Senior Brand Strategy Director (Fixed Term Contract)

Jellyfish; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global digital marketing agency is seeking a Senior Brand Strategy Director for a maternity leave coverage role. Based in London, this hybrid position requires leading brand and communications strategies, developing creative briefs, and ensuring impactful campaigns. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in strategy, communication, and client relationship building. The role emphasizes collaborative work and innovative thinking to drive client success, with a fixed-term contract ending in August 2026.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus scheme

Flexible working hours

Paid self-development days

Paid leave for caregivers

Qualifications

• Experience in leading marketing brand and communications strategy.
• Ability to distill data into actionable strategies.
• Strong communicator with experience in strategic presentations.

Responsibilities

• Develop compelling and original strategies for clients.
• Write inspiring briefs that lead to excellent creative outputs.
• Build trusted relationships with clients.

Skills

Business Development

Marketing

Analysis Skills

Project Management

Leadership Experience

Strategic Planning

Job description

At Jellyfish we believe in the power of diverse perspectives and inclusive collaboration. We welcome individuals who excel in collaborative varied teams and value the unique contributions that each person brings to the table.

Jellyfish is a global digital marketing agency; a unique fusion of tech enthusiasts creative minds and media and data experts all united to empower our clients along their digital journey. Our commitment to embracing diverse perspectives fuels our innovation and strategies that challenge the status quo reinvent media activation and craft influential stories for our global clients and their customers. Join us in shaping a future where business growth and personal fulfilment go hand in hand.

Job Description

Jellyfish is hiring a Senior Brand Strategy Director on a 10 month maternity leave coverage fixed term contract ending in August 2026. You will lead the marketing brand and communications strategy thinking on client brands develop inspiring creative briefs and ensure the campaigns and communications we develop lead to impactful creative work that achieves client goals grows existing clients and helps win pitches.

This is a hybrid role based in our London UK office.

Responsibilities

• Develop compelling and original strategies building on multiple commercial consumer and other data for existing clients and new opportunities.
• Write inspiring creative briefs that lead to excellent creative outputs of many different types.
• Communicate simply informatively but inspiringly in strategic presentations conversation and briefs.
• Build partnerships especially with client management and creative teams.
• Develop trusted relationships with main clients understanding their brand business and organisation and their own team.
• Collaborate with diverse Jellyfish teams.
• Work across a range of categories brands and tasks and a variety of strategic and creative solutions.
• Spot opportunities for cross-sell (of new capabilities) and upsell (new products within capabilities) that firmly align to client needs.

Qualifications

• You distill different data into simple compelling original and applicable marketing brand and communications strategy.
• You are an experienced communicator with the ability to write and present strategic narratives in a way that moves internal and client audiences to action.
• You have data and research experience and can use quant and qual data for strategic and creative evaluation and measurement (but not a data specialist).
• You are always looking to create coherence and consistency across communications capabilities agencies.
• You keep up to date with the latest strategy tools data sources including AI sharing new ways of working case studies and best practice.

Additional Information

Join Jellyfish and experience a workplace where we prioritise your growth celebrate your contributions and empower you to tailor your work environment to suit your needs.

Reward : You’ll be eligible to join our discretionary annual bonus scheme.

Custom Work Environment : Work remotely for up to 60% of your days and shape your day between 8am and 6:30pm with flexible working hours.

Growth Your Way : Accumulate one paid day each month (2 hours per week) for self-development and access to Jellyfish Learn.

Family Support : Enjoy 14 weeks of paid leave for primary caregivers and 4 weeks of paid leave for secondary caregivers. We also provide 1000 (or equivalent) towards courses for returning primary caregivers to support your transition back into work.

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Required Experience : Director

Key Skills

• Business Development
• Marketing
• Pricing
• Analysis Skills
• Research Experience
• Project Management
• Research & Development
• Strategic Planning
• Financial Modeling
• Leadership Experience
• Management Consulting
• Analytics

Employment Type : Full-Time

Department / Functional Area : Brand Strategy

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1