Design Strategist (Remote)

Ellevated Outcomes’ ambition is to become the world’s most sought-after strategy advisor for creative small businesses. We care deeply about the quality of our thinking, the outcomes we create for clients, and one another as teammates.

Our Client Strategists act as outsourced Chief Strategy Officers, helping small business owners understand where they want their businesses to go, design the strategy to get there, and execute it alongside them.

Our clients are thoughtful, talented entrepreneurs who care deeply about what they’ve built. professional service firms where the principal still holds the most important client relationships; or hospitality owners who feel stuck in the day-to-day operations.

They’re passionate and the best at what they do, excellent in their craft, and have a vision for what their business could be. Strategists who thrive at Ellevated Outcomes have a passion for small business, want a career where they can experience the direct impact of their work, and are lifelong students of business.

You’ve built a credible foundation in business, but you don’t feel finished learning.

You may have particular depth in finance, operations, people, marketing and business development, products and pricing, or strategy, but you don’t want to stay in one lane. You’re comfortable with numbers and financial information, and curious enough to dig into areas you don’t yet know. What Does a Client Strategist Do?

A Client Strategist builds and serves a wonderfully dynamic portfolio of 15 small business clients whose businesses span different industries and growth stages. Over the course of a year+ engagement, you’ll use the Ellevated Outcomes Framework™ to help each client articulate their optimal growth point, design the strategy to get there, and execute it alongside them.

You might help one CEO clarify their vision and priorities, and another position and price their offers for profitability; structure their team and leadership for growth; or understand the numbers guiding cash flow, profit, and wealth.

Your job is to learn quickly, diagnose the real problem, ask excellent questions, form a point of view, and improve the quality of the CEO’s decisions. As your judgment develops, you’ll increasingly help business owners become stronger Small Business CEOs—building better businesses in service of better lives.

You’ll Also Help Build Ours

Strategists don’t only serve Ellevated Outcomes; they help grow it. You'll deepen existing relationships, develop new ones, invest in your community, and help the right business owners find us.

For the right person, that’s part of the appeal: this work gives you even more reason to know interesting people, participate in communities you value, and champion business owners you believe in.

Have a strong business foundation and meaningful technical depth in at least one area.

Connect different parts of a business rather than seeing them in isolation.

Communicate complex ideas clearly—in writing, conversation, numbers, and meetings.

Have interests, relationships, communities, and experiences outside work that make you better at it.

This is a remote position, though relationships are fundamental to how we work. Strategists invest in their local communities, spend time in person with clients and centers of influence when useful, and participate in a minimum of two in-person team gatherings in Nashville each year.

To be considered, please submit a Strategist Submission Packet to with the subject line “Strategist Submission Packet, (Your Name).”

A short video introduction of five to ten minutes, answering why Ellevated Outcomes appeals to you, what aspects of the work stand out, and what type of business challenges excite you.

Your application should sound like you, because that’s who we’re interested in meeting.