- Job Title: Strategy Manager
- Level & Responsibility: this role is at a Manager level or equivalent and has responsibility over a portfolio of clients as well as one direct report. This role may be known as a Planning Manager
- Salary Band: £43k+
- Location & Hybrid Working: We offer hybrid and flexible working, requiring 2 days a week in one of our offices (London, Leeds, Bradford, Manchester, Nottingham) and occasional travel to London.
The role
We are looking for a Strategy Manager to join our Strategy Team_._ In this role, you will ensure the right message reaches the right shoppers using the right media. We're looking for an ambitious individual to join our team, driving omnichannel strategies for leading FMCG brands at Capture. With a focus on insights and creativity, we offer an exciting opportunity for career growth amid our period of expansion.
Why SMG?
We are dedicated to supporting our employees to be the best version of themselves both inside and outside of work. We have an extraordinary culture built by exceptional people and it's because of this that we've been recognised by Best Companies within the top 5 best Marketing & Media agencies to work for, with a World Class and Outstanding accreditation across the past 2 years.
We are also dedicated to continuously reviewing and improving our benefits package to offer the best that we can for our people. We have a whole page dedicated to our benefits here, but here's some of our favourites...
Generous discretionary bonus scheme
£1,800 yearly wellbeing fund (on top of your salary!) towards your personal wellbeing and passions
4 additional Wellbeing Days - one to be taken each quarter, dedicated to focusing on your wellbeing
£500 yearly "Uni Fund" towards learning and development
Free headspace subscription
4pm Friday finishes all year round
Two fully paid conferences a year at Summer & Winter, as well as a dedicated team that put on activities and celebrations throughout the year
Why you?
In line with our company values, within your role you'll want to stay honest, stay hungry, stay foolish, and most importantly, have fun! More specifically, you'll have / be:
- Initiative - Able to independently move multiple projects forward, taking full ownership of the delivery of your work and workplan.
- Resourceful - Able to find solutions to obstacles and challenges (e.g. short deadlines), adapting your approach as necessary.
- Pragmatic - Can work at pace and are able to effectively manage your workload (and workload of direct reports) with clear organisation and prioritisation skills.
- Collaborative - Strong communication and group-work skills, with the ability to lead and facilitate group discussions to a clear outcome.
- Data literate - Comfortable with researching and analysing large amounts of data to uncover trends and insights to inform your strategies.
- Creative thinker - Able to flex and bring together both the 'logical' (crunching the numbers to find insights) and 'creative' (coming up with great ideas based on those insights) parts of your brain on every brief. Able to think outside the box (e.g. on repetitive briefs to ensure we continue to add value).
- Storyteller - Able to effectively sell in your strategic recommendations to clients by taking them on a journey that gets them excited to work with us, often making the complicated
simple.
P.s. we try really hard to make sure that we list only essential criteria here, BUT if you think you can do an amazing job, yet don't have every single thing on this list, we'd still love to hear from you.
What you'll be doing
We pride ourselves on creating challenging and exciting opportunities, meaning that no two days are the same. However, here's an idea of what your responsibilities will look like:
- Crafting marketing strategies by interpreting client briefs and leveraging data insights.
- Developing target audience profiles and overcoming barriers to awareness and purchase.
- Formulating creative and media strategies across various channels.
- Conducting workshops, leading training sessions, and maintaining effective processes.
- Managing direct reports' performance and fostering stakeholder relationships.
- Staying updated on industry trends and sharing insights with the team.
The process
- We will invite you to a first interview which we try to keep relatively informal, so it gives you the opportunity to share your authentic self. The hiring team will be looking to understand more about your experience and why you're interested in working with us.
- There will be a second interview which will last a little longer, and involve some form of task to showcase your ability to do the role.
- We then invite you to a meet & greet which is an opportunity for you to meet the team you'll be joining and ask them questions about the role and wider business.
Helping you shine
We are committed to helping you shine and show your full potential by making any changes you might need throughout your application. If you need an alternative way of applying for this role, support with understanding the role and its requirements, changes to be made to the way we hold our interviews, or anything else, then please reach out to us.
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