Senior Creative Strategist

As a **Senior Creative Strategist **, you will provide an excellent springboard for a very strong sales team with good consultative, creative sales skills and the ability to design and develop campaign responses based on client KPI’s.

You will be playing a pivotal role in the Company’s success based on strategic contributions to Clients and Agencies that improve business partnerships further to maximize revenue potential.

Directly report into the Head of APAC Creative Studio, you will join a larger dynamic team who are based across the APAC market with designers, developers and creative strategists working to get the very best out of client’s assets.

We are looking for someone with a minimum of 3+ years experience within media and advertising who has a background in graphic design.

**Daily Responsibilities**

**What can you expect in this role**:

- Working alongside media sales team to prospect and close business across Key Accounts
- Respond to RFP's that require a creative response for Tier-1 clients across a variety of verticals
- Align creative responses to the TSM and client campaign objectives
- Align campaign workflows with designers for the creation of Studio responses
- Articulate timelines and feedback process for the delivery of creative to clients
- Troubleshoot any issues
- Investigate and understand campaign performance
- Feedback learnings back into Studio teams
- Update creative materials
- Identify and undertake stakeholder projects for the benefit of the team
- Present creative ideas and brief responses clearly and consistently

**Teamwork, Leadership & Collaboration**
- Represent the business and its services to external clients
- Develop a learning plan with CSD and Head of Studio
- Share knowledge and contribute ideas to the wider team(s).
- Report into Creative Strategy Director
- Engage with Media strategists and sales teams on client creative development
- Engage with CX team ensuring creative delivery
- Engage with Central Design team in Romania on Custom projects
- Be a Studio Mentor for IC2 and IC3
- Collaborate with CSD and above on bespoke and client specific projects

**Client Focus**
- Generate renewals and Incremental Revenue across a diferentitated client base
- Devise and deliver Creative workshops
- Build and deliver Vertical Creative playbooks
- Construct and Deliver Proactive outreach
- Promote Creative Evidence based frameworks
- Promote innovative Studio solutions
- Deliver innovative, effective and stand-out creative strategies

**About You**
- Priority _
- Degree in Graphic Design / Digital Media
- Fluent in English - another SEA language would be a bonus
- 3+ years of relevant work experience at a Digital or Creative role
- Consultative approach with a flair for designing creative solutions to briefs
- Successful sales pedigree, preferably creative/media selling in a mobile environment (video and display)
- Proven ability to multi-task and nurture multiple prospects and commercial partners whilst meeting deadlines. In other words, excellent organisational, time management and project management skills.
- Existing relationships within the digital video and mobile advertising industry (advertisers and agencies).
- Some technical knowledge of video standards, performance metrics and a basic understanding of the software involved within digital video (HTML5, third party tracking tags, etc).
- An expert in Adobe software, specifically After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro is a must
- Open to exploring innovative technologies chatbot, (AR) Augmented Reality, and API integrations, DCO Dynamic Creative Optimization.
- PowerPoint proficiency.
- Tenacious, proactive and solution driven team player.
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills both internally and externally.
- A natural presenter with an ability to engage audiences at all levels.
- Desire to work in a changing, fast-paced environment.
- Bonus skills _
- Client facing experience.
- CSS and HTML knowledge
- Video compression, editing and 3D effects
- Back End development skills.

**Personal Attributes**
- Team Player with a positive and energetic attitude.
- Innovative, always looking for new and productive ways to leverage work and skill set.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and administrative skills.
- Ability to work independently and complete assigned tasks within identified time frames.
- Organized, dependable and detail oriented quick learner.
- High sense of urgency with an ability to work at a fast pace and respond effectively to changing requests.
- Able to work well under pressure.

**Benefits**
- Competitive Salary Packages
- Quarterly Bonus on KPI achievements
- Health and Wellness benefits
- Training & Upskilling Programmes
- Flexible Hours