Associate Director – Innovation and Growth Job Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Employer: Agency
Location: London
Benefits: Excellent flexible benefits package
Posted: 16 May 2021
Job Ref: 287/1
Disciplines: Strategic Marketing
Sectors: B2C, Technology, FMCG, Luxury, Food & Drink, Sport, Travel & Leisure
Client and Role Overview A specialist growth consultancy, offering the culture of a boutique agency with the reach of a global network.
As an Associate Director within their creative consulting team, you will be among an eclectic mix of strategy, brand, and innovation specialists and a small team of futures experts with unparalleled global expertise and proprietary knowledge, foresight tools, and techniques.
We are looking for an outstanding foresight specialist with the ability to use innovative approaches to help clients anticipate change, to identify and unlock future opportunities that can drive successful business, brand, and innovation strategy.
The Ideal Person A big picture thinker – with a strong ability to provoke and inspire clients to think differently about how to drive growth for their industry, business, category, or brand.
Insatiably curious – always on the lookout for new ideas and inspiration; a keen interest in wider culture, business, as well as social, technological, economic, environmental, and political change.
A creative problem-solver; able to think both analytically AND creatively and bring a fresh perspective by connecting the dots in unexpected ways.
Collaborative, yet independent and proactive – comfortable with sharing thoughts and opinions to build on ideas.
Interested in brands and businesses – how they connect with people, how they communicate, how they sell, and how they can evolve.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
An ability to lead, mentor, and train teams.
Build and lead excellent client relationships up to senior level, establishing yourself as a credible expert in strategic futures and foresight with an ability to articulate engaging points of view on macro trends, brands, innovations, and new business models.
Lead projects from brief to delivery, driving teams to deliver to time, quality, and budget successfully.
Contribute to the winning of new projects with clients.
This includes writing proposals and supporting on client pitches.
Skills and Experience 5-8 years'+ experience in a management or growth strategy consultancy, brand or innovation agency, foresight, trends agency, or similar.
Experience of managing mid-sized accounts independently and playing a key role on larger global accounts with experience in proposal writing, pitching, and a track record of new business development.
Strong project leadership skills and experience of efficiently managing project budgets and teams.
Futures Theory: Evidenced experience of strategic foresight led methodologies (horizon scanning, scenario planning, trend forecasting, consumer insight, brand strategy, and innovation).
Experience of writing independently with limited senior input.
Managing and motivating project teams to deliver high-quality work on time and on budget with well-developed strategic implications and clarity about the application of strategic foresight and futures thinking alongside human and cultural insight to a client's business challenge.
Strategic thinking: Proven strategic thinker, able to derive strategic recommendations for clients that will make a positive difference to their business.
Able to demonstrate powerful thinking about brands, companies, and wider macro issues.
Storytelling: Experience of multi-disciplinary approaches (using a mix of source materials: qualitative, quantitative, industry content, macro reports, trends, etc.
), pulling out strategic implications and recommendations, and finding compelling and visual ways to present a story.
Facilitation: Experience of moderating/facilitating business strategy, growth strategy, and/or innovation strategy workshops.
This consultancy offers excellent opportunities for career advancement within a growing team and business.
You'll be given the opportunity to work on global, cross-sector clients as well as team leadership and advancement.
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