ensure Cross-Functional Excellence
Collaborate closely with Insights, Creative, and Strategy leads to deliver best-in-class work
Maintain clarity around goals, scope, process, and success metrics
Elevate the strategic and client capabilities of team members
Qualification
Required
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to identify trends, interpret data, and develop actionable insights
Experience in sales and business development, including creating and nurturing client relationships to drive revenue growth
Proven track record in project management and delivery of multi-disciplinary projects on time and within budget
Solid understanding of marketing principles and strategies to support brand and commercial growth
Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to effectively manage cross-functional teams
Demonstrated capacity for strategic thinking and a results-oriented mindset
A bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field is required; MBA or advanced degree is a plus
12+ years in brand strategy, insights, commercial strategy, or consumer-facing P&L ownership
Proven track record delivering business results for consumer brands
Financial fluency and strong understanding of the levers that move revenue, margin, and velocity
Experience with quantitative/qualitative research, portfolio strategy, and strategic frameworks
Experience leading brand transformation and creative development
Ability to guide creative teams with clarity, respect, and a shared vision
Comfort sponsoring innovation, design, and brand expression projects
Direct experience managing senior executive relationships
Ability to influence, challenge, and “sell up” with confidence and credibility
Demonstrated success growing accounts through strategic value
Skilled in structuring complex engagements and managing scope and profitability
Strong judgment and decision-making even with imperfect information
Ability to contribute to thought leadership (written or video)
Hands-on and action-oriented
Low ego, high clarity, high accountability
Excellent under pressure
Pragmatic, commercially minded, outcome-focused
Preferred
Experience in CPG, brand strategy, or related industries is highly preferred
Company
Retail Voodoo
Retail Voodoo is a Seattle based branding agency and retail branding and packaging consultant.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase