Senior Strategist Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Senior Strategist to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Lead integrated idea teams in idea sessions and workshops;
- Becomes an invaluable resource for clients in terms of overall strategic guidance;
- Recommends and manages research that will aid in the consumer insight-gathering and strategic process;
- Participates and leads in strategy development for clients and new business;
- Presents insights/implications/opportunities in client and new business;
- Collaborate with media strategy to develop media plans;
- Presents insights/implications/opportunities in client and new business;
- Identify and assist in building new service offerings in relation to digital marketing;
- Design and facilitate team, client or consumer ideation sessions or workshops;
- Strategy & problem solving;
- PARTICIPATION STRATEGY / Understand and apply participation / grassroots strategy (coalition building, organizing, study of human behavior);
- Assist in the management of client expectations throughout project lifecycle to ensure consistency and quality in content deliverables;
- Communication;
- Proficiency on social channel roles including high level channel and communications planning;
- Represents LENS as a subject matter expert at local and national conferences and industry events and via publications and social media.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college;
- Must demonstrate deep experience in insight and research practices;
- Exhibit high-level writing and presentation skills;
- Must have a portfolio, blog or site with inspired thinking;
- Excellent reasoning ability: Ability to define problems, collect information, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make creative leaps;
- 5+ years of direct experience in the strategy field;
- Portfolio of strategy work that includes large brands;
- Excellent verbal and written communication;
- Experience with leveraging data to drive great insights;
- Qualitative and quantitative research experience;
- Bachelor’s degree with concentration in business/marketing. Master’s degree is an added bonus;
- 5+ years of experience in digital marketing and planning. Agency experience is preferred.