Our client, a leading publisher is looking for a Creative Strategist for a 12month maternity covering Luxury, Travel and CPG categories - although a working knowledge of finance and other sectors may be advantageous

Job Role

• Partner with sales and other proposal contributions to develop market-leading, compelling proposals for clients
• Be the main point of contact for sales team at opportunity stage - owning the development process and writing the resulting proposals
• Own successful proposal delivery and client confirmation, facilitate the seamless handover to the activation team
• Lead brainstorms, co-ordinate strategic and creative discussions and inputs, and ultimately own the packaging and narrative for client proposals and presentations
• Work with sales and activation/delivery teams to deliver compelling fee proposals - taking into account branded content values and costs, media exposure, reach and impressions, creative execution and other fees
• Build programme cost estimates and manage cost analysis process (with finance) to delivery revenue and profitability goals
• Track and manage all proposal responses and outputs for specific sectorto improve win rates and allow for repackaging (but avoid duplication) of ideas and concepts

Experience, skills and professional attributes

• A strong and persuasive written and oral communicator
• A natural and persuasive collaborator
• Understanding of creative, content, communication and media techniques to help solve business objectives
• Strategic and commercial clout
• Ability to navigate and prioritise competing demands
• Understanding of marketing, research, thought leadership and policy-driven business objectives
• Experience in developing thought leadership focussed partnership proposals, as well as marketing budget facing ones
• Interest in and knowledge of specific business category/categories
• A client-centric mindset
• Management by influence style and approach

Creative Recruitment is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, age, sexuality, gender identification, or physical ability.