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Director, Strategy & Partnerships (Total Play)

Butler/Till
Rochester, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 2/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/23/2025

Butler / Till is a results-driven marketing agency offering deeply collaborative client experiences, proprietary technology, and world-class partnerships. At Butler / Till, we take immense pride in our independent, women-owned and led status, our unwavering commitment to a purpose-driven approach, our B-Corp status, and our unique structure as a 100% employee-owned company (ESOP).

SUMMARY

The Director of Strategy & Partnerships is a strategic leader who drives cross-channel media strategy, integrating all forms video, audio, and gaming to engage audiences in entertainment-driven environments. This role focuses on advancing Butler / Till’s competitive position by developing forward-thinking media strategies, cultivating high-impact partnerships, and ensuring innovative solutions align with client objectives. By leveraging deep expertise in digital and entertainment media ecosystems, the Director strengthens the agency’s offerings and fosters collaboration across internal teams and external partners.

As a key ambassador for Butler / Till, the Director influences industry conversations through thought leadership, market engagement, and partnership development. They actively monitor emerging trends, evolving technology, and shifting consumer behavior—translating insights into actionable strategies that shape the future of Butler / Till’s offering. With a focus on leadership and team development, they empower talent, foster a culture of innovation, and ensure the agency remains at the forefront of media evolution.

Key Outcome : Deliver innovative, results-driven channel strategies & recommendations that align with client objectives and emerging trends, driving high-impact campaigns across Total Play’s integrated approach

Key Responsibilities :

  • Lead the development of enterprise-wide media and audience strategies, ensuring alignment with client objectives, broader campaign goals, and measurable business outcomes
  • Oversee tactical planning efforts, ensuring all channel strategies are integrated and client-centric
  • Stay informed on data integrations, supply, and partner deals within DSPs, leveraging insights to enhance Total Play strategies and recommendations
  • Lead enterprise-wide knowledge-sharing initiatives, ensuring key learnings from campaigns drive continuous improvement and inform future planning

Key Outcome : Lead and evolve Total Play’s supply strategy to maximize market impact and client value

Key Responsibilities :

  • Set the strategic vision for Total Play’s supply approach, ensuring a forward-thinking framework that balances efficiency, scale, and premium content access across video, audio, and gaming
  • Oversee supply performance, evaluating partner effectiveness and optimizing the supply mix based on audience engagement, client objectives, and market trends
  • Lead internal education and enablement, ensuring teams are equipped with insights on inventory accessibility, pricing models, and evolving supply-side dynamics to drive smarter buying decisions
  • Key Outcome : Strategic partnerships drive innovation, elevate offering, and deliver positive business outcomes

    Key Responsibilities :

  • Build and nurture strategic relationships with media, supply, and technology partners across TV, streaming, audio, and gaming
  • Negotiate exclusive opportunities and collaborate with partners to develop proprietary solutions that differentiate Butler / Till, securing first-mover advantages, and positioning the agency as a leader in media innovation
  • Create and maintain testing and iteration frameworks to apply learnings, continuously refining for greater impact and future success
  • Continuously assess emerging tools, platforms, and partnerships, evaluating performance and ROI to optimize, expand, or refine investments that drive measurable value for clients and the agency
  • Key Outcome : Drive revenue growth and market leadership through innovation, strategic collaboration, and thought

    leadership

    Key Responsibilities :

  • Contribute to new business pitches with innovative and data-driven strategies that showcase the agency’s differentiated capabilities and drive competitive wins
  • Represent Butler / Till at industry events and publish thought leadership content, such as white papers, blogs, and trendspotting efforts, to showcase Butler / Till’s expertise and insights on emerging industry developments
  • Sponsor internal training initiatives to enhance organizational understanding of Total Play media strategies, partnerships, and agency initiatives
  • Integrate industry trends, consumer insights, and strategic partnerships into the agency’s roadmap and the Total Play offering, ensuring continued innovation and competitive differentiation
  • Key Outcome : Engage, retain, and enable performance of talent

    Key Responsibilities :

  • Streamline workflows and implement technologies to enhance efficiency and scalability
  • Contribute and proactively manage talent plans. Assess, hire, on-board, and grow role-appropriate talent
  • Manage a team; set clear, outcome-based performance goals. Establish and maintain development plans for each.
  • Provide effective feedback that enables employees to improve and work toward goals, while seeking feedback from team to enable inclusion and continuous improvement
  • Remove barriers to enable team outcomes
  • Provide opportunities for growth and development, while mentoring and inspiring employees to unlock their full potential
  • Seek feedback across functions to measure and improve team’s performance against broader client vision and Butler / Till initiatives
  • Other Responsibilities :

  • May need to perform other responsibilities and tasks as requested
  • Demonstrate proficiency in all forms of video, audio, and gaming marketing strategy
  • Demonstrate strong analytical skills to inform data-drive decision-making and optimize outcomes
  • Model professionalism, adaptability, and resilience, setting a high standard for the team to follow
  • Effective use of communication and project management tools & ensuring proper application and adoption of agency tools (e.g., PBI, Wrike) across team
  • Assess project scopes and determine appropriate allocation of resources. Autonomously rebalance workload across team members to ensure projects can progress forward
  • Proactively address issues or bottlenecks in workflows, ensuring solutions are implemented promptly and effectively
  • QUALIFICATIONS

    EDUCATION

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business, or equivalent work experience
  • EXPERIENCE

  • 10 years of experience in the digital marketing, advertising, and / or media field
  • Experience in strategic planning and applied experience of bringing plans to fruition
  • Proven track record in operating with a high-level of integrity, commitment, and enthusiasm to take on a challenging role with cross-functional commitments
  • Grasp new technology and product changes quickly, and identify application to current work
  • Self-starter able to seek new opportunities or projects, and lead from start to finish
  • Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
  • Demonstrated ability to delegate
  • CORE COMPETENCIES

  • CUSTOMER FOCUS / CLIENT INTIMACY : seeking to understand client business challenges / needs and delivering continuous value to our clients
  • COLLABORATIVE : working with teams and across the organization with ease
  • OWNER AGILITY : able to continuously learn and quickly adapt to changing circumstance
  • RESULTS DRIVEN : accepts accountability to deliver business outcomes, even under changing circumstances. Delivers on commitments
  • DISCIPLINED : Thinks, plans, and prioritizes work on an ongoing basis, plans and aligns with key team members before acting
  • COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING

    Our dedication to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) is a cornerstone of our culture. We believe that the diversity and inclusivity of our workforce are sources of strength. As you become part of our community, you'll discover that we are dedicated to creating a positive impact, not only for our clients but also for the communities where we live and work.

    WORK ENVIORNMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS

    The work environment and physical demands characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job, typically in an office setting or in a home office. An employee in this role may be in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods and using office equipment and computers. The noise level in the office environment is usually moderate. (I.e., business office with computers and printers, light foot traffic, etc.).

    Reasonable accommodation may be requested to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

    EEO DISCLAIMER

    At Butler / Till we are independent, women-owned and led, proudly purpose driven and 100% employee-owned. Our structure and culture empower us to create positive impact for our clients, for the communities in which we live and work, and for ourselves.

    Regardless of the background you come from, we’re thrilled to have you join us on our journey to be better every day.

    Butler / Till is an Equal Opportunity Employer to all employees and applicants and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

    This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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