Remote Fractional Creative Strategist - SA-based

HelloKindred; Johannesburg; À distance; ZAR 600 000 - 900 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

HelloKindred in South Africa seeks a mid-to-senior Fractional Creative Strategist for strategic thinking, planning, and development across briefs. The role supports pre-sell and client insight, collaborating with creative teams, and adapting work across part-time or full-time project requirements.

You will translate client needs into strategic direction, expand external work, and contribute to growing strategy capabilities as projects evolve.

Qualifications

• Mid-to-senior level experience in Creative Strategy.
• Strong brand/creative strategy with B2B, corporate, technology, industrial or other complex-category experience.
• Ability to translate briefs into clear creative direction.
• Agency or collaborative creative-team experience preferred.
• Experience contributing strategy to pre-sell or pitch processes.
• Show ability to provide insight and strategic thinking before creative execution begins.
• Flexibility to support intensive project-based engagements, including approximately three-month projects.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with stakeholders and clients.
• Adapt strategic depth and approach to major, complex, or smaller briefs.
• Show ability to work either part-time or full-time hours depending on project requirements.
• Bring a commercially minded approach to developing strategic capability as recurring external work grows.

Responsabilités

• Develop strategic thinking and planning for creative briefs and projects.
• Provide upfront insight and strategic development before creative execution.
• Support pre-sell and pitch processes with strategic thinking and client insight.
• Translate client and business requirements into clear strategic direction.
• Develop strategic approaches for external client work and more complex briefs.
• Partner with creative teams to connect strategy with creative execution.
• Support projects requiring additional strategic capability beyond the existing team.
• Adapt strategic support according to the size, complexity, and requirements of each brief.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external clients to understand business needs and context.
• Provide strategic guidance across project-based engagements as required.
• Contribute to building a stronger strategy capability as the external side of the business grows.

Connaissances

Creative strategy

Brand strategy

Client insight

Communication skills

Description du poste

HelloKindred in South Africa seeks a mid-to-senior Fractional Creative Strategist for strategic thinking, planning, and development across briefs. The role supports pre-sell and client insight, collaborating with creative teams, and adapting work across part-time or full-time project requirements.

You will translate client needs into strategic direction, expand external work, and contribute to growing strategy capabilities as projects evolve.