BBDO Atlanta is a boutique, challenger agency inside the BBDO network, laser-focused on helping the brands we love WIN. With world-class creative and strategic thinkers, backed by the innovation, technology and data platforms of the BBDO Network and Omnicom, we offer our clients an agile, responsive, and opportunistic agency focused on breakthrough business solutions that create fame and sales.
Description
This Strategist will work with many teams to deliver creative campaigns and platforms that connect with audiences, break through engagement barriers, and achieve business outcomes. The ideal person for this role seamlessly blends logic and critical thinking with the creativity to reframe challenges into strategic solutions
What you'll be doing
Undertaking research around different topics and audiences related to one of our biggest clients and helping to translate this into creative strategies and content briefs. You'll work closely with creatives and account management as well as cross-agency team members, to help get to breakthrough communication solutions that drive our client's business forward. You'll be working on some of the most iconic brands in this category and helping to shape the next chapter of their story.
Qualities
The ideal candidate needs to demonstrate:
Experience in strategy in an agency environment
An aptitude and enjoyment for research and getting under the skin of different audiences
Ability to distill often complex information into simple actionable learnings and insights
Great writing, presentation and organizational skills
Able to balance speaking up and rationalizing a POV, while listening to other perspectives
A natural curiosity through consistent personal growth or continuing education -- you're a big-time reader whether devouring non-fiction and fiction content alike
Learning new concepts quickly, easily making connections between unrelated ideas, and taking on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks
Taking a proactive approach to projects and work
A demonstratable understanding of comms (platforms, role of media, comms frameworks)
Experience
Demonstratable experience in the above qualities is key. You likely have at least 2 years agency experience and should be able to show experience in writing creative briefs and showcase the creative work that came out of these. It is also imperative to show how you have utilized data to inform these strategies.
Job Type:
Full-Time
Minimum 3 days in office
Client-facing
FLSA Status: Exempt
Our Benefits:
Health/Vision/Dental/Life benefits, including family planning