Job Description
Job Description
Salary :
Fact & Fiction is seeking a Senior Strategist to join our team on a temporary basis, with the potential to transition to a full-time role. As an expert on client business, and with deep understanding of the audience, you have an innate ability to solve problems by turning a world of possibilities into a clear, concise and inspiring direction. As our name expresses, you find the places where brand truth and consumer truth overlap to help make work that works
Day to day, you are the voice of the consumer, working hand in hand with creative to develop groundbreaking ideas that push boundaries while make perfect logical sense. You can nerd out on data and research, but recognize these are the starting lines of insightful thinking.
Youre well versed in consumer trends, loving to deconstruct a challenge to find clarity in truth. Youve proved that you have the chops to be a senior resource, yet youre not afraid to get in the weeds with the team to build the thing. You live and breathe the search for insight, know best practices in building brands (and content) and have a strong point of view. Your problem-solving attitude drives team ambition to be betteralways. Youre a key member of a family of doers, and your willingness to show up when it counts is a reliable trait.
To be eligible to hire full-time, candidates must be within commuting distance to Boulder, CO or Kansas City, excited about collaborating in person two days per week in a hybrid working environment.
Works With :
- Internal : account, creative, production, comms / media
- External : client team, partner agencies, research and reporting partners
- Reports to : Derek Anderson, Head of Brand, Kyle Taylor, Founder
A Day in the Life
Establishing trust with the team and the client to extract and understand clients business and marketing objectives, target audienceInspiring and guiding the creative development process, including briefing and feedback in response to consumer truthsFinding actionable insight content across multiple mediums, from social and digital to brand and printConducting research into brand, audience, analytics, industry and competitionDevising and leading qualitative research (stakeholder interviews, focus groups, etc.)Commissioning and managing external researchAnalyzing and presenting findings from primary and secondary research to support preparation of brand communication strategies and creative briefsManaging internal or external analytics reportingStaying connected to culture including current and emerging trendsMaintaining a detailed awareness of market trends affecting our accounts, and developments in the wider advertising and communications industrySupporting new business with preparation for pitch materials and directionThose Who Succeed Are...
Relentlessly curiousEqually passionate about insight and executionProactive in their approach, figuring out how to make it happen without waiting to be toldThinking big picture and can solving down to the small detailsAdept in lateral, analytical and strategic thinking, applying creative thinking to business problemsExperienced in differentiating core advertising ideas from their executional treatments, astute in assessing when these meet the brief and how they will influence behaviorCapable of guiding and nurturing creative work to meet client needsStrong, persuasive communicators, able to simplify research and strategic thinkingAble to give and receive feedback that supports the development of the agencys creative work and improve effectiveness of ideasKnowledgeable about client business and overall marketFocused on the personal and professional development of their teamDedicated to delivering work on-time and on-brandTL : DR : Go above and beyond. Work hard. Be nice. Stay hungry.Where You Come From, Where You Will Go
Typically promoted from more junior, mid-level planning or research roleThe senior strategist may then progress into a director role, dependent upon the effectiveness of their ability to : manage direct reports, establish an influence on the larger strategy discipline, persuade through strong presentation skills and assert points of view with clients that lend to strong creative output.Heres what you need to get our attention
7 years experienceDiverse interests outside of workHeart and give a damnHere's what will make us call you for sure.
Agency experience, from CPG to service industryCase studies that show the effectiveness of your workExperience working closely with creative and production resourcesRelentless hunger for finding unique insight and customer truthPassion for storytellingPositivityA high degree of drive and accountabilityEntrepreneurial spirit and flexibility to be part of a growing agencyremote work
