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About the Role
We are seeking a motivated, ambitious, and curious individual to join VCCP’s Planning department, ideally a strategist progressing towards Senior Strategist. This role involves supporting complex businesses with rigorous strategic guidance, taking ownership of smaller projects, and assisting senior planners on larger initiatives. Work streams can range from upstream strategic thinking and integrated campaigns to tactical trading, research, and creative opportunities. We value a lean-in attitude, self-starters, strong agency understanding, problem-solving enthusiasm, adaptability, resilience, and a team-oriented approach that enhances our culture.
Responsibilities
- Work with complex businesses requiring rigorous strategic support.
- Take ownership of smaller projects.
- Support senior planners on larger projects.
- Engage in upstream strategic thinking and integrated campaigns.
- Handle tactical trading, research, and proactive creative opportunities.
- Keep a pulse on internet culture, tech trends, and media shifts.
- Work on pitches and new business initiatives.
- Analyze trend reports, synthetic research, social media listening, and qualitative/quantitative data.
- Become an expert on tools like Mintel, TGI, and Meltwater.
- Collaborate with senior strategists to translate complex client problems into actionable briefs.
- Prepare research decks, competitor reviews, mood boards, and presentations.
- Conduct customer interviews and analyze focus group findings.
- Actively participate in client meetings and creative reviews.
Requirements
- Hustle, humility, and a hunger to learn.
- Strategy, consulting, or business experience.
- Comfort with data.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to build clear narratives and articulate them fluently.
- Deep curiosity about people and their behavior.
- Positive outlook on using technology for future-facing brands.
- Experience with AI experimentation.
- Passion for great creative work.
- Strong point of view on creating great work.
- Resilience to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Proactive with a can-do attitude.
- Eagerness to learn and get involved.
- Strive for excellence and take pride in work.
- Friendly and approachable demeanor.
- Ability to build rapport and establish excellent working relationships.
- Alignment with agency values.
- Team player mentality.
Skills
- Strategic thinking
- Data analysis
- Narrative building
- Client communication
- Trend analysis
- AI experimentation
- Creative work development
- Research
- Trend reporting
- Synthetic research
- Social media listening
- Qualitative data analysis
- Quantitative data analysis
- Mintel
- TGI
- Meltwater
- Brief development
- Presentation design
- Customer interviewing
- Focus group analysis
- Client meeting participation
- Creative review participation
Location
- North America
- EMEA
- APAC
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Strategist
- Senior Strategist
About the Company
- VCCP is the global challenger network for challenger brands.
- With over 1,500 people across 13 offices in North America, EMEA, and APAC.
- Challenges convention to create value for ambitious organizations.
- Founded on principles of simplicity, collaboration, and un-preciousness.
- Works with clients including Virgin Media O2, Barclays, Cadbury, Compare the Market, Domino’s, White Claw, easyJet, Primark, and Co-op.
- Has topped the AAR’s annual new business ranking in 13 of the last 14 years.
- Holds multiple Agency of the Year titles.
- Shares an ambition to challenge self, clients, and the industry.
Equal Opportunity
- VCCP believes DE&I is about 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.