Head Of Strategy

Who are we?

MATTE is a 360° full-service creative studio at the convergence of hype, storytelling and design. We bring people together to inspire new ways of engaging, to provoke long term progress, and to entertain audiences around the world, while helping forward-thinking brands and institutions nimbly and truly do the same. Our studio capabilities range from strategic ideation and insights, creative development, branding and identity, experiential, web design and development, campaigns and content creation, all the way through full-scale production and execution.

About this role: 

We’re seeking a dynamic, multi-disciplinary strategic leader to join our team as Head of Strategy. This person will be instrumental in evolving the strategic practice at MATTE—bridging culture, insight, and creativity—and embedding strategy into the heart of our agency’s work.

They will lead strategy across all pillars of our business—from brand to campaign to content and experience—while playing an active, embedded role across client workstreams. They will partner directly with executive leadership to scale our strategic offering, strengthen client relationships, and set the vision for how strategy drives value across everything we do.

Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Define and evolve MATTE’s strategic practice, methodologies, and POV across culture, brand, campaign, social, and experiential strategy across all client accounts.
• Partner with Executive Leadership to grow strategy as a core capability at the agency—building a world-class department that delivers differentiated thinking and measurable results.
• Champion thought leadership internally and externally, identifying new frameworks, trends, and cultural shifts that fuel client and internal growth.

Client Strategy & Day-to-Day Engagement

• Serve as a senior strategic lead on key client accounts—immersing in their business, shaping strategy, and staying close to execution.
• Lead strategic development across major brand initiatives, social and content calendars, campaign planning, cultural activations, and experiential programs.
• Uncover deep insights that inform creative development, grounded in audience behavior, platform nuance, and cultural relevance.
• Ensure strategy is an active, visible function in client relationships—contributing to growth, retention, and trust.

Team Leadership & Development

• Hire, manage, and mentor a multidisciplinary team of strategists with expertise in brand, content, culture, social, and research.
• Create a collaborative, high-performing environment focused on rigorous thinking and creativity.