Who are we?

Soze is a worker-owned creative agency for social impact.

We believe that important issues require creativity and imagination to make an impact. We have shaped our expertise through decades of collective experience. We craft award-winning campaigns and projects in partnership with leading organizations and purpose-driven brands on the forefront of change.

We cultivate collective success. From the beginning, we dreamed of disrupting “business as usual.” Today, our worker-owned creative agency continues to operate on a triple-bottom line model: people, planet, and profit. Yes, in that order.

We don’t simply talk about our values of courage, compassion and equity – we live them. Our team shows up to do the work every day with a personal commitment and connection. Everything we do, every detail, is created with intention.

As an agency we make what we believe in.

About this role:

The Creative Strategy Team at Soze integrates strategic and creative thinking to ensure that every part of our work is grounded in a clear “why”. We deliver informed and inspiring recommendations that expand our team's and clients' perspectives on what could be possible – while creating impact with the communities they're hoping to reach. Effective creative strategists must know how to craft pathways to develop transformative ideas, tell the best stories, think of the strongest beats in a campaign, and shape it all into a cohesive, compelling, culturally-relevant strategy.

We are looking for a Senior Creative Strategist to join our fast-growing team. Our ideal candidate is a flexible self-starter with a passion for creativity and social impact who is looking to grow and play an active role in shaping the Creative Strategy Department. We’re hoping to connect with candidates who are:

Inherently curious. You have a strong appetite for learning and discovery. When you dive into categories, issue areas, audiences, and trends, you explore far and wide to seek a spark that can ignite unexpected and brilliant ideas.
Able to transform research into insights. You create clarity out of ambiguity. You distill pages of notes into clear, compelling implications with actionable recommendations. And you have an eye for capturing simple, human truths that provide a strong foundation for creative work.
Proactive & solutions-oriented. You are a natural at pushing to identify the real problem hiding behind the perceived one. You see the challenges you encounter as opportunities to provide innovative solutions that create positive change.
Skillful collaborators. From building relationships across multiple teams to navigating varied personalities, you’re eager to work with others to solve problems, brainstorm together, support each other, and push for great ideas.
Creative writers & 360° visionaries. You thrive on finding the right words to describe big ideas and deliver a compelling point-of-view. You naturally think beyond individual tactics and see the big picture, with a jack-of-all-trades approach.
Client whisperers & conversation guides. You can confidently lead presentations, build rapport and trust, and connect strategic and creative choices back to client priorities. You are comfortable interacting with people at all levels of a client’s organization, as well as conducting stakeholder and community interviews.

Responsibilities

From the beginning of a project to the end, Strategists are conceptual thinkers, problem solvers, and storytellers who work across integrated teams and multiple projects. Senior Creative Strategists are responsible for the following:

Lead the development of all strategy deliverables for small to medium-sized projects, with some oversight and support from the broader team.
Serve in a client-facing role, deliver presentations, and engage with key stakeholders – with oversight and support from the broader Creative Strategy team and project team members.
Initiate client discovery sessions, guiding internal and external teams to establish clear objectives and strong goals.
Identify key audiences and communities, with a clear understanding of who they are, what we want them to feel, and the action we want them to take.
Conduct landscape research, uncovering relevant trends and insights to the issue areas, audiences, and culture at large – and support qualitative interview processes to capture stories from real people.
Facilitate creative concepting and brainstorming with internal team members, and collaborate to shape strong ideas that ladder back to the strategy.
Remain part of the project into the execution phase, which could include supporting small copywriting needs, advising on social strategies and influencer, shaping messaging for communications, providing perspectives on experiential journeys, and more.
Actively contribute to Soze’s internal culture and the Creative Strategy Department’s approach and processes, with proactive and creative ideas for how to make our collective work stronger.

Experience

3-5 years of experience in a creative agency or similar environment. Client-facing experience is strongly preferred.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with proficiency in building decks, particularly in Google Slides.
Foundational knowledge of multiple research methods, from landscape analysis to qualitative interviews and surveys, audience research, stakeholder interviews, etc – with the ability to draw conclusions and form a clear point-of-view.
Proven and tested ability to juggle multiple projects, navigate multiple personalities, and maintain a positive attitude through it all.
Comfort in working closely with a team through various stages of strategy building, refinement, and creative concepting.
Strong organizational abilities, including time management and attention to detail.
Strong understanding of how to translate the client’s objectives into creative solutions.

Salary + Benefits

Salary band for this role is $75,000 to $90,000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications.
100% paid medical, dental + vision benefits // 50% paid medical, dental + vision for family
401k plan with 25% employer matching
The Soze Agency is a worker-owned cooperative. Full-time employees are eligible to become co-owners after two years of consecutive full-time employment. Benefits to co-ownership will be discussed during the hiring process.

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