Innovation Strategist

Background:
As an Innovation Strategist you will be working directly with start-up leadership teams supporting their brand, business, product, marketing and growth strategies. You will need to be well versed in product-led growth strategies, as well as brand and multi-channel comms strategies. The role requires strong communication and presentation skills and an ability to think outside the box, ensuring you bring your audience with you every step of the way.

Move78 works at the edge of technology and human ingenuity, so a good grasp of user-centred empathy and an understanding of the emerging technology space would be ideal, but not essential. The essential skill is a thirst for knowledge and a constant journey to improve. The businesses you will work on will require knowledge gaps to be filled quickly and applied efficiently to processes and frameworks that can be applied and integrated into our clients’ businesses.

What you will do:

• Lead on and provide expertise in Innovation, Business, Brand, Product, Marketing, Comms and Go-To-Market Strategies. Craft both new and proven frameworks and workshop exercises for our clients' pain-points.
• Run workshops with a focus around Brand Purpose, Value Proposition Design, Business Model Canvas Design and Comms strategies.
• Utilise analytical skills to evaluate market opportunities.
• Develop methods and frameworks for improving the speed with which we are able to service our clients
• Examine market trends and provide thought leadership to MOVE78’s Insight Reports and Marketing activities.

Responsibilities:

Research and Build Ideas

• Gather, organise and summarise information on client business strategy, industry dynamics, best practices, communications audits, and customer insights to identify key implications
• Conduct in-depth interviews with client management and key stakeholders
• Support team planning and analysis of quantitative and qualitative customer / prospect research, from discrete choice analysis to focus groups
• Use findings and insights to create compelling strategies

Be Creative and Collaborative

• Quickly pick up skills and knowledge in new areas, leveraging client, firm, and external resources
• Collaborate with others to explore alternatives and develop thinking (e.g., brainstorming sessions)
• Contribute to the development and narrative of client presentations
• Effectively communicate with, and present to, internal case teams and external client teams
• Use creative thinking and innovative problem-solving skills and relate work to client needs
• Support new business efforts by participating in the development of content in proposals

Minimum Requirements / who you are:

Knowledgeable

• At least 3 years in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, brand strategy, brand management, innovation, or strategic planning
• Ability to think creatively while building on and relating work to past experience
• Outstanding presentation, writing, and interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of both internal and client organizations
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required; MBA or equivalent welcomed, but not necessary

Passionate and Driven

• A passion for problem solving, creative expression, and improving the way companies relate to customers
• A detailed, methodical, and rigorous approach to finding solutions and a flexibility in applying them
• A willingness to push your thinking, attack issues from multiple angles and stretch yourself to provide outstanding brand ideas to clients
• An appetite for learning and wrestling with challenging topics across a diverse range of clients/ industries
• Hold yourself and your work to a very high standard, pushing ideas further to challenge yourself, your colleagues, and our clients’ ways of thinking
• Constructively participate as part of a project team, bringing optimism and a collaborative spirit to build on and nurture ideas
• Desire to proactively seek constructive feedback and input to develop your knowledge, skills, and thinking

What we offer you:

• Flexible, remote work with a high degree of autonomy in a dynamic, high growth startup
• The chance to work on exciting early-stage products, where your work has real impact
• A supportive and highly skilled team, who
• A highly competitive salary and other potential arrangements. Details depend on ability and experience. Come and talk to us https://move78.studio/