Jobs in UAE: Brand Strategist at Sapphire

Sapphire is offering a job opportunity as a Brand Strategist to join the team in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 

1. Gathering and analyzing research, trends, benchmarks, and data, and converting these into smart insights and cut-through recommendations.
2. Conducting client interviews at senior management and CEO/Board levels, in a manner that’s proactive, intelligent, and personable.
3. Making key strategic presentations.
4. Crafting evocative, clear, and compelling brand positionings and stories.
5. Contributing to creative workshops.
6. Developing topline communications strategies and customer journeys, especially involving digital and experiential ideation.
7. Working closely with the creative team to translate strategic thinking into creative ideas and executions.
8. Helping to interrogate RFPs and briefs, and assist our client’s Business Development Director and others in shaping responses that stand out as showing instant understanding of and ability to solve a problem.
9. Contributing to a knowledge bank of trends, best-in-class executions, sector spotlights and opportunities and prevailing strategic challenges.
10. Assisting with thought leadership and participation in the wider placemaking industry, through writing white papers and attending conferences/events.
11. Helping to identify and develop new business opportunities.
12. Travel is part of this role, especially as the world increasingly reopens. This will mostly be regional within the GCC (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar etc.), though they also frequently have clients in India and the UK, and potentially anywhere.

1. Minimum 3–5 years BRAND strategy experience at a creative agency or business Please note this is NOT an advertising planner role.
2. Experience in delivering insightful and impactful brand strategy, ideally including some placemaking projects.
3. Good knowledge of digital strategy, social media, and creative technology.
4. Passionate, self-motivated, looking for the next big thing.
5. Articulate with good communication and presentation skills – you will be presenting to CEOs and royal families.
6. A problem-solver.
7. Great writing skills.
8. Must currently reside in the UAE or UK.

About Sapphire:

Sapphire Recruitment Consultants is a six times award-winning executive search, selection, and recruitment agency lead by a management team with over 30 years of experience in the international and local recruitment market.

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