Foresight Strategist (Contractor)

Normative

1d • Remote

About The Position

We're seeking a curious, rigorous, and visually-fluent Foresight Strategist to support strategic foresight research and synthesis that helps our clients anticipate change and make confident decisions about the future. This contractor role is for an intermediate strategist with a strong grounding in strategic foresight methods - horizon scanning, signal and trend analysis, scenario development, and synthesis - paired with the graphic design skills to turn complex research into clear, compelling, and well-crafted artifacts. You'll join a small, senior team and play a key supporting role: gathering and organizing signals, building evidence-rich trend libraries, helping shape near-term foresight, and translating findings into tactical, decision-ready recommendations. You'll move fluidly between research and craft, making sense of ambiguity and communicating it beautifully. This is a collaborative, delivery-focused role. Strong communication, organization, attention to detail, and the ability to navigate complexity are essential.

Requirements

• A Master's degree in Strategic Foresight and Innovation (or a closely related foresight/futures discipline).
• 1-2 years of experience applying strategic foresight methods in a professional, research, or consulting setting.
• Strong foresight acumen: horizon scanning, signal and trend analysis, pattern recognition, scenario thinking, and synthesis.
• Previous experience in graphic design, with strong, demonstrable visual craft and a portfolio of well-designed artifacts.
• Proficiency in design and collaboration tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Miro, and similar, with a willingness and ability to learn new software as required.
• The ability to translate dense, ambiguous research into clear narratives and compelling visual communication.
• Experience gathering, organizing, and making sense of qualitative inputs from multiple sources.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted tools and methodologies to drive new ways of researching, thinking, and working.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present ideas with clarity and diplomacy.
• Strong time management and organization skills, with a demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment.
• A continuous learning mindset, staying curious about emerging trends, technologies, and behaviours.
• Comfort with ambiguity and an adaptive mindset that allows you to remain productive and grounded in evolving contexts.
• Candidates must be located in Canada and eligible to work in Canada.

Nice To Haves

• If you meet most of these requirements and are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic foresight research, including horizon scanning and the identification of signals, trends, and emerging shifts relevant to client challenges.
• Build and maintain evidence-rich trend and signal libraries, capturing examples with concrete artifacts, screenshots, and source references.
• Conduct competitive and global inspiration scans, distilling how markets and behaviours are evolving into clear, tactical insight.
• Synthesize multiple inputs into cohesive patterns, themes, and near-term foresight that ground recommendations in real evidence.
• Translate research and synthesis into prioritized opportunities and tactical recommendations that clients can act on.
• Design and produce high-quality visual artifacts - trend cards, frameworks, scenario visuals, journey and summary graphics - that make complex thinking clear and compelling.
• Support lightweight qualitative research activities, such as interview preparation, note synthesis, and surfacing quotes and signals.
• Collaborate closely with senior strategists and cross-functional teammates through working sessions and reviews to shape and sharpen direction.
• Bring rigor, creativity, and a highly collaborative mindset to deliver polished, decision-ready outputs.

Benefits

• Fair, clearly defined compensation.
• The rate offered for this contract is determined by each candidate's relevant knowledge, skills, education, training, and experience, and is aligned to ensure both internal and external competitiveness using market data for the geographic location and industry.
• Employment accommodation during the recruitment process.
• Accommodations and accessibility support.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level