London
Senior Strategist
As a Senior Strategist you will be responsible for leading strategy across projects; uncovering insights, shaping the strategy, guiding the team and unlocking the creative potential of a project.
You may be working across multiple tasks and will be the ‘go-to’ person for key strategic questions and deliverables on your projects.
You’ll be able to bring a broad experience of working across different sectors; tackling many types of strategic challenge with proven results.
Most likely you’ll have at least five years of professional experience (not necessarily in brand).
You must:
– Lead strategy across projects, giving the wider team guidance and direction throughout
– Plan and lead research (designing and facilitating strategic workshops, stakeholder interviews etc.)
– Identify insights, challenges and opportunities for brands, and shape a strategic response to them
– Create compelling strategy that the creative team can take meaningful action from. Experienced in brand purpose, positioning, propositions, naming and architecture. You may also have more niche experience in EVP, experiential, digital and cultural strategy.
– Inform new business, proposals and project planning
Key Qualities
Strive for clarity over complexity
Balance intuition, intellect and imagination
Curiosity and deep interest in the world
A unique point of view
A ‘get stuff done’ attitude; well organised and highly adaptable to any project, task or situation
Confident and self motivated; able to work independently and collaboratively
Highly design literate, with an understanding of brand
Key Skills and Requirements
Outstanding facilitator: able to design and lead workshops, enabling creative leaps and breakthroughs
Stakeholder engagement: able to win the trust of key stakeholders and guide clients through complex transformations
Compelling storyteller: excellent presenter, writer and communicator who is able to construct strong arguments with logic and imagination
Efficiency: able to juggle several tasks with ease, prioritize work-streams, and delegate effectively
Flexibility: able to flex and be confident working within any kind of industry, with any type of person, anywhere in the world (from startups
to corporations to schools and beyond)
Large toolkit: proficient with the tools of the trade and confident to go beyond, discovering new ones and developing your own (making
films, prototypes, research methodologies etc.)
