Responsibilities

• Lead strategic insight, brand and innovation projects from inception through to conclusion and lining up the next phase of work.
• Woo, win, land and lead strategic insight, brand and innovation projects.
• Nurture new relationships and opportunities, using existing client networks to introduce new clients to Venturebrand where appropriate.
• Grow existing client relationships, act as their go-to strategic partner.
• Create high-quality proposals, pitch and win projects.
• Lead and run projects from an overall strategic point of view.
• Design and create new IP, tools, methods, ways of working.
• Lead, design and facilitate workshops and events.
• Work closely with designers and external partners to bring strategy and ideas to market.
• Maintain the highest standard of written, visual and verbal outputs.

Requirements

• Approximately 10 years+ brand or marketing strategy consultancy or relevant client-side experience – comfortable with working across disciplines, managing stakeholders, quickly getting up to speed on new sectors and challenges
• Solid strategy experience with demonstrable cases of successful commercial impact stories, including creation of new brand narratives, products or services
• Versed in a variety of insight techniques and hands-on experience turning insight into strategy into action
• Experience in working across international markets, familiar with and sensitive to cultural nuances
• Very strong strategic and creative thinking, open to new ideas and passionate about trends, brands, consumers and categories
• A natural storyteller with ability to write compelling brand stories and concepts to engage internally and externally
• Proven ability to distil large datasets and information sources into succinct implications that move the needle
• Excited about embracing new technologies and AI to create fresh ways of working and bespoke solutions for our clients
• Strong evidence of winning new and repeat business
• A team player who brings energy to the office environment, thrives on collaboration and builds the team up

Preferred

• Experience with private equity or投资?

Benefits

• Private health plan
• Retirement savings plan
• Profit share or bonus: scheme distributes a percentage of profits each year on achievement of targets
• Flexible/hybrid working options
• Talent bonus: if you introduce a new permanent team member
• Holiday: 22 days standard, plus 3 additional paid days off between December 25th and January 1st, plus public holidays
• ‘Adventure’ days: 2 days a year for charity or purposeful social impact events
• Social events, end of year party, summer party, team lunches, ad hoc ‘Finish Early’ days