STOPGAP_AU The SG Group Limited http://www.thesggroup.com.au/ en-uk http://StopGap.datatherapy.com/jobs/NNP-20008316.htm One of our agency clients, a respected design and branding agency, has briefed us to find a great brand strategist to join the team of 30. This is a newly formed role and will involve strategic development work across all the agency accounts (FMCG, retail, FS, travel etc). You will also work with the Business Development Head on new business. Do you have a minimum of 5 years' experience as a brand strategist in a design and branding agency? Do you have the learnings and experience to establish the agency's strategic offering and to then share this knowledge with your colleagues? Are you interested in setting out your own stakes and making the role your own? If you are a brilliant and insightful communicator and have a passion for the brand and design arena this role could be for you. Contact me now. http://StopGap.datatherapy.com/jobs/NNP-20008306.htm Our client specialises in innovations and the agency is based in great premises in Surry Hills. They work with a variety of clients in FMCG, FS, Consumer tech... Insights and innovation should lie at the very core of what inspires you and makes you fire in your work. The owner/Director is an energetic, motivated and level-headed guy. He's open to employing someone in a project lead capacity or to look at someone more senior/experienced and potentially a business partner. Salary will be dependent on experience. Either way, you'd be working closely with the owner and the project management team of two. I'd say the owner has high expectations in this hire as the business has been built on WOM recommendation. Key to this success is the trusted relationships and the owner wants to maintain this integrity. We are looking for a smart, energetic person to complement the owner, someone he can trust with client relationships and who are 'superstars'. Working with the owner you will be someone who can take the pressure off and ideally manage projects fairly autonomously in time. They often have 3- 7 projects running concurrently and with each project lifecycle taking an average of 3 months (sometimes longer) he needs someone with whom he can divide and conquer. In order for the business to grow they realise that they need someone senior to take some of this project ownership. You will be energetic, inspiring and have a bright and enquiring mind. He's a straight talker which I liked but he also spoke about the softer values he considers important (to be pioneering, to suck the very marrow out of life, to make a difference). His ambition is for the new joiner to enjoy work, to feel invested in, to feel that insights and innovation are something they have an absolute passion for, to enjoy work and bring joy to the team. I think working at this agency will suit someone who can 'invest' - time and energy. A typical 3 month project timeframe might mean 4 night-time research groups, facilitating 3/4 client workshops (which invariably involve an early start to set up and sometimes overnights in Melbourne etc). If this commitment sounds too much this might not be the role for you! We think that this person will have a minimum of 7 years working, post graduation. It's not set in stone but the owner believes this person will have studied to at least degree level or post grad/MBA. Key to success will be to find the right personality and right aptitude. High-level communication skills are a must, as is someone who is switched on and with the right balance of listening/talking and the intuition to connect with senior level clients and talk their language. We are looking for someone who may not talk much but to whom people listen. The sort of work varies tremendously from working with an iconic FMCG business on innovation projects to working with a technology business on re-configuring their operations and services. They are open to finding a potential partner for the owner too, someone who has the experience and aptitude to business develop and lead projects - possible equity. Are you this superstar - a great all rounder, a creative thinker, a strategist, a charismatic person, a people relationship developer? If so, please get in touch now.