Senior Strategy Lead, Brand Discovery & Growth

Journey Further; Manchester; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private medical insurance

Enhanced maternity/paternity & adp pay

Home working allowance

Job summary

Journey Further is seeking a Senior Strategist to lead discovery work using the Relative Discovery Score and Salient, mapping how a brand is found, understood and chosen across paid, organic and AI-powered surfaces.

You will translate insights into integrated strategies, work with Marketing Science, Organic and Paid Media, and Creative teams, and present to senior marketers. You will mentor junior strategists and help grow the team, shaping pitches to win new business.

Qualifications

• Strong background in integrated communications and cross-channel media strategy, ideally agency-side.
• Ability to turn messy business challenges into clear strategic frameworks and actionable plans.
• Experience linking paid, organic and AI-powered touchpoints to shift behavior.
• Demonstrated ability to brief and challenge channel specialists and drive integrated delivery.
• Experience coaching or mentoring other strategists and growing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery work for clients and prospects using RDS and Salient to map brand visibility and growth opportunities.
• Identify constraints and build plans around them to improve presence and preference.
• Translate strategy into practical media and comms recommendations with clear KPIs and commercial outcomes.
• Coordinate across Marketing Science, Organic Media, Paid Media and Creative to ensure alignment and activation.
• Present to senior marketers, defend recommendations and shape new business pitches.

Skills

Integrated comms

Cross-channel strategy

Client presentations

Mentoring juniors

Strategic frameworks

Job description

Journey Further is seeking a Senior Strategist to lead discovery work using the Relative Discovery Score and Salient, mapping how a brand is found, understood and chosen across paid, organic and AI-powered surfaces.

You will translate insights into integrated strategies, work with Marketing Science, Organic and Paid Media, and Creative teams, and present to senior marketers. You will mentor junior strategists and help grow the team, shaping pitches to win new business.