Associate Strategy Director

Established in 2004 OLIVER is the worlds first and only specialist in designing building and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40 countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.

As a part of The Brandtech Group were at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency spark creativity and drive insightful decision-making empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

Role: Associate Strategy Director

Location: Manila Philippines

About the role:

We are looking for a content strategist to be part of a dynamic onsite content team. The person must be confident in all things content and passionate about the world of FMCG especially Beauty Personal Care are someone who lives and breathes digital and has your finger on the pulse of the latest and emergingbehaviorsaround social e-commerce and content and which brands are leading the way in the FMCG space.

This is a key role within our onsite (U-Studio) team and will provide consumer and market insightinspirationand strategic direction for some of the region and worlds leading Brands under the Beauty Personal Care category.

The Content Strategist will work closely with the content team leader and lead creators. This is a client facing role where you will be expected to be comfortable working closely with client brand team central marketingteamsand client agency partners.

What you will be doing:

Core function:

Content Strategy -Develop insights and strategic response to briefs - Campaigns Interruptive or Needs Based Content and New Product Development

• Champion and drive a mobile first and short-form content agenda in line with Unilever Best Practice
• Help evaluate ideas and concepts against Unilever best practice strategy frameworks and mobile first
• Helpestablisheffective ways of working with U-Studio Unilever internalteamsand specialist partners
• Act as a content expert and advocate within U-Studio working with colleagues and clients a subject matter expert
• Advise clients and colleagues on approaches to effective Content Strategies that inform content briefs and requirements
• Assessdevelopand implement effective content strategies to meet client briefs across all necessary touchpoints
• Manage andfacilitatestakeholder engagement sessions and workshops on all aspects of content collaborating directly with client teams and specialist partners (including Search Social Media CRM Ecommerce Content and Data)
• Be a facilitator for rightfirst timecontent ensuring that we have the right insights and collaborations to direct content development
• A driver of scalable content effectivenessleveraginglearnings gained by Unilever Insight teams (CMI PDC) and specialist partners.
• Work with Unilevers internal insight functions (CMI - PDC) to develop relevant measurement approaches and frameworks to ensure effectiveness is appropriately defined and tracked.

Responsibilities:

The Content Strategist is a core function of U-Studio for the development ofbest in classcontent and multi-channel activity

• Responsible for the development of best inclasscontent and strategies informed by consumer categorychanneland performance insights supplied by Unilever internal Insight teams and relevant special partners
• Owner of Best Practice Case Studies whichshowcaseclients Global approach to content

Tools and Reports:

• Where relevant and necessary to gainan initialunderstanding of consumercategoryor channel learning to inform early thinking. This will be done through access to a combination of Unilever Insight tools and reports under the guidance of Unilever Insight teams

Collaboration:

The Content Strategist will help develop briefs and give agency briefings collaborating with Unilever central brand Insightmediaand agency partner teams

• Audience targeting o User Experience o Customer Journeyo Content Strategyo Editorial Calendars Content Calendars o Content Guidelines o Distribution Strategy
• The Content Strategist will work together with brand teams to help craft the right brief for the defined job to be done; including one-to-one meetings and larger working sessions as well as check-in sessions with brand teams

Best Practice:

The Content Strategist will drive a Best Practice approach to content and overall strategic quality assurance of content created within the U-Studio. This will be in line with Unilever global guidance globalplatformsand partners

• The Content Strategist will work withclientInsight team and specialist partners to support a test and learn approach to content strategy ensuring effectiveness is a key tenant baked into all content marketing activity through the clear definition of KPIs and metrics aligned with theprojectsmeasurement approach

Ways of Working:

The Content Strategist to work within theclientcollaboration models to ensure effective and efficient working with all relevantclientteams and partners.

What you need to be great in this role:

• Minimum 5 years experience in a Strategy role with Content Strategy a core function
• Strong understanding of Content Marketing (Social Mobile Search Ecom Digital OHH)
• Strong understanding of Content: Formats Performance Testing Optimisation and Search (SEM-SEO)
• Strong understanding of Content Publishing and Distribution methods and technologies
• Ability to understand and interpretative multi-channel insight reports
• Be able to present and justify work based on robust insights
• Passionate about all things related to Content with a keen interest in keeping up to date with trends and technological advances
• Proven experience of working in a multi-stakeholder environment
• A self-starter able to work in fast paced environment as within a collaborative and agile team structure
• Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills
• Previousexperience ofFMCG in particular(Personal Care / Skincare)
• Confidence and comfortable working in a fast-paced changing client environment
• Desire to learn and continuously improve
• Able to develop andmaintainstrong and effective professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Collaborative team player open minded non political.
• Proven ability to effectively lead creative teams.
• Proven ability to communicate and liaise with all levels in the business.
• Discrete about all confidential and personal information.
• Driven proactive helpful and enthusiastic team player.
• In essence werelooking for someone with the spark of creativity that makes a good analyst excellent.
• Passion for and inquisitive about AI andnew technologies
• Understanding and knowledge of AI tools is beneficial but ability to learn and digest benefits and features of AI tools is critical.

Req ID: 16027

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