Senior Strategist

FutureBrand; New York (NY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

FutureBrand seeks a Senior Strategist to lead teams in shaping how major brands understand themselves and influence industries. You will guide research, develop thought leadership, and craft strategies across corporate visions and user interfaces.

You will own projects from research through content development and delivery, building trusted relationships with anchor clients and translating trends into actionable insights.

Qualifications

• BA degree or higher with +5 years in brand, marketing, business strategy, innovation, consulting, or research/analytics.
• Demonstrated ability to develop brand, business, or communications strategies and to drive business outcomes.
• Strong storytelling, strategic/analytical thinking and collaboration with clients and teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop unique brand-based strategies for compelling challenges across anchor clients and short-term projects.
• Own and manage projects from start to finish, including research, content development, delivery and implementation.
• Build client relationships and deeply understand their businesses to advise what they should care about.
• Become an expert on cultural trends, business disruptions and tech innovations shaping industry and society.
• Collaborate with internal and client teams to address needs and shape outputs, while developing pitches to expand business.

Skills

Brand strategy

Research

Leadership

Storytelling

Analytics

Project management

Client collaboration

Creative thinking

Education

BA degree or higher

Job description

Job Description

Senior Strategist As a Senior Strategist, you'll play a leading role in shaping how some of the largest, most influential, most exciting companies in the world understand themselves and shape their industries. You'll lead teams of strategists, designers, and writers to shape everything from corporate visions to user interfaces. You'll perform research and develop thought leadership to become a powerful voice on radically relevant topics, from artificial intelligence to corporate ethics. You'll be part of a team of equally curious, thoughtful, passionate people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, who care as much about each other as the work they do.

Primary Responsibilities

Develop unique, brand-based strategies to solve compelling challenges. Build relationships and expertise with long-term anchor clients, while experimenting with a variety of short-term projects. Own and manage projects from start to finish, from research through content development, delivery, and implementation. Build relationships with clients, and get to know their businesses well enough that you can tell them what they should care about. Become an expert on cultural trends, business disruptions, and technological innovations that shape industry and society. Craft compelling strategies and related deliverables driven in equal parts by rigorous research and your own expert point of view. Collaborate with internal and client teams to anticipate client needs and find creative ways to address them, shaping the nature and outputs of your projects. Develop pitches and proposals to expand the scale and scope of our business. Build business cases for making and managing change.

Qualifications

Education & Experience B. A. degree or + 5+ years' experience in brand, marketing, business strategy, innovation, consulting, or research and analytics.

Skills & Competencies Deeply curious about the workings of culture and business. Demonstrated experience in developing brand, business, or communications strategies. Understands how branding and customer experiences can drive business outcomes; Solid understanding of business metrics and processes. Adept manager, able to skillfully manage multiple phases of complex projects. Talented storyteller, able to present both abstract and concrete work, and be a compelling partner for clients. Possess strategic/analytical and creative/design thinking. Able to inspire teammates and help foster a collaborative culture.

About FutureBrand FutureBrand is a global brand transformation company. We are a diverse and entrepreneurial group of brand, creative & experience experts. We help businesses grow even when times change by better connecting brand purpose to everyday experience. We are guided by our four values: Progressive- embracing curiosity, challenging boundaries, and turning bold ideas into meaningful action. Adaptable - We are flexible in our approach and value diversity of opinions, ideas, skills and perspectives. Collaborative - finding interesting, inspiring, and radically practical ways to make working, thinking, and learning together a core aspect of our community. Empowering- investing in individuals, creating enabling environments, and celebrating difference FutureBrand is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We recruit qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

115000-130000

Agency

FutureBrand

Job Function

Strategy and Planning

Job Subfunction

Strategy

Job Description

Senior Strategist As a Senior Strategist, you'll play a leading role in shaping how some of the largest, most influential, most exciting companies in the world understand themselves and shape their industries. You'll lead teams of strategists, designers, and writers to shape everything from corporate visions to user interfaces. You'll perform research and develop thought leadership to become a powerful voice on radically relevant topics, from artificial intelligence to corporate ethics. You'll be part of a team of equally curious, thoughtful, passionate people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, who care as much about each other as the work they do.

Primary Responsibilities

Develop unique, brand-based strategies to solve compelling challenges. Build relationships and expertise with long-term anchor clients, while experimenting with a variety of short-term projects. Own and manage projects from start to finish, from research through content development, delivery, and implementation. Build relationships with clients, and get to know their businesses well enough that you can tell them what they should care about. Become an expert on cultural trends, business disruptions, and technological innovations that shape industry and society. Craft compelling strategies and related deliverables driven in equal parts by rigorous research and your own expert point of view. Collaborate with internal and client teams to anticipate client needs and find creative ways to address them, shaping the nature and outputs of your projects. Develop pitches and proposals to expand the scale and scope of our business. Build business cases for making and managing change.

Qualifications

Education & Experience B. A. degree or + 5+ years' experience in brand, marketing, business strategy, innovation, consulting, or research and analytics.

Skills & Competencies Deeply curious about the workings of culture and business. Demonstrated experience in developing brand, business, or communications strategies. Understands how branding and customer experiences can drive business outcomes; Solid understanding of business metrics and processes. Adept manager, able to skillfully manage multiple phases of complex projects. Talented storyteller, able to present both abstract and concrete work, and be a compelling partner for clients. Possess strategic/analytical and creative/design thinking. Able to inspire teammates and help foster a collaborative culture.

About FutureBrand FutureBrand is a global brand transformation company. We are a diverse and entrepreneurial group of brand, creative & experience experts. We help businesses grow even when times change by better connecting brand purpose to everyday experience. We are guided by our four values: Progressive- embracing curiosity, challenging boundaries, and turning bold ideas into meaningful action. Adaptable - We are flexible in our approach and value diversity of opinions, ideas, skills and perspectives. Collaborative - finding interesting, inspiring, and radically practical ways to make working, thinking, and learning together a core aspect of our community. Empowering- investing in individuals, creating enabling environments, and celebrating difference FutureBrand is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We recruit qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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