Strategy Consultant

12 month MAT Leave Cover
- Collaborative team
- Top tier clients

**Where** does the next line of your story start? With Mahlab. A group of **deep** thinkers, open minds and creative communicators driven by unconventional **curiosity**. Here, there are no bad questions or boring stories. Because we know a questioning mind and listening ear **creates** work that works. Work that matters. Work with **impact**.

Headquartered in Sydney, with teams in Melbourne, Auckland and Singapore, we’re one of Asia Pacific's largest independent agencies creating award-winning business communications for some of the world’s most dynamic B2B brands such as Figma, Zoom and ABB.

As a consultant at Mahlab, you will be responsible for developing strategies for our clients. Working closely with the Head of Strategy, this role includes leading the strategy development process with the client and internally as well as leading multidisciplinary project teams to develop and deliver on strategy engagements.

You will identify opportunities for additional projects with existing clients and develop proposals to secure these opportunities. This will include identifying the problem that we are trying to solve, actively engaging the client in developing the opportunity and building out the project budget.

**A day in the life could look like this**:

- Develop strategies that align with clients' business objectives, leveraging market insights and data.
- Facilitate workshops, strategic planning sessions, or insight presentations with clients, alongside the Head of Strategy and other members of the Mahlab team.
- Provide guidance on new approaches to meet client goals, challenging conventional thinking when necessary.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with clients, acting as a key point of contact.
- Deliver exceptional client service by deeply understanding client needs, priorities, and challenges
- Provide strategic counsel that enhances client trust and positions Mahlab as a valuable partner.
- Lead and coordinate internal and freelance teams to ensure strategies are understood and delivered to a high quality, on time and on budget.
- Take ownership of project management, ensuring timelines, budgets, and deliverables are met.
- Review (and in some cases, conduct) qualitative, quantitative and desk research to identify key trends, insights, and opportunities for clients.
- Leverage generative AI to gather insights to support the strategy development process.

**The ideal person for this role will possess**:

- 4+ years experience working in communications or a similar field.
- 2+ years delivering strategic consultancy.
- Tertiary qualification in Communications, Marketing, Media Relations, Project Management or similar (advantageous).
- A team player, capable of coordinating multiple stakeholders and projects at once and leading from the front.
- Strong commercial acumen.
- Keen interest in exploring new tools (such as generative AI) to expand capabilities and improve the strategy development process.

**Why it’s pretty good here**:

- We’re a female-led and diverse organisation, passionate about elevating and supporting everyone
- Mahlab is a certified B corporation
- We develop talent in a nurturing and supportive environment
- We have an inclusive and flexible culture with remote and hybrid work available
- Employee Assistance Program - free, confidential and independent support
- Our bespoke learning and development platform, The Mahlabratory
- A variety of discounts available through our Employment Hero HR platform
- Dog-friendly office and an active social committee with regular activities and catch ups

If you would like to join a great, smart bunch of creatives, marketers, writers, strategists, designers, producers and communicators, who love coffee, dogs, trivia, and the occasional matching outfits then we would love to hear from you.

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As a B Corp, we’re part of a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact.

Mahlab is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender, gender identity, colour, race, religion, national origin, disability, or any other protected status recognised under applicable law.