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Senior Strategist (Remote)
United States
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About Us
Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs.
About The Role
The Athletic is seeking a contract Senior Strategist to lead RFP responses and proactive proposals. This role is ideal for someone who has experience identifying insights, inspiring ideas, and authoring proposals that help drive revenue for key advertisers.
Strategy is a team sport, and you will be an expert collaborator responsible for developing innovative, cross-platform marketing programs for advertisers in partnership with Sales, Planning, Program Management, Account Management, Editorial, and Creative teams. You will lead brainstorms, develop briefs, and create proposals that leverage compelling solutions for our advertising partners.
Success requires a passion for big ideas expressed through media, a love of advertising, and a high standard for creating visual presentations. Previous experience in strategy or integrated marketing at a media company is essential.
This is a maternity leave coverage between 10/12/26 - 3/25/27.
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