A global brand agency, with over 30 years’ experience in strategy, design and communications. With 90% of new business being driven by recommendation and referral, they pride ourselves on strong customer relationships and an outstanding level of trust. Renowed for its open and honest communication and a commitment to shared success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Taking on first draft of the ‘big idea’ and/or how to organise the thinking: Owning the lateral step from distilled insight into strategic idea (e.g., platforms, brand frameworks, concept directions)
• Owning client relationships for projects: Taking overall responsibility with a holistic view of processes, deliverables, knowing when to seek support/guidance from Senior team members. Note, the relationship of the client and organisation of the full projects, sits with the strategy team.
• Owning larger projects: Being the point person within the project team and proactively putting your hand up to lead workstreams, deliverables or specific meetings.
• Creating your own opportunities: making the most of the agency’s independent spirit, to help push forward across client projects, internal initiatives, or self/team development.
• Coherent creative briefing and managing collaboration: Developing strong written/verbal creative briefs, leading the internal collaboration, and proactively building/challenging on creative outputs

Key Skills:

• 5+ years experience in a strategy role within a brand or creative agency.
• Maintaining calm under pressure, being able to lift others up when needed and bringing the right energy to the room/call.
• Balancing great client servicing with internal capacity/pressures: Knowing when to push back on clients and when to go the extra mile.
• Being tapped into culture and consumer trends within and beyond our world, applying these to projects day-to-day.