Associate Strategy Director

• Understand the client’s audiences, objectives, and priorities, and lead the definition of solutions to meet these needs
• Execute research to distil and design insight that drives forward creative solutions to client brief objectives
• Provide strategic direction for product design, digital platform development, and user experience, as well as brand, marketing, and communications initiatives, identifying key value propositions, user needs, and business value
• Develop strategies that define the vision and roadmap for digital products and platforms, ensuring market differentiation and clear user value
• Develop comprehensive strategies that detail tactics across the entire customer experience, encompassing brand communications, product lifecycle, and user journeys, translating strategic recommendations into actionable campaigns, product features, services, and experiences
• Craft compelling narratives in presentations and to sell your work to clients, ensuring alignment of client objectives to strategic imperatives
• Co-create closely with creative, experience, and technology teams to develop effective and performant solutions
• Identify key opportunities to drive client value, satisfaction, and growth
• Plan and lead client workshops and research sessions
• Write briefs that provide clarity for creativity and collaborate to refine, align, and shape them into effective solutions
• Own streams of strategic work, working autonomously and leading the strategic offering across one or more key account programs
• Be a trusted strategic partner to clients and build strong relationships
• Help lead and mentor our talented junior and midweight strategists
• Be proactive, provoke debate, and identify what the agenda for future discussion should be

• Experience in a relevant strategy role within a creative agency or consultancy environment
• Generalist strategist with significant experience in products, platforms, and data, complemented by strong experience or a keen interest in brand, marketing, and communications strategy
• Insatiable curiosity and can observe and identify patterns, trends, and insights, turning research and data into effectiveness and performance
• Lateral and creative thinker with the ability to make complex topics simple, and a passion for creativity, innovation, and compelling experiences
• A robust understanding of user journeys, product ecosystems, and how to drive innovative solutions throughout the product lifecycle
• Strong understanding of how business, brands, and consumers interact, and how technology is impacting their lives
• Familiarity with the design, application, and analysis of a wide range of quantitative and qualitative research
• Passionate about collaboration, open-minded, and experienced in working with people from diverse cultures
• Understand the big picture and have a sharp attention to detail, while always striving for best-in-class work

We provide an extensive range of benefits