Senior Strategist - Fixed Term Contract

RAPP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading precision marketing agency in Greater London is seeking a Strategic Planner to create engaging brand experiences. You will work in a hybrid environment and will be responsible for delivering customer-centric strategies across various projects. The ideal candidate will have experience in strategic planning and strong creative judgment. The role offers opportunities to guide creative teams and contribute positively to an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Strategic Planner in a Precision Marketing Agency or client environment.
• Strong creative judgement with a portfolio of outstanding projects.
• Understanding customer journeys across media and touch points.

Responsibilities

• Create empathetic and precise brand experiences.
• Deliver customer-centric thinking across all projects.
• Guide creative teams to craft impactful work.

Skills

Strategic Planning

Creative Judgement

Analytical Thinking

Presentation Skills

Job description

6 Months FTC – Highly likely to be converted to permanent

HYBRID 3 days in the office / 2 days remote

WHO WE ARE

We are RAPP – world leaders in activating growth with precision and empathy at scale.

As a global, next-generation precision marketing agency we leverage data, creativity, technology, and empathy to foster client growth. We champion individuality in the marketing solutions we create, and in our workplace. We fight for solutions that adapt to the individual’s needs, beliefs, behaviours, and aspirations.

We foster an inclusive workplace that emphasises personal well-being.

THE ROLE

• Create empathetic and precise brand experiences that engage customers at the right moment in a human way.
• Deliver customer‑centric thinking across projects, account development and all other client work.
• Gain a deep understanding of brand and audience and be the champion of both through all work.
• Add value to the client’s brief, where appropriate challenging their thinking, and inspire rich creative propositions that resonate with customers and prospects by drawing on existing insight.
• Guide creative teams to craft beautiful, impactful work and drive innovative thinking within assigned account teams.
• Lead meetings and workshops to support strategic thinking and tactical opportunities.
• Help senior members of the team to build client relationships and trust, and proactively identify business opportunities.
• Work with Marketing Sciences colleagues to analyse campaign performance and develop optimisation plans based on that analysis to improve performance across channels and audience journey stages.
• Contribute to our thought leadership programme (from short form social content to longer form thought pieces).
• Contribute positively to the agency’s new business drive through involvement in pitches.
• Manage time appropriately on nominated accounts to realise planned levels of client profitability.
• Contribute to a working environment in which diversity, unique perspectives, collaboration, and ‘jumping in’ thrives.
• Support junior staff in their professional development.

THE REQUIRMENTS

• Experience working as a Strategic Planner in a Precision Marketing Agency or client environment.
• Strong creative judgement and opinion – you’ll have a portfolio of great projects you’ve contributed to.
• Knowledge and understanding of customer journeys across all media and touch points.
• An analytical thinker and self‑starter with a strong desire to learn.
• A passion to deliver exceptional work.
• Presentation – a confident presenter of work to senior stakeholders both client and agency side. You’ll be able to explain complex ideas simply and compellingly.
• You’ll have a track record of getting things done with proven experience of challenging conventions and bringing strategies to life.
• You’ll be comfortable and experienced leading more junior members of the team in delivering assigned projects.