Strategist

Ogilvy • Toronto, ON

22h • $45,000 - $95,000

About The Position

Ogilvy is seeking a Strategist with smarts, passion, and curiosity who is committed to helping clients understand and navigate our ever-changing world. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience at a creative agency, with a proven ability to apply various tools and techniques to contribute to strategies and briefs. This role involves working closely with creatives and account teams, providing business-relevant perspectives on communication challenges by understanding market and competitive factors, cultural trends, and deep consumer insights. The Strategist will ensure the team delivers not only solutions but also insights that guide client business decisions. Experience in social strategy is considered an asset.

Requirements

• 3+ years’ strategy experience in a creative advertising agency preferred
• Ability to manage scenarios where on the spot, critical thinking is necessary
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Proactive mindset; cares about the details and follows through
• Well informed on cultural and social trends relevant to clients
• Is current on industry, customer and competitor information and integrates those insights into strategic recommendations

Nice To Haves

• Experience in social strategy considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Create compelling consumer profiles that provide insight into consumer behaviours, attitudes, lifestyle and usage to uncover meaningful insights
• Conduct in-depth scouting into cultural trends, channel opportunities, competitive activity and distill into actionable implications and recommendations.
• Contribute to and sometimes lead the strategic thinking on campaigns
• Contribute to writing Creative Briefs (and depending on the nature of the project lead the writing)
• Provide inspiration and ideas to creative teams as they begin the creative development process; act as a partner and sounding board during the creative process
• Partner with Creatives to concept, explore and push the work
• Develop a proficiency for research including becoming comfortable and well versed on all the data on a client’s business.
• Build excellent relationships with creatives, accounts and agency partners
• Be familiar with widely used and emerging insight tools and technology, channels and terminology.

Benefits

• Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics.
• We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
• If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact us at [email protected].

What This Job Offers

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