Senior Strategist

If you are passionate about playing a key role in the success of a global design agency, we want to hear from you

Our client is a well-established brand in the Design Services Industry. Founded in 1986 in London, UK, they have organically grown Studios in Amsterdam, Singapore, New York, and Shanghai, and there are now over 400 people working collaboratively around the world. They are looking for a passionate and driven
**Senior Strategist **to join their team.

This is an exciting opportunity to expand your skillset, and achieve job satisfaction and work-life balance.

**Why the job exists
- Inspiring Brandworlds.
- To strengthen the company’s relationship with its branding and design clients.
- To generate business with organizations that have not (yet) the company branding and design clients.
- To position the company in clients’ minds as a valuable source of innovative strategic branding advice, offering far more than design and implementation.

**What the job covers
- Providing brand strategy input to live projects and pitches being run by companies within the Company Group. This could include implementing the Brand Definition and Creative Strategy offers and/or providing marketing/branding and market research thinking, advice, and guidance and facilitating creative workshops throughout the company's 4step approach to creating inspiring Brandworlds for clients’ brands.
- Contributing to or leading the development and bringing to market new company brand strategy offers. Sharing an understanding of brand strategy and innovation offers and providing sales support for them to the company client management.
- Definition and evaluation of potential new business opportunities with both existing and new clients. Formulating fresh and stimulating views on issues, which are or will be important to our clients and to the offer of the company (to consider sales, marketing, and PR as needing much original content).
- To reflect in everything you do our core values of a creative thinker, inspirational people person, and entrepreneurial spirit and core strategy values of ‘simplify, clarify and inspire’.

**Responsibilities
- Strategy input on nominated major pitches (proposal writing for Brand Strategy and Creative Bridge).
- Strategy input on branding and design projects (chargeability to 50% time).
- Maintaining good relationships with client management and creative teams within the company.
- Maintaining knowledge of Brand Strategy and Innovation offers among client handlers and creative teams.
- Leading workshops and many and various client-facing meetings and sessions.
- Leading or contributing to pure brand consultancy projects (e.g. Brand Architecture, training, guardianship, etc.).
- Leading or contributing to the development, marketing, and implementation of brand strategy services.
- Preparation of initiatives (with appropriate assistance).
- Working closely with Brand Insight Researchers, Brand Planners, and Group roles in other offices of a similar nature.

**Reporting and communication structure
- Reporting to the Strategy Director and communicating with the Commercial Directors, Client Services Director, Client Business Directors, and Client Directors as well as creative leaders across the company.

**Training
- Training as defined during the Performance Review and Personal Development meetings.
- Performance review and personal development.

**By the Strategy Director on the basis of:
- Contribution to specific nominated projects.
- Quality of initiatives and recommendations.
- Contribution to raising the overall level of strategic thinking in DB Singapore.
- Contribution to the formulation and execution of the company's Marketing and PR Strategy

**WHAT’S ON OFFER**

Your interest will be treated with strict confidentiality.