Chief Innovation Strategist

16 hours ago

Adelaide, South Australia Wavemaker Full time

About Wavemaker

Wavemaker is a global media, content and technology agency with a presence in Australia. We are ranked as the #2 Media Agency and have over 250 people working across six offices: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Auckland, New Zealand.

We are part of GroupM and WPP; the largest media buying alliance and marketing communications group in the world. Our culture and people are our strengths, which is why we have rated in the top 20 'Best Places To Work Australia' for the last four years.

About the Role

The Chief Innovation Strategist will be responsible for developing transformative strategic thinking and ideas across a diverse range of high profile clients. You will bring interesting things from the outside world in, to keep the agency's work fresh and innovative. Collaboration with teams across the agency is essential to ensure these strategies are brought to life in the most innovative, impactful way possible.

You will drive the overall quality of product across the wider agency via training and coaching. Your skills and experience will enable you to tell a compelling story through data business context and human behaviour.

Key Responsibilities

  • Developing and implementing innovative strategies for high profile clients
  • Collaborating with teams across the agency to bring strategies to life
  • Driving the overall quality of product across the wider agency
  • Telling a compelling story through data business context and human behaviour

What Success Looks Like

Within 3 months, you will be exposed to client teams within WAVEMAKER and learn their key planning and campaign cycles. You will understand the WAVEMAKER ANZ planning process and how this intersects with WAVEMAKER Momentum. You will establish collaborative relationships with all key stakeholders and internal reports.

You will start to deliver strategic responses to client briefs and begin building a rapport with clients. You will get up to speed on all analytic projects in the works and start to define how and where you can lead and support the teams.

Within 6 months, you will master the finer points of the WAVEMAKER planning process. You will provide guidance and training to the client teams on this process. You will be introduced to the wider WAVEMAKER network and started to build your profile across the national strategy and analytics team in GroupM.

You will be involved in at least one WAVEMAKER Momentum study. You will become a trusted, first point of contact for key clients. You will meaningfully contribute to strategy responses for new business pitches.

Within 12 months, you will become an integral part of the WAVEMAKER new business team – a go-to person for pitch strategy work. You will materially contribute to the overall WAVEMAKER planning process – improving how we approach and solve tough problems for clients.

You will contribute to a thought leadership piece that helps build WAVEMAKER's profile amongst clients and the industry. You will become a trusted point of contact for strategic and analytics advice across all WAVEMAKER staff.

Salary Range

Average salary in Australia for a Chief Innovation Strategist is around $180,000 - $220,000 per annum, depending on location and experience.

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