About the Role
As the Senior Brand Strategist, you will be the Lead Storyteller and Commercial Architect for partnerships, responsible for transforming ambitious ideas into data-backed pitches that leverage the company's portfolio. You will own the entire narrative arc from ideation and deck design to budget validation, C-suite presentations, and handoff to the Activation team, blending creative intuition with commercial rigor to secure and scale high-impact partnerships.
Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional creative brainstorms with Sales, Content, and Creative teams to refine ideas into sellable concepts.
- Own strategic responses to high-priority RFPs, ensuring compliant and compelling solutions.
- Design visually compelling client decks in Google Slides that structure narrative, solution, and timeline.
- Vet concepts with Content and Production teams to ensure feasibility between sales ambition and production reality.
- Ensure concepts align with the MrBeast brand voice, audience expectations, platform trends, and brand safety.
- Apply knowledge of YouTube algorithms and TikTok trends to sell cultural moments.
- Expand pitch scope by integrating multiple Lines of Business and activating secondary channels.
- Use AI tools to create rapid concept storyboards and visual proofs.
- Create the Sold Sheet, a definitive record of sold items, to manage the transition from Sale to Production.
- Ensure deal terms in contracts align precisely with proposed programs.
- Act as pricing and margin gatekeeper, structuring custom integrations to meet market expectations and internal margin requirements.
- Communicate strict budget parameters to Brand Activation Leads to protect profitability.
- Architect upsell opportunities into initial pitch structures to maximize deal size.
- Build vertical-specific sales narratives and decks using research.
- Maintain expertise in audience psychographics and performance data across Google Analytics, Nielsen, and Viewstats.
- Mine YouTube data and AI-assisted research to validate selling propositions.
- Partner with Activation Leads on post-campaign retrospectives to extract insights and leverage performance data for future sales.
- Support the Director of Product Marketing in maintaining the Single Source of Truth for all sales collateral.
- Standardize pitch decks, deal terms, and sold sheets across the organization.
- Act as a feedback conduit, surfacing client objections, market signals, and product gaps to improve the commercial offering.
- Present creative and strategic concepts confidently to C-suite executives.
- Pivot in real time during live presentations, offering viable alternatives without overpromising or breaking production constraints.
Requirements
- 8–10+ years in Strategy or Planning at a top-tier digital publisher, social platform, or creative agency.
- Proven leadership on seven-figure, multi-platform integrated marketing deals.
- Deep expertise in at least one high-value vertical (CPG, Tech, Auto, or Finance), including relevant KPIs.
- Experience packaging Intellectual Property (IP), talent, and virality.
- Demonstrated ability to improve pitch win rates and convert cold leads into closed-won deals.
- Deep fluency in the digital advertising ecosystem, including formats, specs, and platform constraints across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.
- Process-oriented mindset with a habit of documentation and standardization.
- Expert proficiency in Google Slides.
- Expert-level proficiency in Monday.com.
- Working knowledge of Google Sheets, Slack, and Boostr.
- Strong data fluency across Google Analytics, Nielsen, Viewstats, and YouTube Data APIs.
- Comfort leveraging AI tools (Gemini Pro, ChatGPT, NotebookLM, etc.) to accelerate research, visualization, and workflow automation.
Skills
- Storytelling
- Brand Strategy
- Partnership Development
- Pitch Design
- Creative Brainstorming
- RFP Response
- Deck Design
- Google Slides
- Feasibility Vetting
- Brand Voice Management
- YouTube Algorithms
- TikTok Trends
- AI Tools
- Commercial Rigor
- Deal Handoff
- Sold Sheet Creation
- Pricing and Margin Management
- Upsell Strategy
- Vertical Strategy
- Data Analysis
- Google Analytics
- Nielsen
- Viewstats
- YouTube Data APIs
- Operational Support
- Client Presentation
- Monday.com
- Google Sheets
- Slack
- Boostr
Location
- New York
- Los Angeles
Work Type
- In-office (New York)
- Fully remote (Los Angeles)
- Eastern Standard Time (EST) hours
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $118,000 – $148,000 (fixed annual salary)
- $135,700 – $170,200 (target total compensation)
Benefits
- Employee equity plan grant
- Bonus
- Competitive Salary
- Generous Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Dental, Vision
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Company contributions to employee Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- 401k Plan with Safe Harbor company-matching
- Flexible vacation policy
- Paid company holidays
- Company-provided technology package
- Relocation assistance
- Travel assistance
- Company-provided housing for the first 90 days
About the Company
- Beast Industries is a multifaceted media and entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast).
- The company is renowned for revolutionizing digital content creation and has a diverse portfolio extending beyond YouTube.
- Mission: To entertain, inspire, and create significant social impact.
- Operates across digital media, philanthropy, consumer products, and innovative business initiatives.
- Believes in the transformative power of digital media to entertain, educate, and effect positive change.
- Commitment to innovation, creativity, and philanthropy drives exploration of new frontiers and creation of unforgettable experiences.
