M&C Saatchi is on the hunt for an awesome Senior Strategist to join the ranks.
We are seeking a dynamic individual to be the go-to expert for our accounts, demonstrating an in-depth understanding of audiences, categories, and brands. This role is pivotal in developing innovative strategies that drive globally recognized creative work.
What you’ll do:
- Be the go to person on your accounts with the breadth and depth of understanding of the audiences, the category and the brand.
- Lead and support developing strategies which answer Client business problems
- Shape strategic and creative research so that it supports work that is talked about.
- Create briefs which can be the springboard to extraordinary work focussing on demonstrating effectiveness.
- Inspire creative teams within and outside of creative briefings.
- Be responsible for the evaluation and optimisation of strategies and creative work accordingly.
- Be comfortable around creative work and share your views on how to make the work better.
- Support on new business opportunities to help create pitch winning strategies/
- Challenge client feedback and debrief creative teams.
- Be a vocal member of the strategy team, contributing and sharing ideas.
About You
You will be in fearsome pursuit of driving strategies which can springboard into brilliant creative ideas (which might live at any part of the consumer journey). You will bring a positive, up-for-it, interested approach to everything you do and show the joy and possibility to be found in big data sets (and small ones!) in order to fuel creativity.
What you bring:
- Passionate about driving creative ideas through insightful strategies.
- Positive, enthusiastic, and curious, you find joy and possibility in analyzing diverse data sets.
- Proven experience in creative brand strategy with a strong background in social media insights and communications.
- Eager to embrace new challenges and inspire others with your strategic vision.
- Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, building relationships across teams and clients.
- A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
About M&C Saatchi UK
This role sits within the M&C Saatchi London division of the M&C Saatchi Group. Although we share our group’s vision, our personal mission is to “create work that is talked about all over the world”, ensuring we place the customer firmly at the heart of our communications, and we use this ethos in all our advertising from Brand TV through to CRM programmes.
As an agency we are guided by two core philosophies that are central to everything we do and everything we are:
• Brutal Simplicity of Thought – experts at understanding complex categories and businesses and finding a simple, effective way through
• Diversity of Thought – we know that when we do this, we are more creative
Essentially, we get to the heart of business problems; whether that’s taking pressure off the NHS when emergency rooms are way past capacity or using rewards to drive ATV for Costa coffee. Using brilliant creative and sharp strategy, we help brands across a range of sectors and specialisms realise their ambitions.
About M&C Saatchi Group
M&C Saatchi Group is a creative company that connects specialist expertise, fuelled by data, technology, and culture, to help clients navigate, create, and lead meaningful change. The Group operates across five core divisions: Connected Creativity; Passion Marketing; Global & Social Issues; Brand, Experience & Innovation; and Performance Media. Headquartered in London, operations span 23 countries with major hubs in the UK, Europe, US, Middle East & Africa, Asia and Australia. M&C Saatchi Group’s two principles, Diversity of Thought and Brutal Simplicity of Thought, guide how they build teams and solve problems.
The M&C Saatchi Group UK has pledged its commitment to create a company that values difference, with an inclusive culture brought to life through equity. As part of this, M&C Saatchi Group continues to be an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not and shall not discriminate, celebrates diversity and bases all hiring and promotion decisions solely on merit, without regard for any personal characteristics. All employee information is kept confidential according to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Applications close Monday 2nd September 2024. No recruitment agencies .