Digital Strategist

Nascent; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nascent in Toronto is seeking a Digital Strategist to guide clients from initial idea to a clear direction and actionable plan. You’ll join early sales conversations, translate business challenges into compelling narratives, and collaborate with designers and developers to shape feasible digital solutions.

With 4+ years in digital strategy or related roles, you’ll connect business goals to digital opportunities and lead client conversations to drive winning outcomes.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in digital strategy, digital consulting, product strategy, or a similar role.
• You’re a natural consultant who asks thoughtful questions and gets to the heart of what a client is trying to accomplish.
• You connect business objectives to digital opportunities across websites, apps, and digital platforms.
• You’re commercially minded and can assess fit for team, capabilities, and client.
• You’re an excellent storyteller who translates conversations and research into clear narratives and presentations.
• You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and bringing structure to early-stage ideas.
• You understand digital product development fundamentals and collaborate with designers and developers to shape feasible solutions.
• You’re confident leading client conversations, facilitating workshops, and presenting recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Join initial sales conversations, understand client challenges, and identify where services make a difference.
• Shape a clear direction and recommended approach aligning with client goals.
• Develop compelling proposals with narratives, scope, and rationale.
• Collaborate with design and development teams to validate ideas and ensure feasibility.
• Define success metrics, objectives, deliverables, assumptions, and next steps.
• Support the transition from sales and discovery into delivery with contextual clarity.
• Continuously improve how we consult with clients and communicate value.

Skills

Digital strategy

Client storytelling

Proposal development

Relationship building

Communication

Job description

For almost 20 years, Nascent has helped build digital products for partners like TELUS, Cineplex, Mastercard, PayPal and RBC and other organizations who are passionate about creating great digital experiences that make an impact on their customers.

We’re looking for a Digital Strategist who can take a client from an initial idea or business challenge to a clear direction for what comes next. Someone who knows how to ask the right questions, uncover what a client really needs, and connect those needs to the right digital solutions. You’re comfortable joining early sales conversations, thinking on your feet, and helping clients see possibilities they may not have considered.

You turn conversations into compelling proposals, translating business challenges into a clear narrative, a thoughtful approach, and a plan that makes sense. You can move between the big picture and the details, whether that means shaping a project strategy, identifying gaps in an existing website, leading a discovery session, or working with our team to figure out what’s feasible.

You’re proactive, curious, and commercially minded. You know how to build trust, bring clarity to ambiguity, and help clients understand not just what we could build, but why it matters. You take ownership of the early stages of an engagement and make sure we’re pursuing the right work, with a clear understanding of what success looks like.

Why you’re right for this full-time, in office, opportunity

We believe the best digital solutions start with understanding the problem, not jumping straight to the solution. We value people who can think strategically, communicate clearly, and build strong relationships with clients and peers.

• You have 4+ years of experience in digital strategy, digital consulting, product strategy, or a similar role, ideally within an agency, product studio, or software consultancy
• You’re a natural consultant who asks thoughtful questions, challenges assumptions, and gets to the heart of what a client is trying to accomplish
• You connect business objectives to digital opportunities, helping clients understand how websites, apps, and digital platforms can support their goals
• You’re commercially minded and can assess whether an opportunity is the right fit for our team, our capabilities, and the client
• You’re an excellent storyteller who can turn conversations, research, and ideas into clear, persuasive proposal narratives and presentations
• You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity, bringing structure to early-stage ideas, and figuring out what needs to happen next
• You understand the fundamentals of digital product development and can collaborate with designers and developers to shape solutions that are both valuable and feasible
• You’re confident leading client conversations, facilitating workshops, and presenting recommendations to stakeholders
• You’re proactive and take ownership, keeping opportunities moving forward without waiting to be told what to do

A sneak peek at what you’ll be doing

• You join initial sales conversations, get to know prospective clients, understand their challenges, and identify where our services can make a difference
• You connect the dots between what a client wants to achieve and what we can help them accomplish, shaping a clear direction and recommended approach
• You turn conversations into compelling proposals, developing the narrative, project approach, scope, and rationale behind our recommendations
• You collaborate with our design and development teams to validate ideas, understand constraints, and make sure proposed solutions are grounded in reality
• You help define what success looks like, bringing clarity to project objectives, deliverables, assumptions, and next steps
• You support the transition from sales and discovery into delivery, ensuring the team has the context and direction needed to get started
• You help us continually improve how we consult with clients, shape opportunities, and communicate the value of our work

What you bring to the table

• Excitement to work side by side with the team each day at our Toronto office
• A love for collaboration, real-time ideating, and working through challenges together
• 5+ years of experience in digital strategy, consulting, product strategy, or a related field
• Strong writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to turn complex ideas into clear, compelling narratives
• Experience contributing to client proposals, pitches, discovery, or early-stage project definition
• An understanding of UX, content strategy, and the considerations involved in building websites and digital products
• The ability to balance strategic thinking with practical execution, knowing when to zoom out and when to get into the details

Salary Range

$60,000 - $90,000

At Nascent, we’re committed to creating an inclusive work environment where everyone can do their best. If you need accommodations at any stage of the hiring process, please let us know, and we’ll work with you to find what works best.