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Strategist

What You’ll Do

Translate strategy into expression.

You understand the important space between strategy and design. The moment where insight becomes an idea, and ideas become something visual, emotional, and culturally relevant.

You’ll help unlock big ideas, tackle semiotic studies, shape creative territories for designers to express, and connect the “idea” to the “image” for both internal and external audiences.

Create compelling narratives.

You write with clarity and humanity. From positioning statements to manifestos to territory write-ups, you love language and know how to make strategy resonate.

You can build persuasive decks, or sections of decks, that connect strategy to design through clear, confident rationale and storytelling.

Bring brave thinking to innovation.

You’ll help shape innovation-focused deliverables across the studio, from concept writing and white space identification to innovation workshops and new ways of thinking.

Grow with presence.

You’ll be a key part of the strategy team, working across established and emerging brands alike.

This means raising the level of thinking, clarity, creativity, and ambition in every room you step into.

What We’re Looking For

  • 4-8 years experience in a brand design, branding, or innovation agency
  • Strong experience across positioning, architecture, messaging, innovation, and experiential strategy
  • A relentlessly curious thinker obsessed with “why,” with a sharp eye on cultural shifts, emerging behaviors, and the evolving visual landscape shaping brands today
  • Someone who can translate cultural signals, visual codes, and performance learnings into innovation opportunities, creative territories, and campaigns that drive growth
  • Proven ability to lead projects end-to-end and bridge strategy with execution, turning strategic thinking into clear creative direction across storytelling, tone, look and feel, and experience
  • A compelling storyteller and confident presence who is entrepreneurial, collaborative, ego-free, and comfortable challenging assumptions, mentoring others, and pushing ideas further

This is a hybrid role based in our NYC studio.

Interested?

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