Creative Strategist

Job description / Role

Our Client a leading Global creative agency is currently searching for experienced Creative Strategist to join their continuously expanding team here in Dubai

Responsibilities:

Insight
- For each client project work to define the brand, customer and sector insight to help develop the strategy.
- Collate insightful analysis of all project-related qualitative and quantitative intelligence including client business and brand information, competitive landscape & customer research.
- Define insights for the brand, their customers and their influences.
- Develop sector insights, research brand sectors & sector influences demonstrating a thorough understanding of the brand.
- Implement research that will aid in the consumer insights gathering & strategic process.
- Be able to identify connections between projects, trends, emerging issues.
- Research sector best practice and insight making relevant observations.

Strategy
- Utilize sector research & influences to define future direction and opportunities for the brand.
- Develop accurate & insightful conclusions from research that clearly articulates strategic direction.
- Define the ‘brand ambition’ in relation to the brief.
- Gain trust from both clients and internal teams to lead through strategy and for others to think more strategically.

Ideas
- Define the principles of the vision, experience ideas and design language.
- Develop content for client workshops customer journey & brainstorming sessions.
- Work to a client's individual tone of voice, ensuring the strategy and language used matches the brand.
- Work in collaboration with others in the strategy team and across the design disciplines to make your and their ideas work together.

Requirements

- Understanding of different creative disciplines and methodologies.
- Knowledge and understanding of emerging digital technologies and trends.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Be able to work collaboratively.
- Ability to identify and source research and insight data.
- Can work with data to identify and communicate insights.
- Excellent written skills.
- Written and spoken Arabic is desirable

About the Company

Since 2010, our team has successfully placed some of the world’s finest graduate to mid and C-level talent in organisations across EMEA and APAC, and it all comes down to our niche approach and understanding of the market place, skill sets and trends.

From our offices in Dubai, Riyadh, London and Singapore, we run a sector specific operation. Meaning we specialise in your industry and are able to completely understand your vision, provide market insights and intelligence, and deliver the best talent to fit seamlessly into your operations.