Responsibilities

• Maintaining excellent client relationships & understanding the clients' key business and challenges
• Being considered a valuable contributor during client meetings with the ability to challenge others’ opinions in the right forum/manner
• Delivering innovative thinking that inspires leading edge solutions and award-winning breakthrough work - best in class work as standard (internally & externally)
• Arming the client team with knowledge & expertise to speak confidently about the strategic direction where required
• Measurable client & strategy business KPIs
• Identify, develop & oversee the delivery of unique and innovative strategies to deliver the client’s desired results
• Translate complex client asks and deliverables into simple and cohesive stories that are easy to digest and sells our thinking in the best light possible
• Demonstrate a good understanding of consumers & their behaviors, uncovering new opportunities for brand growth
• Clearly demonstrate how the strategy delivers on the business need and focus on results and measurement
• Bring fresh thinking & inspiration into the Strategic Process to help the teams springboard to better Strategic thinking

Requirements

• 10+ years in integrated comms or planning role in media, creative, innovation or communications discipline (digital, content, invention, social, activation)
• 5+ years of previous experience managing and leading integrated teams
• Ability to think differently: creative & adaptive, entrepreneurial, independently minded; deeply immersed in cultural understanding and driven by a desire to know more the world / to better understand people’s motivations & behaviors in the shifting landscape
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to articulate persuasive and cohesive presentations and points-of-view that ultimately close the sale
• Knowledge and understanding of client business/current issues and marketplace trends/emerging trends
• Track record of strength in business development and financial account growth
• Ability to foster an optimal environment for idea generation and creative innovation
• Demonstrated experience with Consumer Research and Tracking data both quantitative and qualitative
• In-depth experience with integrated marketing programs including strategic development, analysis and implementation
• Relationship builder, with a demonstrated strong written communication, project management, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced ambiguous environment to meet deadlines
• Creative problem solver with an entrepreneurial spirit