Associate Strategist

Proto • New York, NY

2d • $65 - $80

About The Position

Associate Strategists play a critical role on our teams, gathering and synthesizing data from a variety of primary and secondary sources and keeping tabs on how our work intersects with how our clients work. On any given project, they explore emerging influences on client business and contribute toward bringing their ideas to market. They conduct desktop and primary research, help find proxies for innovative business models, and support more senior teams in developing opportunity models. As an Associate Strategist, you will be trained on Proto’s approach to innovation strategy and contribute to its advancement.

Requirements

• Up to 2 years of client side or consulting experience in product/service development, enterprise innovation, or corporate strategy;
• Working familiarity with basic principles of innovation strategy: core, adjacent and transformational;
• Comfortable working with collaboration tools and communication platforms (Slack, Google Suite, Figma, AI, etc.) and willing to experiment with new ones;
• Based in New York metro area
• Willing to travel up to 25% for client meetings.

Responsibilities

• Apply creative thinking and defendable rigor to our client’s toughest business challenges;
• Dig deep into the needs of B2C and B2B businesses and audiences across a variety of industries and emerge with actionable insights;
• Collaborate with, and take input from brand and experience strategists, engagement managers, designers, and clients from different backgrounds;
• Synthesize learnings into clear and actionable strategic deliverables including landscape audits, journey maps, target customer insights, and product/service/brand concepts;
• Work with internal and client teams to develop and present work products to executive audiences.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed