Strategist

About Saatchi & Saatchi

At Saatchi & Saatchi, we embrace a culture where "Nothing is Impossible". Our core values revolve around freedom, bravery, imagination, and collaboration. We are dedicated to solving business challenges with transformative ideas, uncovering truths, driving innovation, and delivering results of world-class quality.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Strategist to enhance our award-winning Sydney team. As a key contributor, you will craft the strategic foundation for campaigns, brands, and experiences that deliver tangible business results. You will collaborate closely with creatives, account leaders, and senior strategists to extract meaningful insights, identify growth opportunities, and develop compelling strategic narratives that elevate creative outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Formulating strategic approaches tailored to client briefs and business goals.
• Conducting thorough research and data analysis to reveal insights and potential opportunities.
• Spotting cultural trends, shifts in consumer behavior, and emerging market changes.
• Developing engaging strategic narratives and creative briefs.
• Communicating insights and strategic recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborating with account and creative teams to transform ideas into reality.
• Giving strategic input throughout the creative development stages.
• Assessing campaign performance and suggesting optimizations.
• Contributing to award submissions and strategic case studies.
• Handling multiple projects simultaneously and ensuring timely, high-quality delivery.
• Continuously honing your strategic skills and tools.

Candidate Profile

We welcome applicants from varied backgrounds. Whether you have experience as a strategist, planner, researcher, marketer, or another role involving insight-driven problem solving, you might be a great fit.

• 3 to 4 years of experience in strategy, marketing, or a related field.
• Proficient in research, analytical thinking, and problem resolution.
• Able to translate complex data into actionable insights.
• Strong storytelling, presentation, and communication capabilities.
• Team-oriented with the ability to work across multidisciplinary groups.
• Genuine curiosity about people, brands, culture, and consumer behaviors.
• Skillful at balancing analytical rigor with creative intuition.
• Proactive attitude and eagerness to contribute beyond assigned tasks.
• Adaptability and enthusiasm for a dynamic creative workplace.

Additional Information and Benefits

As part of the Publicis Groupe family—a recognized leader in employer excellence—you gain access to many benefits:

• A robust Wholeself program supporting physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
• An inspiring and vibrant office atmosphere supported by a flexible work approach known as Publicis Liberté.
• Connection to Marcel, a global AI platform providing career mobility and collaboration opportunities.
• Extensive learning opportunities, including over 15,000 online programs through Marcel Classes.
• A culture fostering open feedback and development through the Career Conversations program.
• Strong commitment to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through several dedicated committees.
• Generous leave policies including birthday leave, flexible public holidays, and additional leave after two years of service.
• Work Your World program allowing employees to work from any location for up to six weeks annually.
• Comprehensive parental leave and care policies.
• Access to specialized wellbeing support via the Sonder digital health platform.
• A supportive culture for employees with serious illnesses through the Working With Cancer Pledge.
• Partnerships with respected diversity and inclusion organizations.

Diversity & Inclusion Commitment

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity are deeply embedded in our culture. We are dedicated to recognizing and including people of all races, ages, cultures, abilities, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, marital statuses, and religions, believing that diverse teams produce the best solutions for our clients.

We encourage all qualified individuals who resonate with our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity to apply, even if not all criteria are met.

Accessibility

We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process. Applicants requiring support can confidentially reach out via recruitment email.