Midweight Strategist

I’m sure you’ve seen, DesignStudio is having a moment. A new brand, a new direction, new brave clients. It's an exciting time to be part of us, the energy of our work and team is like never before and we’re growing. Fancy being our new Radical Collaborator?

Our team are our superpower. We offer an amazing benefits package including fully hybrid working and our offsetters programme, giving everyone the studio an opportunity to work for 3 months in one of our global studios.

Spirit of the role

As a Strategist you will be the heart of the strategic output of our projects. Creating the work that underpins any project with strategic rigour, you will be relied upon for all aspects of strategy, from insight gathering to framework building.

We expect you to drive ideas, form compelling narratives and enable effective strategic solutions.

You will support the Senior Designers and wider team by answering briefs with strategic solutions to a very high standard.

You will flex between confidently working independently and as part of a larger strategic team, bringing enthusiasm and energy to any task or project.

What you'll do

Delivering the strategic elements of a project in collaboration with the creative team

Plan and run immersion research (creating and facilitating strategic workshops, stakeholder interviews etc.)

Create compelling brand strategy that the creative team can take meaningful action from (positioning, propositions, user experiences, information architecture etc.)

Hold the strategic project knowledge and unlock the potential for strategy throughout all stages of a project

Support with new business and proposals

Who you are

Experience: you’ve tackled many types of strategic challenge and are always open to new ones (branding, business, information architecture, user experience, naming etc.), most likely you’ll have at least two years of professional experience (not necessarily in brand).

In touch with the world: you know what’s going on in the world, what’s new, what’s old, and what’s coming next

Good facilitator: able to design and run workshops, enabling creative leaps and break through political impasses

Great storyteller: excellent presenter, writer and communicator who is able to construct a strong and persuasive argument with logic and imagination

Efficiency: able to juggle several tasks with ease, prioritize work-streams with strong organizational skills

Flexibility: able to flex and be confident working within any kind of industry, with any type of person, anywhere in the world (from startups to corporations to schools and beyond)

Solid toolkit: proficient with the tools of the trade and confident to go beyond, discovering new ones and developing your own (making films, prototypes, research methodologies etc.)

At DesignStudio, we know first-hand, excellent work comes from bringing great people together, from diverse backgrounds, stories and communities. And as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from anyone who might feel underrepresented in our industry. If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use.