About the Role
As a Saatchi & Saatchi Strategist, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the thinking behind campaigns, brands and experiences that drive real business outcomes for our clients. Working alongside talented creatives, account leaders and senior strategists, you'll uncover meaningful insights, identify opportunities and develop compelling strategic narratives that inspire exceptional creative work.
Responsibilities
- Developing strategic responses to client briefs and business challenges
- Conducting research and analysing data to uncover insights and opportunities
- Identifying cultural trends, changing consumer behaviours and emerging market dynamics
- Crafting inspiring strategic narratives and creative briefs
- Presenting insights and recommendations to clients and internal teams
- Partnering with account management and creative teams to bring ideas to life
- Providing strategic input throughout the creative development process
- Measuring campaign effectiveness and helping optimise performance
- Supporting award submissions and strategic case studies
- Managing multiple projects and delivering high-quality work against deadlines
- Continuously building your skills, tools and strategic thinking capability
Requirements
- Approximately 3-4 years' experience in strategy, marketing or a related discipline
- Strong research, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience translating data and findings into actionable insights
- Excellent storytelling, presentation and communication skills
- A collaborative approach and ability to work across multidisciplinary teams
- Curiosity about people, brands, culture and consumer behaviour
- The ability to balance analytical thinking with creative intuition
- A proactive mindset and willingness to contribute beyond your immediate remit
- Adaptability and enthusiasm for a fast-paced creative environment
Skills
- Strategy
- Marketing
- Research
- Analysis
- Problem-solving
- Data translation
- Storytelling
- Presentation
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Creative intuition
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Benefits
- Comprehensive Wholeself program supporting physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing
- Creative, lively, and rewarding office environment
- Publicis Liberté flexibility approach
- Access to Global AI Platform Marcel
- Extensive Learning & Development opportunities
- Career Conversations program
- Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion initiatives
- Birthday Leave
- Flexible Public Holidays
- Additional 5 days of leave after 2 years of service
- Work Your World program (work from anywhere for up to 6 weeks per year)
- Parental leave policy
- Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder
- Supportive culture for employees with life-threatening illnesses
- Working With Cancer Pledge partnership
About the Company
- At Saatchi & Saatchi, we believe NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. We value FREEDOM, BRAVERY, IMAGINATION, and COLLABORATION. We unravel business problems with world-changing ideas. We dig for the truth, apply innovation & creativity, then actualize to world-class standards. We’re results-obsessed.
- Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world's most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses.
Equal Opportunity
- We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity rather than ticking boxes
- Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words; these are part of our DNA.
- We are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation.
- We value diversity and the skills, knowledge, and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions.
- Uniqueness is powerful; without it, we wouldn't be where we are today. So be you — we like it that way.
- We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process.
