Our client is a leading Brand agency who are seeking a Junior Brand Strategist with at least two years’ experience to join their awesome team. You will be a brand strategist, able to articulate a confident point of view on any industry, brand, and consumer segment or communications platform. Brand agency experience is essential.

Description:
• Work as a junior brand strategist, with a passion for creativity, popular culture, understanding how humans think/interact, platforms and problem solving
• Have a well-developed understanding of brands and the recognized shift in consumer behavior/engagement, across multiple channels and platforms including on and off line
• Participate and support Strategy Director with client interviews/engagement at senior management and CEO/Board levels
• Apply robust creative processes to every brief and purposefully seek out strong resonant ideas that can transform brand/business opportunities
• Contribute to creative workshops, provide robust analytical skills and relevant brand stimulus and make key strategic presentations
• Continuously create and drive relevant POV’s to share internally and to clients
• Develop & deploy proven and counter intuitive thinking and tools as part of revised M2i methodology
• Play a lead role in the interrogation of RFPs and briefs, and work closely with the Group Innovation Director and the innovation team in shaping transformative ideas and brand insights
• Contribute to a knowledge bank of future brand trends, best-in-class execution, sector spotlights & opportunities and prevailing strategic challenges
• Help identify and develop new business opportunities through consumer insight and brand knowledge

Skills
Criteria:
• 2 years brand strategy at a creative business
• Must have Brand Agency experience
• Experience/exposure of delivering insightful and impactful brand strategy & articulation
• Passionate, self-motivated, looking for the next big thing
• Articulate with good communication and presentation skills
• Good knowledge of brand strategy, digital strategy and user of social media and creative tech
• Team player able to mentor and direct others as part of cross-region delivery
• Must currently reside in the UAE
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Job Details
Job Location Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Company Industry Human Resources
Company Type Recruitment Agency
Job Role Marketing and PR
Employment Type Full Time Employee
Monthly Salary Range Unspecified
Number of Vacancies Unspecified
Job Ref. JB3785321

Preferred Candidate
Career Level Mid Career
Residence Location United Arab Emirates