Senior Consultant

MC Saatchi is building the agency model of the future. At the heart of this transformation is CEP our global engine that unites Consulting Experience and Performance into one culturally powered growth platform.

Were looking for a Senior Consultant to work in our Consulting team with experience and passion for insight-led brand business and growth strategy. As a Senior Consultant you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality high-value work for clients across Consulting. The role is for someone who can confidently contribute to a range of brand insight and strategy projects and has experience and passion for qualitative research and moderation.

This role will report into a Director and is a full-time role is based in our Dayton OH or New York NY offices on a hybrid working basis (typically 3 days a week in the office).

About MC Saatchi Consulting

We are a global brand strategy and design consultancy with offices in the US UK UAE Australia and Singapore. We build enduring brands that move at the speed of culture and shape whats next.

We work across verticals and have an amazing list of clients including PepsiCo McDonalds Toyota and the NFL to name a few.

Were committed to an ethos of excellence championing challenging and supporting one another to stretch and grow. No egos here simply a diverse group of brilliant creative people working together every day to create real impact for the worlds biggest brands.

Our New York office is steps from Manhattans Madison Square Park. We have a collaborative open-plan space full of natural light free drinks and snacks and Team Tuesdays where we all get together for lunch.

Our Dayton office is located in a southern residential suburb with ease of access to major highways. Our cozy office offers us a collaborative working space and weekly lunch with the team!

About the Role

The Senior Consultant role sits within our Brand & Experience Strategy Consulting team and stretches across a breadth of brand/marketing strategy projects (customer strategy innovation positioning portfolio strategy brand experience strategy & design commercial growth) qualitative and quantitative research and strategic insight work.

As a Senior Consultant youll be a key contributor to project taking a lead role in managing and facilitating research developing strategic recommendations and working with junior and senior team members to create project deliverables.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manage and deliver a range of brand insight strategy and innovation projects with the support of Consultants and Directors in the team

Play a key role in leading qualitative insight phases of projects including framing methodologies writing discussion guides moderating interviews focus groups and workshops and analyzing findings

Identify insights from multiple sources e.g. qualitative research quantitative data trends secondary data etc. to inform strategic recommendations

Project management including costing fieldwork management and client management

Write and present clear and inspiring debriefs and recommendations (with team support)

Communicate clearly with clients building relationships across key accounts

Contribute to proposal writing and support new business initiatives

Work across teams & geographies to deliver projects as required.

About You

This role is a fantastic opportunity to be part of an ambitious business where the opportunities are endless.

Were looking for someone with a stellar mix of relevant experience and skills. Ideally the successful candidate will have the following experiences and strengths:

• 4 years experience working within a strategic insight agency or strategic brand and innovation consultancies

• A deep passion for using (qualitative) research and data to tackle complex insight strategy and innovation challenges

• Strong analytical skills ability to analyze problems from multiple perspectives and generate insights from a range of data

• Skilled in developing inspiring strategic narratives from rigorous insight analysis with experience of writing and structuring clear and inspiring presentations

• Top notch organizational skills can anticipate a clients needs before they are articulated to identity opportunities and overcome challenges before they arise

• The ability to think laterally and creatively inspiring others to do the same

• Experience of delivering client presentations and facilitating workshops

• Sound understanding of and passion for brand experience and innovation strategy

What youll get

For the right candidate we will offer a competitive benefits package including: 20 vacation days 401k match annual pay reviews flexible working and WFH opportunities. Salary is commensurate with experience in the range of $ . Full time permanent role. All candidates must have the ability to work in the US; we are unable to sponsor any work visas for this role.

ABOUT MC SAATCHI GROUP

MC Saatchi Group has pledged its commitment to create a company that values difference with an inclusive culture. As part of this MC Saatchi Group continues to be an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not and shall not discriminate celebrates diversity and bases all hiring and promotion decisions solely on merit without regard for any personal characteristics.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process please make us aware as part of your application.

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