Strategic Planner - Leeds/London

fuse8 is an award-winning digital agency with offices in London, Leeds and Russia. We conceive, design and deliver rewarding interactive experiences that make a positive difference for our clients and their customers.

Key Objective

fuse8 are now seeking a Strategic Planner to join our team to lead the digital strategy for the group and our clients. This role will require the ability to develop original ideas as well as displaying a proven experience in creating measurable results that support our offering.

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for researching and identifying key insights to drive solutions for our clients that deliver real results. You must be able to translate data and analysis about the business, market, brand and customer as well as fully understand customer journeys, today’s online landscape, search, mobile, and the opportunities that this fantastic industry presents.

The perfect candidate will identify and implement strategic planning tools, apply best practice in all we do and define our strategic approach to digital planning.

Other responsibilities include:

Responsible and accountable for managing the overall client/account P&L
Ensuring responsible financial management and monthly forecasts for your clients
Ensure that fuse8 is associated with outstanding creative work that is both strategic and breakthrough

Successful Candidate Profile

You will be confident and compelling in how you present insight and ideas to clients as well as facilitating and leading strategic workshops with clients and creative teams.

You will need to collaborate with the appropriate individuals to develop and build long-term relationships with key clients through your strategic guidance and proactive recommendations.

You will need to inspire and challenge our creative teams, support on speculative opportunities and educate the Client Service team to ensure that our existing clients are maximising on the opportunities that digital marketing provides.

Our ideal candidate will also:

Be used to working to tight deadlines
Be incredibly business-savvy with a good commercial acumen
Be passionate about marketing and be an advocate for digital
Have a real ambition to make a difference and be passionate about new business
Self confident, presentable and very articulate
Have a good, hard working attitude, a real team player
Use plenty of initiative with willingness to bring new ideas and approaches
Be honest, open and down-to-earth
Understanding of the international perspective available to fuse8 currently
Have extensive insight-led experience
Have exceptionally strong communication skills
Have the ability to think commercially

Skills and Experience

Minimum of three years proven experience in a multi-channel agency-planning role
As Strategic Planner for the agency, you will require a good understanding of digital/full-service agency world and the ability to present all disciplines well as required for a full-service agency such as fuse8

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