Senior Strategist

Senior Strategist – Content Agency – London
 
Are you a Senior Strategist seeking a dynamic opportunity in a global, award-winning content and brand publishing agency?  Look no further than us!

About the company:

DNA Recruit is working with a global, multi-award-winning performance-driven content leader and brand publishing agency, and is on the lookout for a dynamic Senior Strategist to join their diverse and talented team. They specialize in creating meaningful connections that impact people’s lives through performance-driven content for search and social. With unique expertise in Insights & SEO, Creative Content, and Performance Tech, they deliver exceptional results to clients through a combination of ad agency and in-house models.

They seek an experienced Creative Strategist to complement their capabilities.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Engage with clients to comprehend their needs, translating them into focused agency briefs.
• Analyze and craft creative briefs, collaborating with creatives throughout the development process.
• Plan communication strategies across various digital channels.
• Develop brand propositions.
• Conduct client workshops and primary research as necessary.
• Study market and industry reports to identify crucial trends.
• Conduct customer demographics research.
• Formulate Creative and Communication Strategies aligned with company goals.
• Collaborate with the Head of Strategy, Creative Director, and teams on key projects.
• Propose and monitor KPIs for strategy and creative work.
• Participate in creative and strategic brainstorming sessions.
• Lead client inspiration sessions.

 
Skills/Experience Required:

• Minimum 7+ years in strategy/planning or creative fields.
• Strong understanding of digital and content marketing channels, assessing strengths and weaknesses for brand-specific challenges.
• Consumer insight-driven with strong analytical skills, bringing creative ideas for digital performance.
• Ability to inspire creative teams and clients, with an instinctive understanding of brands.
• Appreciation of data value and harnessing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-party data for strategic responses.
• Excellent collaboration skills, managing senior client stakeholders and conducting group workshops.
• Natural curiosity, adept at asking targeted questions for client briefs and needs.
• Proficient in research.
• Ability to develop insights.
• Strong ideation skills.
• Expertise in communication strategy.
• Creative brief development.
• Solid understanding and impactful use of data.

 
Salary:  Up to £70k

To be instantly considered for this role please click apply to send us your CV, and we can then get in touch should your skills and experience be what our client is looking for.

Please note you must have the right to work in the UK for your application to be considered. 

DNA is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

Job Reference: AW 11191

All applications are viewed and evaluated according to the role requirements. At DNA we aim to contact shortlisted candidates within 2 weeks. As we often receive a high volume of applications, we are unable to reply to everyone. If you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful - best regards the DNA team.

DNA is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
Although we try to respond to all applications, unfortunately, due to the high number we receive, we are unable to respond to all of those who are unsuccessful. 

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DNA Recruit deliver dynamic recruitment, search and talent solutions and provide insight, knowledge, and credible introductions necessary for client-side and agency roles. Areas we specialise in New Business, Account and Project Management, Strategy and Planning, Events, Experiential, Creative and User Experience Design, Technology, Product, Marketing and Data roles in permanent, contract and freelance recruitment, search and selection, talent advisory and consulting across the UK and globally.