Senior Strategist

Senior Strategist – Fixed Term Contract at RAPP

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Contract: 6 months FTC – highly likely to be converted to permanent

Working arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days in the office / 2 days remote

RAPP is a world‑leading precision marketing agency. We leverage data, creativity, technology and empathy to activate growth at scale.

• 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 champion both through all work.
• Add value to the client’s brief, challenge their thinking where appropriate, and inspire rich creative propositions that resonate with customers and prospects using existing insight.
• Guide creative teams to craft beautiful, impactful work and drive innovative thinking within assigned account teams.
• Lead meetings and workshops to support strategic thinking and tactical opportunities.
• Help senior members of the team 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 the agency’s 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.
• Support junior staff in their professional development.

• Experience working as a Strategic Planner in a precision marketing agency or client environment.
• Strong creative judgement and opinion – 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 for delivering exceptional work.
• Presentation skills – confident presenter of work to senior stakeholders both client and agency side; able to explain complex ideas simply and compellingly.
• A proven track record of getting things done with experience of challenging conventions and bringing strategies to life.
• Comfortable and experienced at leading more junior members of the team in delivering assigned projects.