Senior Innovation Strategist
- London
- Permanent / Full-Time
- Strategy
- Design
About the company
We are a global agency who deliver best-in-class creative ideas with brands who want to Win Tomorrow. We are very proud to have a wonderful array of local and global clients across many sectors. In the past three years we have worked on briefs across 25 markets. We have a strong emphasis on personal growth and learning with projects; coaching and training to help everyone develop existing and new skills. Each team member has a personal as well as a team development budget. We currently have three teams of strategists. We talk innovation and strategy all day; so many people to bounce ideas off! People who are smart; dedicated and great to be around. Together we strive for breakthrough, original solutions and for our clients.
About the role
This is a very varied role and we love people who relish working on a very broad range of challenges and sectors. As a Senior member of the agency, you will have responsibility for project delivery and people growth. You will also be a member of the Senior Leadership Team which contributes to the development and direction of the agency. Reporting to a Partner and responsible for a team of two, you will lead and collaborate with them on the creation of powerful, growth-driving outcomes for clients.
Day to day you will be responsible for nurturing and developing client partnerships and relationships and leading global and local qualitative and quantitative research processes. You will be leading and designing ideation workshops to inspire new products, services, brands or communication strategies as well as leading brand positioning and brand strategy projects. You will be required to write and deliver powerful presentations which sell ideas and stories to our clients, while ensuring projects are successfully managed and delivered on budget and on time. All while contributing to the agency’s ongoing D&I, mental health and social initiatives.
About your background and skills
You are curious and culturally engaged and an expert with both words and numbers. You can take initiative and handle stretching challenges while being both organised and creative. You are detail-oriented with a good eye for visual design and have outstanding written, verbal and presentation skills. We want you, to want to contribute to and create work to be proud of while holding a strong record of achievement and ideally, leadership, in whatever you’ve been involved into date. You have a love of continuous learning and an ability to coach others as well as experience in building, developing and maintaining good working relationships with senior client stakeholders.