Associate, Foundations

brunswickgroup; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Brunswick Group in London seeks an Associate to develop and deliver strategic communications for foundations and non-profit clients. You will shape narratives, drive campaigns and manage day-to-day client relationships to ensure high-quality work.

You will contribute to new business, draft proposals, and collaborate with Directors and Partners to grow Brunswick's non-profit offering. You will coordinate teams, mentor juniors, and bring fresh thinking to client challenges.

Qualifications

• A demonstrated ability to identify core issues and insights to inform campaigns.
• Strong writing and storytelling skills with experience in policy or NGO communications.
• Experience managing projects and client relationships in a professional services setting.
• Ability to coordinate across teams and offices to deliver integrated work.
• Comfort in presenting to senior stakeholders and managing multiple deadlines.
• Interest in health, development or philanthropy and global affairs.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients and drive execution on projects and retained accounts.
• Project manage client engagements, ensuring high-quality delivery and managing client relationships.
• Bring original and critical thinking to derive insights, strategy and execution from briefs.
• Build an internal network across offices to share best practices and outcomes.
• Advise clients with Directors/Partners, drawing on research and experience.
• Mentor and develop junior team members on client projects.
• Contribute to new business by drafting proposals and improving processes.
• Participate in wider Brunswick initiatives and expertise-building.

Skills

Critical thinking

Excellent communicator

Project management

Team player

Verbal communication

Job description

Opportunity

As an Associate, you will play a key role in developing and delivering strategic communications plans for a broad range of clients in the foundations and non-profit sector. You will bring fresh thinking and proactive ideas to client challenges, helping to shape compelling narratives and deliver impactful campaigns. You will manage day-to-day client relationships and projects, ensuring the delivery of high-quality work.

You will contribute to new business opportunities, supporting the development of proposals and drawing on Brunswick's wider network of expertise to deliver the best outcomes for clients.

You will help ensure the smooth running of client teams, coordinating workstreams and supporting the development of junior colleagues. Working closely with Directors and Partners, you will contribute to strategic client advice and the continued growth of Brunswick's foundations and non-profit offering.

About the Role

• Advise clients and drive execution on projects and retained accounts


• Project manage client engagements, ensuring high-quality delivery and managing client relationships flawlessly throughout


• Bring original and critical thinking to find solutions to client briefs: from the brief to the generation of insights, strategy and, ultimately, execution


• Build a wide internal network across offices and specialisms to share, develop and deliver the best examples of work for internal and external use


• Advise clients with support of Directors/Partners, drawing on independent experience and a diverse evidence base of research


• Mentor and develop junior team members, both within client projects and more broadly


• Play an active role in new business, drafting proposals and developing processes to deliver client mandates


• Play an active role in consultancy life, contributing to internal initiatives and building up experience in expertise in the range of Brunswick's work

What We're Looking For

• A critical thinker with the ability to identify core client issues and insights on key audiences in order to contribute to the development of campaigns;


• Experience in the global health and development or philanthropy - either in an agency, as a journalist, policy advisor, communications expert, or campaigner


• Experience working with organisations on complex topics at the intersection of the media, policy makers, advocacy groups and multilaterals


• Political nous and an interest in global affairs


• A consummate communicator; an experienced writer with a track record in researching, interrogating and developing a narratives and messaging


• A strong verbal communicator with high EQ levels and an engaging presentation style


• Proven project and/or programme management experience


• A natural team-worker and will prefer to work in a collegiate way


• A thoughtful approach, bringing new and different perspectives together

Why Join Us

Whether you are joining a client facing team, a core services team, or starting out on your professional career journey, joining Brunswick unlocks a range of exceptional employee benefits to support your financial future, health and wellness, family and community and continuous professional development.

About Brunswick

Brunswick is a global advisory firm. We help companies tackle high-stakes issues, navigate complex stakeholder relationships, and deliver high-impact outcomes.

Our clients value our ability to anticipate, shape, and respond to the key players and forces in the financial and investment arena, regulatory and geopolitical universe, NGO community, workforce and beyond. They rely on us for deep experience, fresh perspectives and original thinking. So, in Brunswick you will find an exceptional range of experience and talent with a rich mix of backgrounds. From the beginning, we have prioritized attracting, developing, and retaining the best professionals in the industry, united by a culture of inclusivity, excellence, and intellectual curiosity.

Founded in 1987 in London, the firm has organically grown to 27 offices in 18 countries across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. We operate as a "one-firm firm" with no individual profit centers. This allows us to assemble fully integrated, bespoke teams for each client, able to draw on the full resources of Brunswick anywhere in the world.

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