Senior Strategist

Senior Strategist

Full-time, Salaried, Remote
masterworks.agency & makehistoric.com

We are seeking an experienced Senior Strategist. This pivotal role requires you to be a player-coach, an individual who can lead and cast vision like an executive, while also getting into the tactical weeds of execution. You will coach, advise, consult, and build for a variety of faith-based and social-impact clients.

ABOUT US

Historic helps nonprofits to change and grow so they can create the future that should be.

As a human-centered design studio and strategic brand advisory, we partner with world changers to define, position, and transform their brands. The result? Cutting-edge relevance, avid fans, and greater impact for their cause. 

Through co-creative sprints and workshops in branding, marketing, messaging, visuals, product development, fundraising, and more, we help organizations gain clarity, solve problems, and seize opportunities fast. 

These core principles guide our work:

• Greatness Requires Collaboration: Our best innovations happen when multiple ideas come together. Great work requires the same. We know our expertise alone isn’t enough to deliver the best results for our clients. That’s why we foster such deep, collaborative relationships with them.
• Good Frameworks Frame Good Works: We don’t wait for creative inspiration to strike — we design for it. We take creativity so seriously that we obsess over the neuroscience behind it and build systems that protect, amplify, and reproduce it. It’s our job to reproduce creativity to make us—and our clients—more effective. 
• Vulnerability Matters: Solving the world’s greatest challenges requires risk. As Craig Groeschel says, “To reach people no one else is reaching, you’ll have to do things no one else is doing.” This type of work requires us to lead through vulnerability that earns the trust needed for world-changing risk.
  
• We Put People First: People drive our decisions. We seek to understand the views, needs, wants, problems, pains, and hopes of those we serve. We extend this empathy not only to our clients but to their audiences and our team.  
• We Train To Be Elite: In an era of generative AI, we bring heart, perspective, empathy, and excellence. Like gold-medal athletes, we hone our craft through mastery, precision, and relentless preparation. While speed is our pursuit, we always avoid shortcuts, resist compromise, and strive for the best solution—not just the first.
• We Deliver What We Promise: Agency relationships get a bad rap. We work hard to deliver on what we promise and always do the next best right if we can’t.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic-Thinking: Proficient in pattern matching and obsessed with real-time problem solving.

Player-Coach: Lead and cast strategic vision like an executive, while also getting into the tactical weeds of marketing execution.

Collaboration: Partner closely with clients, designers, copywriters, and stakeholders to align messaging and creative direction with strategic goals.

Client Engagement: Build trust through empathetic communication and proactive leadership, enabling clients (usually in the C-suite) to embrace bold, innovative solutions.

Cross-Sector Expertise: Leverage your understanding of both nonprofit and for-profit sectors to craft strategy that bridges audiences and industries.

Travel: Participate in on-site workshops and presentations as required to foster deeper co-creation and rapid alignment with clients. Est. 1-2 times a month.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience: 7 years in brand, marketing, and fundraising strategy, with a proven track record in both nonprofit and for-profit contexts.

Skills:

• Proven strategy expertise that spans the nuances of brand, marketing, and fundraising 
• Experience in:
  • Coaching, advising, and consulting for a variety of faith-based and social-impact organizations 
  • Leading projects: strategy, campaign, website build, rebrand, etc from beginning to end. Coordinating with a project management team to ensure resources are allocated correctly
  • Instilling confidence and casting vision for C-suite level leadership
• Strong grasp of technology and the various marketing “stacks” that organizations may be using 
• Proficiency in facilitating strategy workshops and guiding clients through a process that’s tailored to their organization 
• Ability to balance creativity with strategic thinking in fast-paced environments

Values Alignment: Passion for purpose-driven work and alignment with Historic’s principles.

Soft Skills: Exceptional communication, self-motivation, responsibility, adaptability, and a collaborative spirit.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage to support your well-being.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
• Flexibility to work from home & relocate anywhere we’re authorized to employ you. 
• Opportunities to travel and engage directly with mission-driven clients.
• Access to paid training, industry conferences, and continuous learning opportunities to foster your development.
• Opportunities to engage in projects that make a meaningful impact, serving missions and causes that contribute to positive change.