Associate Strategy Director

About Revolt, part of Anthesis

At Revolt we build brands the world wants more of.

Revolt is a global brand communications agency specialising in positive impact, working with major brands, fast-growing businesses and NGOs.

Sat at the intersection of brand communications, impact and business, we help brands build their corporate reputations, brand equity and internal culture.

We operate like a hybrid between a strategy consultancy and a creative agency: intellectually rigorous, creatively ambitious, and values-driven

Revolt is part of Anthesis, the world's leading specialist in sustainability, meaning everything we do is backed by substance and technical rigour.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Associate Strategy Director to join our Brand & Communications team. In this role, you will lead the development of sustainability narratives, messaging frameworks and creative communications strategies for global clients across topics such as climate, nature, circularity and regenerative agriculture.

You will combine research, insights and strategic thinking to help clients solve complex challenges through compelling brand and communications strategies. Working with multidisciplinary teams, you will lead projects independently, build trusted client relationships and contribute to business growth and thought leadership.

This role is ideal for someone with a background in sustainability communications, brand strategy, communications planning or strategic consulting, who can translate complex sustainability topics into engaging narratives, campaigns and creative propositions.

Key Responsibilities

Client Strategy & Project Leadership

• Lead strategic workstreams and manage projects end-to-end with minimal supervision.
• Design and deliver research programmes, including research proposals, surveys, interviews and discussion guides.
• Analyse insights from qualitative and quantitative research to uncover opportunities and inform strategic recommendations.
• Develop positioning platforms, sustainability narratives, messaging frameworks, campaign strategies and creative territories.
• Create clear, compelling and commercially impactful strategic recommendations that address client challenges.
• Present strategic thinking confidently to clients, facilitating discussions and responding effectively to feedback and questions.
• Collaborate with creative, account management and subject matter expert teams to translate strategy into impactful communications outputs.

Client Relationships

• Build trusted relationships with clients through strong strategic counsel and project leadership.
• Navigate complex conversations and manage stakeholder expectations effectively.
• Support client growth by identifying opportunities for additional strategic support and services.

Team Leadership

• Support and mentor junior strategists and consultants through effective briefing, delegation and coaching.
• Contribute to building a high-performing strategy team by sharing knowledge, approaches and best practices.
• Help drive strategic excellence across projects and encourage innovative thinking within the team.

New Business & Commercial Growth

• Support and lead strategic input into proposals, pitches and new business conversations.
• Define compelling narratives and proposition stories for prospective clients.
• Contribute to scopes of work, project approaches and strategic methodologies.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery, strategic outputs and team processes.

Thought Leadership

• Regularly contribute articles, reports, opinion pieces and industry commentary.
• Stay informed on emerging sustainability, communications and cultural trends.
• Represent the team externally where appropriate through events, webinars and industry forums.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Essential

• 5-8 years' experience in strategy, brand consulting, communications planning, sustainability communications or a related field.
• Proven experience developing communications strategies, messaging frameworks, brand positioning and campaign platforms.
• Strong understanding of sustainability topics such as climate action, decarbonisation, circular economy, nature, biodiversity and regenerative agriculture.
• Ability to translate technical or complex sustainability issues into clear, engaging and actionable narratives.
• Experience leading qualitative and quantitative research programmes and turning insights into strategic recommendations.
• Excellent presentation, storytelling and facilitation skills.
• Strong client management experience with confidence engaging senior stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously and working independently.
• Commercial awareness and ability to contribute to new business development activities.
• Excellent written communication skills and experience producing high-quality reports, strategic frameworks and thought leadership content.

Desirable

• Agency, consultancy or brand strategy background.
• Experience working with sustainability, ESG or purpose-led brands and organisations.
• Experience facilitating workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions.
• Experience mentoring or managing junior team members.
• Understanding of behaviour change, audience segmentation and communications effectiveness measurement.

Job Benefits

• Work within a highly motivated team in an innovative and rapidly growing global company
• Opportunity to have a direct impact and be a key part of the growth and development of the business and the team
• Competitive salary in line with, experience and skills
• Competitive benefits including flexible working, 25 days holiday and two volunteering days off and the day off for your Birthday!
• Cooperative, supportive and open working atmosphere.