Senior Innovation Strategist

Who You Are:

With 5-10 years of experience, you are a change agent focused on evangelizing and demonstrating the power of innovation to disrupt markets and build world class brands. You are a proactive self-starter who is comfortable exploring new territories, experimenting, and leading people confidently into the Web3 world. Equal parts left and right brain, you should be very comfortable with research and data insights, as well as ideation and creation.  You will collaborate with creative, strategy, tech, account, and operational teams to accelerate change throughout the organization.  

What You’ll Do:

• Research & thought leadership: You will be developing internal and external facing POVs on trends, new emerging technologies, industry markets, best experiences, and changing user behaviors. You are comfortable using quant and qual research tools and able to refine complex information and data into key takeaways and/or compelling hypotheses. You can prepare and give presentations on findings & recommendations for internal and external stakeholders.  
• Client innovation & planning: You will actively contribute and bring your voice to the table: You will help identify, cultivate, and drive innovation opportunities that build and grow the business. You are excited to share new technologies, platforms, partnerships, and ideas for various client projects. Even more importantly, you can effectively communicate and visualize those ideas in clear frameworks and experience platforms that inform creative work
• Community building & networking: You will play a key role in nurturing and developing the internal NA innovation community, a cross disciplinary group of folks across all areas of the agency. You will help steer the content and activities. You also should be highly engaged / have interest in the creative technology and experience innovations community at large (e.g., startups, partners, talent).
• Program Management: You can multi-task and comfortable to work at both a micro and macro level. For some projects, you will be very hands-on and involved with logistics and production; other times your role may be more like a producer/promoter of events and marketing opportunities.

What Sets you Apart:

• Brave Change Agent: You are an enemy of the status quo who wants to reinvent, reimagine, and do work that gets noticed, loved, and envied. You know that a rebellious spirit and a healthy skepticism of the status quo are necessary conditions for innovation and change. You use frameworks to guide your work but are able to adjust your thinking & process based on specific goals at hand.
• Radical Collaborator: You welcome collaboration and POVs from others. You collaborate easily with not only our creative teams & strategy, but across account, project management and others to push and enhance your thinking.
• Storyteller: You know how to translate your unique professional and lived experience into bold, brave strategic thinking that pushes boundaries and creates positive discomfort. You bring a point of view and the drive and persuasion to welcome others into it.
• Digital Provocateur: You are an endlessly curious seeker who can bring fresh, unexpected digital thinking to the work we do. You stay on top of industry standards and new media opportunities to consult on new ways to connect with our audience.
• Maker:  You don’t just talk about ideas, but you work to transform ideas into something tangible and substantial.  Whether it be a new business pitch, concept mock-up, a prototype, or a final build – you play a key role finding and working with the right partners to bring the work to life.  
• Technology enthusiast: You embrace all things digital and have familiarity with the key platforms – from Unity to Epic, ChatGPT to Lens Studio and beyond.  You are not a coder, but you are very comfortable speaking in the language of technology and working closely with developers.
• Self-Starter & Solution-Oriented: You have a high Say-Do ratio. You can take feedback from external and internal collaborators and craft the best way forward. You aren't afraid to step up in times of ambiguity and ask questions to uncover the info you need to get tasks done.

Who We Are:

TBWAChiatDay Values

Our creative product is everyone’s responsibility.

We are tough on the work. We are kind to each other.

When we take care of each other, the rest takes care of itself.

TBWAChiatDay Attitudes

Curiosity: Be open minded to ideas wherever they come; curious people are often unafraid of change;

Collaboration: Self-confidence without a big ego; work with all types of people;

Integrity: What we say is what we do; it is honesty and respect in our dealings with people;

Resourcefulness: To find ways to do whatever we have to do for our clients, and our people

The annual salary range for this role is $105,000-$110,000 and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic location and experience. Other compensation includes relocation costs, if applicable.

Benefits for this role include health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), stock purchase, vacation, sick and personal days, Also, you will be eligible (approximately thirty days after you commence employment) to participate in all disability, life, travel insurance plans and programs, retirement plans subject to the terms and conditions of such benefit plans. Please don’t let our posted ranges keep you from exploring this or any other exciting opportunities within TBWA.

This job requires you to have a COVID vaccine. If you have a medical or religious reason for not receiving the COVID vaccine, the agency will engage in a discussion with you about whether there is a viable accommodation that can be provided.