Bohemia - Group Strategy Director

About Bohemia:

Bohemia was founded in 2011 to challenge the definition of media, and the function of a media agency. We do this by harnessing the power of media in all its forms to create profitable customer growth for our clients.

In 2017 we became a valued member of the M&
C Saatchi Group family, and have gone from strength to strength since. It has been an exciting couple of years collaborating together, building a consistent culture and immersing ourselves in working with a mix of skills, personalities and cultures.

The Opportunity:

We have an opportunity for an experienced communications strategist to join at an exciting chapter in Bohemia's lifecycle. After relaunching the agency in 2023 and with significant new business momentum, The Group Strategy Director will be responsible for driving the evolution and implementation across the agency and key clients.

It is a role with significant scope for ownership and input into the direction of Bohemia's business, and will play a key role in accelerating growth as part of new business opportunities.

You will also be an integral part of the wider M&
C Saatchi group, workingacross integrated clients and playing a key role in the cross function strategy unit made up of Brand, CX, Advertising, PR, Sponsorship and Social experts.

We're looking for an ambitious strategist looking to get hands on with agency product, bring fresh thinking to clients, is comfortable leveraging data and analytics to shape growth opportunities, and can work independently leading strategic responses for clients and pitches.

A Snapshot of What You'll Do:

• Champion the development and roll out of our Movement Mapping product, ensuring all clients have ecosystems in place that drive our planning and implementation.
• Craft detailed measurement frameworks to ensure we are able to quantify the impact of our strategic approaches, and form new hypotheses that fuel the evolution of our campaigns.
• Inspire teams to challenge the status quo and deliver standout &
  insightful communication solutions.
• Foster productive engagements with the strategy &
  research units of mediapublishers, ensuring that we have a strong understanding of their audience and growth ambitions.
• Drive strong relationships with senior strategic and integration teams across media/tech partners and participate in major media briefings encouraging communication solutions going beyond Paid into Owned, Shared and Earned Channels.
• Support in driving New Business, through ownership of strategic response in pitches.
• Lead, inspire and mentor the agency to develop their curiosity about media, communications and their clients businesses.
• Plus much more!

Skill &
Attributes:

• Have a depth of experience and capability in leading and building the strategic and connection planning function. You must be able to consistently deliver innovative and insightful strategies that focus on driving client growth.
• A thought leader that can identify innovation and improvement opportunities both within and beyond briefs across every client in the agency. Someone who will fight to bring great work to life at all levels with the agency.
• An analytical nature, comfortable in conversations around data, technology and measurement, with the ability to collaborate with specialists in this area to create bespoke solutions.
• A passion for brands, ideas and what makes people tick, combining the latest industry knowledge with cultural observations to deliver cutting edge thinking.
• A role model for agency collaboration, leading the way in delivering strategic &
  connected multi-discipline solutions across the agency group.
• Proven track record on leading new business pitches.

M&
C Saatchi Group Ambition:

As part of the M&
C Saatchi Group we come together to realise BIG AMBITIONS. And ours is to be the most connected creative company by organising original thinkers in uncommon ways.

We're committed to building a diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTQIA+ people. Our flexible work approach, employee-led diversity networks and inclusive career development approach all support and promote one of our core values 'Walk in Different Worlds' which helps describe our overall DE&
I mission. If you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let our team know.

We celebrate people who embrace our values and BIG AMBITIONS.

What WE value MOST:

• Walk in different worlds
• Make Uncommon Sense
• Run Towards the Fire (except if there is an actual fire when we run away from it)
• Roll as one
• Be excellent to each other

Best Bits About Working With Us:

Our big benefits fuel our big ambitions. We're here to support and encourage our people at every turn. Our commitment to your individual needs stems from our diverse Flexible Flexibility work approach, flexing to how you want to work and how you want to take your leave. You'll be saying "
Hello holidays"
with our flexible public holidays, summer half days and even extra leave for taking your leave. And, to further our support to you, Family First, Health and Wellness paid leave are on offer, along with our Work From Anywhere in the world initiative (so you can stay connected across the globe). Plus, you can join our inclusive community led networks, supporting things you care about and your cultural and social wellbeing.

WHAT ARE YOUR BIG AMBITIONS?

We'd love to hear what your ambitions are and how we can help you realise them with us!