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With 900 creative minds across 18 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. Our clients include global brands across industries, such as technology, finance, consumer goods, and media.\nAbout WPP\nWPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.\nKey Responsibilities\nStrategic & Project Direction\nStrategic Blueprinting: Lead the strategic development phase of projects, translating complex business problems into clear design briefs and concrete creative opportunities.\nStrategy-to-Creative Synergy: Bridge the gap between logic and magic. Work alongside creative teams in the studio to ensure that strategic recommendations are beautifully and consistently carried through from concept to final execution.Briefing & Inspiration: Design and deliver inspiring creative briefs that challenge conventional thinking and push design output into distinct, brave, and award-winning spaces.\nResource & Delivery Management\nResource Optimization: Strategically plan and manage internal and freelance strategy resources for your core client accounts, matching project requirements with the right talent.\nMilestone Ownership: Collaborate with Creative Directors and Client Leadership to map out project milestones, define strategic outputs, manage timelines, and ensure flawless, agile delivery.\nRelationship Management & Growth\nStrategic C-Suite Access: Cultivate strong, trusted relationships with key senior strategy and marketing decision-makers within client organizations.\nNew Business and Practice Development: Proactively present Design Bridge and Partners’ full spectrum of capabilities across markets and practices, spearheading new market initiatives in support of the agency’s long-term growth plan.\nLeadership & Collaboration\nEmpathy & Guidance: Foster a psychological safe, highly motivated, and inspired team culture. Lead by example with high standards of professionalism and open, constructive communication.\nGlobal Alignment: Act as a cohesive link across our studio network, encouraging cross-sharing of insights, skills, and strategic intelligence.\nAbout You\nStrategic Track Record: Substantial experience leading brand and creative strategy within premium design consultancies, brand agencies, or strategic marketing roles.\nCPG & Beyond: Deep experience steering massive global consumer brands (CPG / FMCG), with a strong understanding of packaging design systems, structural branding, and omnichannel brand expression.\nThe Modern Toolkit: Strong familiarity with integrating digital ecosystems, social analytics, trend forecasting, and AI-powered tools into the creative workflow.Natural Ambassador: A proven ability to make others-including complex client stakeholder groups-passionate ambassadors for the agency's strategic and creative thinking.\nCore Values: You live and breathe our values: Creative Thinker, Inspirational People Person, and Entrepreneurial Spirit.\nWhy Us?\nWe’re passionate about our people and their careers. 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