Senior Strategist
London
Temporary (6 months)
HYBRID 3 days in the office / 2 days remote
WHO WE ARE
We are RAPP – world leaders in activating growth with precision and empathy at scale.
As a global, next-generation precision marketing agency we leverage data, creativity, technology, and empathy to foster client growth. We champion individuality in the marketing solutions we create, and in our workplace. We fight for solutions that adapt to the individual’s needs, beliefs, behaviours, and aspirations.
We foster an inclusive workplace that emphasises personal well-being.
THE ROLE
- Create empathetic and precise brand experiences that engage customers at the right moment in a human way.
- Deliver customer-centric thinking across projects, account development and all other client work.
- Gain a deep understanding of brand and audience and be the champion of both through all work
- Add value to the client’s brief, where appropriate challenging their thinking, and inspire rich creative propositions that resonate with customers and prospects by drawing on existing insight.
- Guide creative teams to craft beautiful, impactful work and drive innovative thinking witin assigned account teams
- Lead meetings and workshops to support strategic thinking and tactical opportunities.
- Help senior members of the team to build client relationships and trust, and proactively identify business opportunities.
- Work with Marketing Sciences colleagues to analyse campaign performance and develop optimisation plans based on that analysis to improve performance across channels and audience journey stages.
- Contribute to our thought leadership programme (from short form social content to longer form thought pieces).
- Contribute positively to the agency’s new business drive through involvement in pitches.
- Manage time appropriately on nominated accounts to realise planned levels of client profitability.
- Contribute to a working environment in which diversity, unique perspectives, collaboration, and ‘jumping in’ thrives.
- Support junior staff in their professional development.
THE REQUIRMENTS
- Experience working as a Strategic Planner in a Precision Marketing Agency or client environment
- Strong creative judgement and opinion – you’ll have a portfolio of great projects you’ve contributed to
- Knowledge and understanding of customer journeys across all media and touch points
- An analytical thinker and self-starter with a strong desire to learn
- A passion to deliver exceptional work
- Presentation – a confident presenter of work to senior stakeholders both client and agency side. You’ll be able to explain complex ideas simply and compellingly
- You’ll have a track record of getting things done with proven experience of challenging conventions and bringing strategies to life.
- You’ll be comfortable and experienced leading more junior members of the team in delivering assigned projects.
NB: The successful applicant will be hired through Atrium and will be engaged as an Agency PAYE Temporary Worker.
Atrium is a third-party employment company and acts as Omnicom’s Employer of Record for temporary roles.
Skills Required
- Experience working as a Strategic Planner in a Precision Marketing Agency or client environment
- Strong creative judgement and opinion - portfolio of great projects
- Knowledge and understanding of customer journeys across all media and touch points
- Analytical thinker and self-starter with a strong desire to learn
- Passion to deliver exceptional work
- Confident presenter of work to senior stakeholders
- Proven experience of challenging conventions and bringing strategies to life
- Comfortable leading junior team members in delivering projects
RAPP Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RAPP and has not been reviewed or approved by RAPP.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and vacation are described as in line with industry norms, with standard PTO plus sick time and occasional “work from anywhere” options in some teams. Time-off levels can be negotiated at hire.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Mental-health support via an EAP and wellness-oriented elements such as ERGs and inclusion programming are part of the package. These components contribute to a supportive environment.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid schedules, remote-work options, and limited work-from-anywhere periods provide flexibility across locations. Specifics can vary by office and role.
RAPP Insights
What We Do
We are a global creative agency, but the individual is at the heart of everything we do. We use data to find out what makes them tick. We use technology to talk to them one-to-one – but to one million at a time. And we use creativity to encourage them to engage, click, buy and bond, again and again.
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