Job Description
The Product & Design team supports Apple Services broadly and shapes user experiences across all our products. We focus on how people consume, create and connect across all our applications.
We are currently seeking a Head of Strategy to lead a team of strategists and to build a strategy practice. You will lead the briefing and execution around brand platforms and some content features. This role will cover many lines of business within Apple Services and will be responsible for crafting strategies that empower design teams to make best products and best position them to users.
It requires an ability to spot and articulate the right approach when many strategies are possible; and a deep understanding of the many modern media contexts in which our products live. Your ideas and vision can shape the way people consume and create media through our products, what those products look and feel like, and how they’re used by millions of people across the world.
Description
You will be joining a design team that partners closely with business leaders to develop service brands, launch new features and support first-party and partner content cross-functionally. In this role, you will help design the future of content-driven product features and programs, blending cultural, behavioral and technological insights to fuel ideation across projects. You will craft briefs to inspire meaningful work that evolves the experience for our users have, working with product and business leads on each of our services. You will identify opportunities for growth and innovation across our services portfolio; opportunities to reach new audiences, drive new interest, and connect with new cultures. You will touch innovation projects daily.
Your work will be integral to how users interact with our products every day as well as where the products will be years from now. You will partner with stellar creators of all types (writers, producers, designers, motion artists, etc...) to do the best work of your life.
Minimum Qualifications
Key Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability working as a strategy leader, with a proven track record in brand strategy, interactive design, media, and/or consumer applications
- Deep expertise and understanding of media verticals and business models, including TV, Music, Podcasts, Books, News, and/or other related businesses
- Experience in establishing, growing and leading teams
- Equally comfortable translating business and experience objectives or inputs into nuanced creative strategies that lead to outstanding design work
- Strength in leading strategic conversations with a wide range of people in different teams, including business leads, media experts, and creative partners and impacting cross-functional decision making
- Extraordinary writing, story-telling, and presentation skills and the ability and desire to grow those skills in others
- A passion for technology with a critical point of view on its impact on people’s lives
- A born collaborator, able to thrive in ambiguity
- Enjoys forging relationships across a large organization and aligning teams around a vision
Preferred Qualifications
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred
At least 10+ years of experience with at least 5 as a people leader
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
- At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $189,800 and $357,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
- Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
You will be joining a design team that partners closely with business leaders to develop service brands, launch new features and support first-party and partner content cross-functionally. In this role, you will help design the future of content-driven product features and programs, blending cultural, behavioral and technological insights to fuel ideation across projects. You will craft briefs to inspire meaningful work that evolves the experience for our users have, working with product and business leads on each of our services. You will identify opportunities for growth and innovation across our services portfolio; opportunities to reach new audiences, drive new interest, and connect with new cultures. You will touch innovation projects daily.
Your work will be integral to how users interact with our products every day as well as where the products will be years from now. You will partner with stellar creators of all types (writers, producers, designers, motion artists, etc...) to do the best work of your life. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred
At least 10+ years of experience with at least 5 as a people leader
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