Senior Creative Strategist Job at BASIC/DEPT® (London)

Senior Creative Strategist

BASIC/DEPT®

Location:
United Kingdom , London

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Job Description:

This position sits in our Marketing & Technology service based in London. We combine data, technology, creative content, and paid media to crack brands’ business problems & drive revenue through a variety of digital marketing solutions like ad campaigns, augmented reality, and chatbots. Our clients include Pepsico, Just Eat Takeaway, Twitch, TikTok, and L’Oréal. The role of the Senior Creative Strategist will be to sharpen the quality and strategic nature of our creative responses; they will be responsible for being the buffer between a client brief and a creative idea. This person will be responsible for championing excellent strategic thinking that sets our brilliant creative teams up for success on big briefs. The Senior Creative Strategist will collaborate closely and effectively with wider strategy teams, account managers, creatives, media specialists and our Director of Strategy to create brilliant work that works.

Job Responsibility:

Support client + creative teams across the business to develop strategies and ideas that answer our clients briefs and exceed their expectations
Bring the audience into the agency, let their voice be heard to guide thinking
Understand culture and harness it to shape the work
Guide creative thinking across a range of campaign types including but not limited to ATL, Digital and Social
Write and communicate compelling creative briefs to help our creative teams deliver ideas that overcome business challenges
Work in partnership with the creative teams, removing the barriers to creativity, help guide them towards powerful, effective work
Prove the effectiveness of campaigns
Be able to engage top tier clients when presenting - with their strategies rooted in robust insights
Work with senior clients and consult on key strategic projects
Participate in new business pitches
Serve as a thought leader across the business

Requirements:

Advanced level understanding & experience within digital marketing including new and growing social platforms
Advanced understanding of the creative process
Solid experience collaborating with creatives and helping guide their creative output
A high level of relevant experience within a strategy-focused role
A solid understanding & experience within social media marketing
A solid understanding of how to garner insights for action
Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex subjects simply
Ability to work with senior clients on key strategy projects and comfortable presenting to C-level audiences
Very efficient, producing significant output with minimal wasted effort

What we offer:

A flexible, hybrid working policy
The choice of medical healthcare providers (Bupa or Medicash)
25 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off each year
Company pension scheme
EAP scheme
Ride to work scheme
Enhanced family friendly policies
Buddy Program: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®
A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards
Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications
Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 18, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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