Senior Creative Strategist

What’s Your Story

You are smart, hardworking, dynamic, and effectively collaborate with different teams across the agency. You like to see the “big picture” and are not afraid of leading team members across disciplines and seniority levels to get projects done on time and on budget. You are a team builder and strive to understand all points of view but are also decisive and can quickly gain consensus on next steps and maintain project momentum.

Engine Shop is looking for a Senior Creative Strategist to lead the development of strategic foundations, lead the creation of innovative campaign ideas, and lead the agency in executing the campaign through multiple established and emerging channels. This person is not only a brilliant thinker, but a clear storyteller, a creative problem-solver, an influential leader, and an inspiring creator that can connect with internal and external stakeholders to build trusting relationships and award-winning work in market.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

The duties and the responsibilities reflect the general details necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and shall not be constructed as a detailed description of all related work assignments that may be inherent to the job.

• Conduct research and transform observation into insight that inspires strategic direction.
• Clearly and succinctly write strategic narratives to inspire and ground ideation.
• Lead the ideation process through brainstorming both independently, with the team and alongside cross functional resources.
• Lead the development of the deck / work at large, linking the ask and objectives to the strategy, to the creative and to the omnichannel tactics as part of the larger consumer journey.
• Collaborate with internal and external design resources informing in the art direction / visual and spatial components of the creative strategy / idea.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, 3rd party vendors, freelancers and clients to execute necessary deliverables.
• Comfortably and confidently pitch agency credentials, client work, and RFPs demonstrating why we are the people and agency best for the job.
• Participate in the growth of business, both organically and in new business scenarios (RFPs), through the development of strategic and innovative work
• Support agency marketing efforts (digital, social media, award submissions, thought leadership, conference appearances, etc.) and content development in partnership with our Head of Marketing.
• Work alongside the Creative PM and Creative Leadership Team to ensure scoping, hours allocation, resource allocation and ways of working lead to a profitable creative service offering.
• Lead junior creative strategists who are newer to the strategy and ideation discipline, guiding them in their growth and goals.
• Be a living manifestation of our agency culture and ambitions; the Agency for Brands Needing a Breakthrough inspiring all of those around you.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications, Education And/Or Experiece

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and /or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Minimum 6 years of related experience
• Strong research and critical thinking skills.
• Inspiring industry, trend, cultural landscape intel.
• Strong understanding of Physical and Digital experience design, production, operations, and logistics
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership and time management skills.
• Ability to balance and prioritize various projects simultaneously.
• Experience multi-tasking and problem solving under pressure in a fast-paced, highly creative environment.
• Skilled in fostering positive and constructive interactions with employees at all levels of the organization.
  
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

• Stand; walk; sit for extended periods of time, both at a desk and occasionally on an airplane; turn the head and torso, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell; and have full power of speech.
• Occasionally may have to exert up to 10-15 pounds of force to lift, carry, pull, or otherwise move objects.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Travel is occasional but required for certain meetings or productions.