Creative Strategist

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Creative Strategist

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Responsibilities

A natural storyteller with a passion for presenting concepts to clients, and the ability to oversee strategic work from briefing through to final execution.

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 Head of Strategy.

Comfortable conducting extensive landscape research and turning findings into focused, usable imperatives and unexpected insights.

Work closely with research teams to monitor tools for market, audience and trends, analysing data to inform strategic decisions and creative direction for existing projects, new business and prospective work.

Experience writing briefs that encourage creative teams to look beyond conventions to deliver highly distinctive work, with the personality and skills to lead team briefings.

Acts as a key figurehead for composing creative strategies across a variety of client types and projects, grounded in the ability to arrive at the point in a focused, interesting way.

Contributes significantly to the ideation and creative development process beyond briefing, ensuring recommendations and responses are on brand and on strategy.

Supports campaign and project lifecycles from briefing to final and ongoing execution; works with the Head of Strategy and client servicing teams on the development of idea-led initiatives and tactics.

Creates conceptual ideas with emphasis on delivering the idea convincingly and succinctly, backed by attention to detail and strong copywriting skills in Arabic and English.

Present strategies and concepts to internal and external stakeholders, nurture relationships with the strategy and creative departments, and maintain dialogue to refine proposals.

Contributes to the agency’s connection to new trends and cultural moments across the region, emerging customer behaviours and patterns, and creative opportunities, with the ability to identify opportunities to deliver for the agency and clients.

Qualifications

Minimum 4 years of experience in creative strategy. Experience in branding and comms projects is a bonus.

Proven ability to develop solid strategic foundations for creative campaigns, across GTM strategies and other initiatives.

Excellent storytelling capabilities with an ability to bring focus and clarity to complex scenarios, and a passion for making clear and convincing arguments for ideas.

Fluent in Arabic and English (verbally and in writing).

Details Location Riyadh

Brand Digital Republic

Time Type Full time

Contract Type Permanent

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Marketing and Sales

Industries

Advertising Services

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