Creative Strategist

Stuff Digital Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Stuff Digital Limited is seeking a Creative Strategist for Harakeke to translate briefs into smart, commercially sound proposals. You’ll partner with sales and the Commercial Strategy Lead to leverage Stuff Digital products, audiences and opportunities, delivering fast, high-quality ideas.

You’ll own mid-tier briefs, develop repeatable frameworks, and act as the trusted creative partner to drive client outcomes while balancing speed and quality in a busy agency-like environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in pitch or proposal development, integration, content partnerships, media, agency or publisher environments.
• Strong track record of producing high-volume, fast-turnaround creative work under deadline pressure.
• Experience applying creative thinking within an existing product, platform or commercial offering.
• Understanding of strategic frameworks to sharpen ideas and make them compelling.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent stakeholder and relationship-building abilities with sales, clients and teams.
• Great organisational skills and ability to juggle priorities without losing momentum.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of sellable ideas.
• Confidence using AI and curiosity about how tools can speed and improve work.

Responsibilities

• Own mid-tier briefs, developing repeatable creative and strategic frameworks.
• Turn client briefs into clear, creative and commercially sound proposals.
• Find strongest creative application using Stuff Digital assets and audiences.
• Develop proactive sales opportunities using current products and opportunities.
• Work at pace across a high volume of briefs, balancing quality with speed.
• Be the trusted creative partner for the sales teams and escalate when needed.
• Collaborate with the Commercial Strategy Lead and Harakeke team.
• Help improve frameworks and ways of working for smarter responses.

Skills

Pitch/Proposal development

Creative thinking

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Fast-paced delivery

Job description

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We’re looking for a Creative Strategist to join Harakeke, Stuff Digital’s commercial content, integration and sponsorship team.

This is a role for someone who loves a good idea, but knows that a good idea is even better when it can actually be sold, delivered and make a difference for a client.

You’ll work closely with our sales teams and the Commercial Strategy Lead to turn briefs into smart, single‑minded creative proposals using the products, platforms, audiences and opportunities Stuff Digital already has. You’ll be the go‑to person for the everyday integration briefs that need a clever idea, sharp thinking and a commercially useful response, delivered at pace.

What you’ll do

• Own mid-tier briefs, developing repeatable creative and strategic frameworks that bring existing Stuff Digital products and properties together in a compelling way.
• Turn client and agency briefs into clear, creative and commercially sound proposals.
• Find the strongest creative application of what Stuff Digital already has — our audiences, platforms, products, content and ideas.
• Develop proactive sales opportunities using current Stuff Digital products, audiences and opportunities.
• Work at pace across a high volume of briefs, balancing quality with getting great work out the door.
• Be the trusted creative partner for our sales teams: a safe pair of hands who can quickly understand a brief and find the opportunity in it.
• Work collaboratively with the Commercial Strategy Lead and wider Harakeke team, knowing when an opportunity needs to be escalated because it is strategically important, complex or requires something new.
• Help continuously improve the frameworks, approaches and ways of working that make our commercial responses smarter and more effective.

What we’re looking for

You’ll be a creative thinker who is commercially minded, comfortable working at pace, and collaboratively. You don’t need to have followed one particular career path - we’re interested in people who know how to turn a brief into a strong idea and execute it.

Ideally, you’ll bring:

• Experience in pitch or proposal development, integration, content partnerships, media, agency or publisher environments.
• A strong track record of producing high-volume, fast-turnaround creative work under deadline pressure.
• Experience applying creative thinking within an existing product, platform or commercial offering.
• An understanding of strategic frameworks and how to use them to make ideas sharper and more compelling.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to turn complex thinking into simple, persuasive stories.
• Great stakeholder and relationship-building skills — particularly with sales, clients, agencies and internal teams.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to juggle competing priorities without losing momentum.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of what makes an idea not just interesting, but sellable.
• Confidence working with AI and a curiosity about how emerging tools can make the work faster and better, while applying your own judgement, taste and creativity to the output.

Why Stuff Digital?

At Stuff Digital, you'll represent one of New Zealand's most recognised and trusted brands while selling market‑leading advertising, content and marketing solutions that deliver real results for local businesses.

You'll have the backing of powerful audience insights, premium digital products, creative specialists and a collaborative team, giving you everything you need to build lasting client partnerships and accelerate your career.

If you're motivated by new business, driven by results, and excited by the opportunity to make a genuine impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Ka oti rānei i a koe tēnei mahi? Kāti, tono mai ināianei kia tīmata ai tō haerenga me Stuff i tēnei rā.

Stuff champions inclusion. Be it gender, ethnicity, beliefs, abilities or experiences - we know that diversity brings another lens through which we all learn, connect and grow.

E kōkiri nei a Stuff i te whāinga kia whai wāhi ai te katoa. Hāunga te ira, te iwi, ngā whakapono, ngā āheinga, ngā wheako rānei o te tangata - e mōhio nei tātou mā te kanorau e whai tirohanga hou ai, e ako ai, e tūhono ai, e whanake anō ai tātou katoa.

As we are committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diverse communities in New Zealand, we will always invite and encourage applications from people of all genders, ethnicities, disabilities and ages. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all.

Nā runga i tā mātou ū ki tētahi taiao mahi e whakaatu ana i te kanorau o ngā hapori i Aotearoa, i te ao, i te pō, ka pōhiringia, ka ākina anō ngā tono mahi a te marea whānui, hāunga te ira, te iwi, te hauātanga, te pakeke rānei. E ū nei mātou ki te whai kia wātea ai ā mātou ara whai mahi ki te katoa i runga i te mana taurite.