Senior Strategist - 12 Month FTC

We are looking to recruit a Senior Strategist into the Creative Capabilities team within LIONS Advisory. This role is a 12month fixed term contract. 

Creative Capabilities strategists work to make creativity a practical reality in the daytoday lives of our clients. We do this through the creation of tools training tentpole moments and tempos. Creative calibre is the single most important actionable lever for delivering advertising profitability and Creative Capabilities strategists through handson support and multifaceted programmes build creative muscle memory within client organisations. Creative Capabilities strategists work exceptionally closely with strategists from the other capability teams (Insight & Intelligence; Research & Effectiveness) and with LIONS Advisory colleagues across commercial operations and marketing. 

Key accountabilities:

• Leading highvalue creative transformation projects and programmes within client organisations in order to drive commercial outperformance.
• Working handinglove with LIONS Advisory strategists & commercial leaders and with senior sophisticated clients in order to deliver solutions that meet the specific needs of our clients marketing communities.
• Delivering interactive training sessions facilitating workshops and presenting LIONS Advisory content.
• Using LIONS Advisory intelligence platforms (The Work Contagious IQ WARC) in order to fuel our work and bring an expert perspective to client organisations.
• Collaborating closely with commercial and operations colleagues within LIONS Advisory to ensure that projects are delivered profitably to a high standard on time.
• Working with senior strategists within LIONS Advisory to innovate and evolve our offering.
• Helping to mentor more junior members of the LIONS Advisory team both within the Creative Capabilities team and across the other capabilities teams (Insight & Intelligence; Research & Effectiveness)
• Supporting the Head of Creative Capabilities where required in the daytoday management of the Creative Capabilities team.

This list is not exhaustive and there may be other activities you are required to deliver.

Qualifications :

Skills experience & qualifications required:

• Experience in strategy planning brand management or marketing capabilities.
• Experience of advising brands on creativity and creative effectiveness with indepth knowledge of the key evidencebased literature on the topic.
• Advanced knowledge of the advertising marketing and media ecosystem.
• A strong interest or desire to share knowledge to teach and to make complex concepts more easily and better understood.
• Empathetic mindset and excellent listening skills with an ability to understand and manage multiple stakeholders.
• Exceptional and clear communication skills whether writing presenting or facilitating that can inspire and motivate client teams.
• Experience of / healthy appetite for leading largescale and longterm projects.
• A proactive selfstarting cando attitude that motivates and inspires others.

If you dont meet every single requirement wed still encourage you to apply.

Additional Information :

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Heres some of what you can expect when you join us. But dont just take our word for it see what our colleagues have to say 

Our benefits include:

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely
• Great community: a welcoming culture with inperson and online social events our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning mentoring platforms and ondemand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When its time for the next step we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 25 days annual leave rising to 27 days after two years plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance mental health first aiders a healthy living subsidy access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

Were not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most although not all of the skills and experience listed we welcome your application.

At Informa youll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract