Creative Strategist

About
The ideal person for the Creative Strategist role will be a natural storyteller with a passion for presenting concepts to clients and a desire to oversee strategic work from the point of briefing through to final execution. Most of all, we are looking for someone obsessed with looking beyond data findings to arrive at distinctive, interesting conclusions and imperatives that drive and stimulate creativity across the agency in collaboration with the agency’s Head of Strategy.

Responsibilities

• Conduct extensive research on the landscape and turn those findings into focused, usable imperatives and unexpected insights.
• Work closely with research teams to monitor tools for market, audience, and trends, analysing data to help inform strategic decisions and creative direction.
• Write briefs that encourage creative teams to look beyond conventions and deliver highly distinctive work, leading team briefings effectively.
• Act as a key figurehead for composing creative strategies across a variety of client types and projects, arriving at points in a focused, interesting way.
• Contribute significantly to the ideation and creative development process beyond briefing, ensuring recommendations are on brand and on strategy.
• Support the campaign and project lifecycle from briefing to final execution, collaborating with the Head of Strategy and client servicing teams on idea-led initiatives.
• Create conceptual ideas that emphasize delivering the idea convincingly and succinctly, backed up by attention to detail and strong copywriting skills in Arabic and English.
• Present strategies and concepts to internal and external stakeholders, nurturing relationships within the strategy and creative departments to refine proposals.
• Contribute to the agency’s connection with new trends and cultural moments across the region, recognizing opportunities to deliver against these for the agency and clients.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in creative strategy. Experience in branding and communications projects is a bonus.
• Proven ability to develop solid strategic foundations for creative campaigns across go-to-market strategies and other initiatives.
• Excellent storytelling capabilities with a passion for making clear and convincing arguments for ideas.
• Fluent in Arabic and English (verbally and in writing).

Work Conditions

• Time Type: Full time
• Contract Type: Permanent

Location
Riyadh