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About the Role
We are seeking a motivated, ambitious, and curious individual to join VCCP's Planning department. This role involves supporting senior planners on large projects and taking ownership of smaller ones, working with complex businesses requiring strategic support. The position offers opportunities to engage in upstream strategic thinking, integrated campaigns, trading, research, and creative development.
Responsibilities
- Work with major UK brands to address creative and commercial challenges.
- Monitor internet culture, tech trends, and media shifts to ensure work is current and relevant.
- Contribute to pitches and new business efforts, identifying growth opportunities for brands.
- Analyze trend reports, research, social media listening, and consumer data to understand consumer behavior and brand interaction.
- Become proficient in tools such as Mintel, TGI, and Meltwater.
- Collaborate with senior strategists to translate complex client issues into clear briefs for creative teams.
- Develop research decks, competitor analyses, and presentations to inspire ideas and communicate concepts.
- Conduct customer interviews and analyze focus group findings.
- Participate actively in client meetings and creative reviews.
Requirements
- Hustle, humility, and a desire to learn.
- Experience in strategy, consulting, or business.
- Comfort with data and meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to construct clear narratives and communicate them effectively.
- Deep curiosity about people and their behavior.
- AI fluency and a positive perspective on leveraging technology for brand development.
- Experience with AI experimentation.
- Passion for creative work and contributing to major UK brands.
- A strong point of view on creating impactful work.
- Adaptability and resilience in a fast-paced environment.
- Team player mentality, contributing positively to the company culture.
Skills
- Strategy
- Consulting
- Business Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Attention to Detail
- Narrative Building
- Communication
- AI Fluency
- Creative Development
- Trend Analysis
- Research
- Client Management
- Mintel
- TGI
- Meltwater
Location
- North America
- EMEA
- APAC
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Benefits
- 25 days holiday
- Private Medical Healthcare
- Pension scheme
- Life Assurance
- Income Protection
- Work mobile phone
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave (after qualifying period)
- Half a day off before a bank holiday (work permitting)
- Payday pizza
- Daily fresh fruit
- Stocked drinks fridges
- Employee assistance program
- Gourmet Society & Tastecards
- Health Screening
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- RAC Vehicle Breakdown Cover
- Free annual eye test
- Curious sessions and information sharing
- Give as you earn scheme
- Cycle to work scheme (after probationary period)
- Corporate Gym Membership (after probationary period)
- Season ticket loan (after probationary period)
About the Company
- VCCP is a global challenger network for challenger brands.
- With over 1,500 employees across 13 offices globally, VCCP challenges convention to deliver value for ambitious organizations.
- The company integrates specialists from strategy, AI, data, media, digital, experience, branding, creativity, production, PR, CX, CRM, and employee engagement.
- Founded on principles of simplicity, collaboration, and un-preciousness.
- Clients include Virgin Media O2, Barclays, Cadbury, Compare the Market, Domino’s, White Claw, easyJet, Primark, and Co-op.
- VCCP has led AAR’s new business ranking for 13 of the last 14 years and holds multiple Agency of the Year titles.
- The company shares an ambition to challenge itself, its clients, and the industry.
Equal Opportunity
- VCCP believes in creating a strong culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive and be their authentic self.
- VCCP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or ethnicity.
- Adjustments can be requested during the application or interview process by contacting joinus@vccp.com.