Boldspace is looking for a Brand Strategist ready to take a step up and play a crucial, supporting role within the agency, helping us make an objective, positive impact by building meaningful brands and creating bold communications. The ideal candidate will have 3 years’ experience and bring both a research-driven, analytical mind as well as a passionate, creative spirit to the role. They must be as comfortable pulling insights from our data and analytics platform BoldLens, as they are assisting a brand workshop (or running one for our smaller projects), writing a compelling, emotive brand story or enthusiastically presenting and justifying a new brand positioning to a client. We are looking for someone with a track record of conducting research, either online or through face-to-face research, as well as presenting work and thinking creatively. ABOUT BOLDSPACE Boldspace is a brand value agency. We grow your meaning, your reputation and your worth through brand building, communications and analytics. We take you to your bold space. We bring together advertising, marketing and PR through a pioneering approach – fusing our award-winning proprietary analytics platform BoldLensTM with the finest strategic and creative minds to see more, create better and find the gap. Since launch, our unique formula of strategy and creativity powered by cutting-edge technology has made an objective, positive impact for over 50 clients, including Post Office, Viceroy, VISA, Fridays, Virgin Limited Edition, Direct Line and Silverstone. Requirements The Brand Strategist will be capable of leading strategy on medium sized projects independently, communicating strategies in simple decks, presenting to senior clients, with well crafted narratives, and flawless detail in the craft of language. Creative writing and the ability to bring strategies and brand narratives to life through simple, structured, concise copywriting is essential. Define problems: Define the true nature of a client problem through both online and real-world investigation Use data to help get to the core of the problem and bring new insight to the client brief Conduct stakeholder interviews to get to the heart of an issue and opportunity Set KPIs for how our work will be tracked and measured Understand how to turn client briefs into creative briefs Generate insights & measure effectiveness: Conduct research that generates original and innovative insights to shape communications Write frequent trend presentations for client and agency Moderate both quantitative and qualitative research Support on (and deliver) engaging brand workshops that result in uncovering market opportunities Use BoldLens and additional data sets to inform new work and track campaigns Craft strategies & bring them to life: Help refine Boldspace’s integrative approach to brand strategy Be able to build strategy models and create compelling strategic responses to client problems Create and plot winning positioning territories and bring them to life through creative copy Present creative brand copy and brand narratives rooted in insight and emotion Identify and prioritise key barriers & opportunities in both brand and user journeys Create messaging frameworks Ideate and write white papers and effectiveness papers Passionate about engagement and be able to interrogate the ‘why’ behind every project Competent with multitasking and be able to manage varied workloads Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of digital platforms and advise on best use per client brief Social and comfortable to stand up and be heard amongst both colleagues and clients alike Team player who likes to work as part of a diverse group of people Able to produce meticulously designed, grammatically sound client decks that have a clear, confident strategic narrative Benefits Pensions: a 5% employer contribution. Equipment: choose your own equipment – let us know which tools you need and we’ll do our best to get them for you. Holiday: unlimited holiday (including all UK public holidays) – we trust our staff to take the time they need and still excel in their jobs – and days off for birthdays and moving house are guaranteed Flexible working Regular salary reviews: in line with a salary framework, to ensure equal pay for equal work and that we recognise and reward when your responsibilities increase. Socials: team socials regularly, chosen by the team. Team retreats: time to get to know each other away from the office. Bonus: transparent bonus structure where you can receive a % of base salary based on personal and company performance. Supporting good causes: we contribute some of our outperformance to charitable causes which the team help choose. Wellness: time within working hours every week for those that want or need it. Monthly benefits budget: £50 per month, every month, to spend on whatever you want – from a home delivered vegetable box and discounted gym memberships, to mental health support and professional coaching. A CARBON NEUTRAL BUSINESS Boldspace (B Corp) measures its performance on profit, people and planet combined. From day one, we will offset your carbon footprint entirely. The cost of this is covered 100% by the company.