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About the Role

Ascend is The Kite Factory’s dedicated growth consultancy seeking a strategic, curious, and highly collaborative marketing consultant for a 12-month contract. This hands-on role focuses on delivering live client projects, leading research, shaping strategies, and developing practical plans. You will work directly with senior clients and internal teams to diagnose challenges, shape growth strategies, facilitate organizational change, and embed new ways of working.

Responsibilities

Lead initial Discovery work, including interviews, desk research, and data insight analysis.
Distil insight into clear problem definitions, opportunities, and strategic hypotheses.
Lead audience, product, and organizational diagnostics.
Collaborate with research partners and internal teams to interpret findings and shape strategic implications.
Develop growth strategies, brand and fundraising strategies, audience and product strategies, and innovation roadmaps.
Deliver strategic recommendations grounded in insight, organizational context, and market dynamics.
Translate insight into clear, actionable pathways.
Lead C-suite-level integration projects and organizational change programs.
Co-create or design/refine models of working, governance approaches, cross-functional processes, and communications frameworks.
Facilitate workshops for co-creation, integration, innovation, and prioritization.
Build the Ascend new business pipeline by leveraging networks and sector knowledge.
Convert opportunities through compelling pitch responses and proposal materials.
Contribute to strategic marketing elements of pitch processes.
Maintain visibility of pipeline and support wider agency pitches.
Develop strong, trusted relationships with Client Collaborators.
Bring pace, positivity, and rigor to project delivery.

Requirements

At least 7-10 years of experience.
Comfortable leading parts of projects independently with senior support.
Experience in consultancy, strategy, fundraising/marketing strategy, organizational development, planning, or insight roles (agency or client side).
Track record of driving real change and impact across sectors.
Expert in synthesizing complex qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear, actionable strategic insight.
Comfortable switching between strategic leadership and hands-on delivery.
Proficient with key data tools such as TGI, YouGov, and IPA TouchPoints.
Comfortable working in ambiguity, defining challenges, and shaping solutions.
Strong communicator with excellent storytelling and presentation skills.
Proven experience facilitating workshops or co-creation sessions.
Expert in connecting media with creative, audience, and data.
Experience in the not-for-profit, financial services, or travel sectors is desirable.
Ability to generate 1-2 new opportunities through network during the contract.

Skills

Strategic Insight & Diagnosis
Strategy Development
Organizational Change & Integration
New Business Development
Client Partnership
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
Workshop Facilitation
Storytelling
Presentation Skills
Data Analysis
Strategic Planning
Organizational Development

Location

Remote
Hybrid

Work Type

Contract
Full-time

Experience Level

Mid-level
Senior-level

Benefits

Competitive salary
Range of benefits
Focus on training and development with dedicated training time
Partnerships with industry specialists
Opportunity to progress and develop career

About the Company

The Kite Factory is an independent media agency built on Values and Velocity.
We combine strategic thinking, creative ambition, and commercial accountability to create Ideas That Deliver.
We partner with brands including WaterAid, White Claw, British Red Cross, Lovehoney, MedExpress, Friends of the Earth, and M&G Wealth.
We have specialists across strategy, planning, activation, data, analytics, and creative thinking.
We are recognized as a Campaign Best Place to Work and a Sunday Times Best Place to Work.
Ascend is The Kite Factory’s dedicated growth consultancy formed from 20 years of client experience.
Ascend addresses Marketing challenges beyond the media brief that unlock growth.

Equal Opportunity

At The Kite Factory, we welcome applications from all walks of life including those who are under-represented in our industry.
We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive place to work where everyone feels they can belong and celebrate each other's differences.
It’s so important to us that all voices are heard and listened to so that we can truly create an inclusive place to work where our teams can thrive.