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As Senior Creative Strategist you’ll be based within our award-winning creative team, Acast Creative, where you’ll be tasked with market-leading branded content campaigns, designing compelling pitches and developing cross-platform creative ideas grounded in sharp cultural insight across the UK and Ireland. You will lead large-scale branded content campaigns from conception to completion: developing ideas, creating high-quality Google Slides responses, and bringing campaigns to life by owning all creative aspects of production, from writing treatments and directing talent, to working with internal and external production partners, whilst also supporting other members of the team. You will be responsible for ensuring positive and productive collaborations with internal teams, developing strong working relationships with creators, clients and production partners, as well as maintaining a high standard of output through our campaigns.
Job Responsibility:
Create market-leading responses to branded content partnership briefs, anchored in podcasts across the Acast network
Work with our Brand Partnerships team to manage campaigns through to delivery, including writing treatments, social frameworks, liaising with creators and production teams, and directing shoots
Collaborate with other members of the Acast Creative team to shape and activate branded-content pitches and campaigns
Be available to direct shoots or activate branded content campaigns sold by the wider team
Work with Brand Partnerships and the Sales team to ensure creative resources are used efficiently
Work with external partners on development and production, ensuring internal Acast Creative resources and shared folders are kept up to date
Identify new formats, campaign types, and opportunities for Acast Creative to activate in, and introduce them into our ways of working
Contribute to improving ways of working, ensuring we continue to evolve how we operate internally and with external partners
Present internally, to clients, and at industry events on the creative possibilities within podcasting
Support the growth of Acast Creative as the home of creative excellence for brands, working alongside senior team members to help shape direction
Requirements:
2+ years experience of responding to client briefs within a media owner or agency environment
Regular podcast listener who understands why the medium is so popular
Solid understanding of the podcast ecosystem and a strong awareness of the cultural zeitgeist
Confident working independently but also within a fast-paced team environment
Comfortable directing talent, and taking ownership of a set
Experience creating compelling responses to briefs, with sharp insights and detailed idea laydowns