Director of Strategic Growth

Our client, Sagent, is a marketing agency that serves purpose-driven companies, public agencies, and nonprofits. They are interested in adding a Director of Strategic Growth to their leadership team who would be responsible for internal business development and client strategy development. Are you a business-minded, driven professional with impressive experience helping a marketing and/or advertising agency grow? Are you a big-picture thinker with a passion for helping purpose-driven organizations? If so, keep reading!

As Director of Strategic Growth, you will:

• Provide business development and high-level strategic guidance for the agency.
• Work with the executive leadership to develop innovative solutions for the agency and its clients.
• Seek out and respond to new client opportunities, developing strategic recommendations to achieve client goals and drive their business.
• Manage the business development funnel and content marketing to broaden the agency’s niche into purpose-driven, for-profit companies.
• Develop strategic approach and methodology for proposals and client strategic plans for public agency RFP scopes of work and for purpose driven companies.
• Translate your thirst for knowledge into innovative solutions.
• Collaborate with teams at all levels and coach them about strategic approaches.

Qualifications:

• At least 7 years of experience in marketing/advertising agency leadership
• Senior-level strategist and idea generator with a strong track record of having helped build business through marketing leadership
• Passion for helping public agencies, nonprofits, and purpose-driven organizations with a for-profit strategy mindset
• Experience building funnels and growing small- to mid-size companies and late-stage startups
• Strong track record of helping build businesses through strategic marketing leadership
• Innate curiosity: you stay on the cutting edge of marketing trends and technologies
• Ability to translate a vision into action
• Experience in content marketing and thought leadership

This role can be remote, hybrid, or on-site at their office in downtown Sacramento.

Sagent is award-winning for their healthy workplace and culture. They work very hard, but also have a lot of fun because they love what they do! They are a certified B Corp, which means they are required to meet stringent metrics for how they treat their team, their environmental footprint, and their social impact mission. Not only are they an equal opportunity employer (EOE), but they also believe diversity - in every way - creates a stronger, more creative team helping them to grow and thrive. In addition to a generous benefits package that exceeds most other small businesses, they offer a flexible work environment which means you can work from home or from their gorgeous, restored, National Historic Registry building in Sacramento that’s decked out in fun, mid-Century Modern style – or split your time between them. If this all strikes a chord with you, apply today!