Tilt Creative Strategist

TILT
CREATIVE STRATEGIST

TILT is looking for a brand-led Creative Strategist to join our growing strategy team. This role would work closely with our Strategy Director, translating brand strategy into meaningful activations across multiple clients — giving you a variety of challenges, teams, and insights to explore on a regular basis.

WHO WE ARE

As an independent agency, we’ve created a space that’s equal parts brand consultancy and creative agency. On the strategy team — we get to be the bridge. Shaping brands to do what the business needs them to, and understanding how and why that matters to the world. Working primarily with the nation’s leading healthcare and technology innovators, we’re looking for a strategist keen on making a tangible impact on the world around them.

WHO YOU ARE

As a strategist at TILT, you are innately curious. A natural question-asker. A navigator of insights. You’re confident in working closely with clients and creatives alike to translate brand strategy into head-turning creative activations. You’re passionate in finding the crossover between audience and culture to create clear and inspiring creative briefs. You’re the matchstick, headlamp, and guide to any creative project. You aren’t afraid to tap into your nerdy side, distill data and trends alike, and bring it all together into a single strategic idea.

JOB SUMMARY

Provide day-to-day strategic guidance and expertise on brand-led advertising and activation. Creates briefs, strategies, POVs, presentations, research reports, and other strategic deliverables. Works closely with clients, creative, and account teams to create remarkable work that’s on-strategy. Translates brand strategy into creative inspiration. Works closely with the Account team to strategically guide clients and present briefs and strategies.

PREFERRED WORK EXPERIENCE

3+ years in brand/advertising strategy with an understanding of account strategy and management in a creative or brand agency environment

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Transform the chaos of client objectives, audience needs/desires and market dynamics into clear creative briefs that spark the creative process
• Examine clients’ businesses to get to know their brands, understand their objectives and create cohesive plans for successful campaigns
• Uncover unique and unexpected insights about clients, consumers and culture
• Package research and rationale into inspiration for creative teams and strategic direction for our clients
• Understand the fundamentals of brand strategy and its role in creative activation
• Clearly articulate complex ideas into easily understandable and actionable direction that can be translated in multiple formats (briefs, presentations, feedback, etc.) for multiple audiences (creative, account, client, c-suite leadership)
• Have an opinion that challenges traditional ways of thinking with new ideas, strategic insights and moving stories
• Monitor and assess campaign effectiveness

KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

• Creative strategy: campaign brief writing, strategic thinking, cultural analysis
• Deck writing & creation: strong written & narrative skills
• Client support: strong verbal clarity, client professionalism, and proactive thinking
• Creative collaboration: confidence working with and inspiring creative teams
• Some exposure to brand strategy: positioning, frameworks, workshops
• Some exposure to qualitative and quantitative research
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Google Suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets)

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

Bachelor's Degree in a related field (Marketing/Advertising, Business, Communications, Social Science, etc.) or equivalent course / work experience

WORK AUTHORIZATION

Employees must be authorized to work in the U.S. TILT does not provide sponsorships.

EEO

TILT is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

TILT operates a professional office environment. Employees routinely use standard office equipment. Employees are occasionally required to sit and balance for extended periods of time. Employees can lift/move 10 up to 25 lbs.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS OFFERED

Salary Range for this position is $100,000-$120,000 annually, paid on a semi-monthly basis.

Remote and/or hybrid working model

Flexible schedule

Paid time off

Bi-Annual company gatherings

Health, Vision and Dental Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Life Insurance

401(k) with matching

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