Senior Strategist

About us

At Design Bridge and Partners, part of WPP, we design brands with the power to move. Pulling people towards them with an irresistible force that compels and connects. With 900 creative minds across 17 studios worldwide, diverse in expertise, experience, backgrounds and beliefs, we are united in our ambition to achieve real impact for our clients’ brands benefiting their business, people and the planet.

With expertise across brand strategy, brand design, brand engagement and brand effectiveness our clients across the world include NASA Artemis, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Mastercard, Intel, HSBC, Tencent, Twitch, Heineken, Reckitt and the BBC.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Strategist based in our Shanghai studio, to support Strategy Directors with research and insights and to work closely with the creative team to develop inspiring briefs that shape world-class work. You’ll work across the full spectrum of strategy projects – positioning, naming, brand architecture, communications and more, executing our brand philosophy and ideas within the agency and to clients.

About you

You will already have worked in a similar role for around 4–6 years, with a range of brand strategy experience for clients in China. You thrive solving business and creative challenges at pace, always presenting your ideas clearly and compellingly to the team and clients. You’re comfortable with data and research, but also have a creative spirit and you’re happy brainstorming with the team to come up with game-changing creative ideas. Your favourite tool? Words! Brilliantly chosen, powerfully used.

Why us?

We’re passionate about our people and their careers. We’ll help you develop your skills and provide you with outstanding benefits. So you’ll have a chance to make your mark on our future, as we make a mark on yours. We’re proud to be the world’s most awarded brand design agency, with 28 Cannes Lions to our name and Creative Review Annual’s Most Creative Design Agency of the Year 2024. You’ll get to take new projects to award-winning potential, as part of a connected team of brilliant, tenacious people right by your side and across the world.

Design Bridge and Partners, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

Due to the volume of applications, we unfortunately can only respond to successful candidates.

We will not accept unsolicited CVs or approaches via recruitment agencies.

#LI-DNI #LI-DNP #LI-WPPBC1