Brand Strategist (Junior - Mid Level)

TAVERN is seeking highly talented and motivated strategists to join our team and work in partnership with our Creative and Client Services Teams. As part of the Strategy Team at TAVERN, you set the bar for strategic excellence across clients and projects. You're highly respected by the client and creatives for delivering strategic thinking that answers their business problems, and for being a champion of our creative excellence as an agency.

Our strategists are inspirational speakers, able to work on multiple projects while being a voice of authority within the agency and pushing strategic discipline forward. Most importantly, they've got a high degree of cultural and emotional intelligence that leads to effective collaboration across many different working styles and perspectives. You know how to empower others and create a genuine sense of team cohesion to drive the agency's strategic agenda forward.

Requirements

• JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Create and steward big brand strategies, clearly defining them and building them over multiple initiatives
• Own the strategic vision and creative output for assigned business
• Deeply understand the client business and what makes it tick
• Champion the brand purpose and ensure that it lives across all key touch-points and communications
• Identify additional opportunities for the growth of clients’ business and projects, both in the world and within the agency
• Forge relationships with internal members of leadership, across disciplines and departments (ie. Design, Client Services, Operations), constantly working with them to understand what’s working, what’s not, and what can be improved
• Be the strategic voice and oversee the strategic efficacy of the work in creative reviews

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2 to 5+ years of experience in a strategy role in an agency setting or brand strategy experience leading pieces of business and pitches in adjacent industry experience
• Proven expertise in brand positioning, insight generation, and track record of delivering creatively inspiring, business-driving briefs
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and creatively through examples of exceptional creative output who can serve as both a strong leader as well as a willing doer
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills with a healthy obsession with consumer trends to drive creative ideation
• Deep understanding of the roles of brands, communications and communication channels within business plans, particularly beverage/spirits, CPG, and hospitality brands
• Experience isolating the real business problems of a client business that a brand and communications strategy can affect
• Expertise leading new business opportunities, workshops and facilitating brainstorming sessions
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent training and/or experience
• Thrives on direct, honest and supportive communication