Senior Strategist - 3 Month FTC

About the role

LADbible Group is looking for a Senior Strategist to join its 150-strong commercial team, LAD360, on a 3-month fixed-term contract. The role shapes the thinking behind LAD360's commercial work for its brand partners, combining fast-paced response to agency briefs with longer-term partnerships built on data and audience insight. It is based in London with a hybrid arrangement.

Key responsibilities

• Shape pitch narratives and decks that win new business and grow key partnerships
• Respond to a high volume of agency briefs at pace, with a quick, sharp and light-touch approach
• Work with commercial leads on key clients to build bigger, smarter, longer-term partnerships
• Partner with creatives to guide ideation and turn ideas into clear, compelling client-facing stories
• Partner with the Data, Intelligence and Planning team to develop insights that drive strategy and effectiveness
• Find smarter ways of working, including using AI tools to speed up processes

Required profile

• Proven experience in creative strategy, ideally from a social publisher, media company, social agency or consultancy
• Track record of developing winning strategies and narratives across clients and categories
• Experience handling high-volume briefs as well as longer-term client partnerships
• Natural storyteller able to turn a brief, conversation or insights into a compelling pitch narrative
• Confident using data and audience insights to sharpen strategy
• Social-first mindset, understanding all platforms and confident in social-first strategies
• Structured, commercially minded thinking that links client business goals to the proposed idea

Required skills

• Excellent deck-building (Google Slides, Keynote) and presentation skills
• Nice to have: experience using AI tools to speed up the pitch process, experience with research and media data, and experience mentoring or managing others

The company offers blended working, with most departments working in the office four days per week. It is an equal opportunities employer.