Strategist (Mid-Senior)

DNA Recruit is partnering with a leading Global Shopper Marketing Agency, renowned for delivering insight-driven campaigns that connect brands with shoppers across physical and digital environments.
The agency is expanding its Strategy team and looking for a talented Senior Strategist to play a key role in shaping impactful, integrated campaigns.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative, forward-thinking team that blends data, creativity, and deep shopper understanding to drive real commercial impact.

The Role:

As Senior Strategist, you will be responsible for developing clear, compelling strategic direction that inspires standout creative work. Acting as a key strategic partner to both clients and internal teams, you’ll bring fresh thinking, strong insight, and a deep understanding of shopper behaviour to every brief.
You’ll work across a variety of accounts, collaborating closely with client services, creative, and data teams to deliver integrated campaigns that resonate across multiple touchpoints.

Responsibilities:

• Develop clear, single-minded strategic platforms that drive creative excellence
• Write inspiring creative briefs grounded in strong shopper, consumer, and category insight
• Partner with client teams to understand business challenges and translate them into actionable strategy
• Collaborate with creative and account teams to ensure strategic integrity throughout campaign delivery
• Contribute to integrated campaign thinking across in-store, digital, experiential, and broader brand channels
• Present strategic thinking confidently to senior clients and internal stakeholders
• Stay ahead of retail, shopper, and cultural trends to bring fresh, innovative thinking to the work
• Deliver high-quality strategic output within agreed timelines and scope

Requirements:

• Strong experience in a strategy role within shopper marketing, retail marketing, or integrated agencies
• Deep understanding of shopper behaviour and the retail landscape
• Proven ability to develop insight-led strategies that drive creative and commercial impact
• Experience working across integrated channels including in-store, digital, and experiential
• Confident communicator with experience presenting to senior clients
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking, with the ability to simplify complexity
• Proactive, curious, and ideas-driven mindset

This is a fantastic opportunity for a strategically minded individual to take the next step in their career within a high-growth, internationally connected agency environment.
 
Location: London/ Hybrid (4 days on site)
Salary: up to £65K Benefits
Reference: 12037

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