We are seeking a seasoned creative strategist to be based in London, UK, joining our talented creative strategy team. This creative strategist will be dedicated to inspiring the best ideas centered around Spotify through proactive and reactive responses to creative briefs, co-creating and building with our biggest brands, creators, and advertisers today. While the job is located in our London headquarters, this is focused on global accounts which means that the work may be focused on the UK and US (majority) or in some cases across markets throughout Europe, India, South Korea and Singapore depending on where our clients are based.
The ideal candidate is a visionary strategist who truly embraces the blend of technology and storytelling. They think ahead, always planning the next feature or product in the innovation pipeline with immersive storytelling in mind for the industry. Their skills are varied: they can provide audience-centered ideas that meet brand objectives; meet with CCOs or CMOs at Fortune 500 brands to motivate future innovations and recommendations; and develop narratives, playbooks, and frameworks to assist internal and external collaborators in understanding platform possibilities.
The ideal candidate will build and lead our response to global, multinational clients including major CPG, tech and telco brands. Experience with global clients in portfolio settings or multi-market campaigns is required due to cross-regional duties. They will report directly to the Head of EMEA & Global Accounts at Creative Lab and join a diverse group of skilled creative strategists.
Though this is an IC role, the global account strategist will work with creative strategists in each region. They will lead global clients and initiatives as an upstream partner with centers of excellence and global brand teams. They inspire others to the mission and solve complex creative and operational problems. They think broadly about advertising industry dynamics and their impact on business. They apply this knowledge to our positioning, products, programs, and offerings.
And along the way, they will build a portfolio of work that wins awards and recognition. This success shows that creativity on Spotify is key to amplifying communications in a complex, crowded IRL and digital landscape.
What You'll Do
- Together with the Head of EMEA & Global Accounts, support Creative Lab in producing the most effective concepts, positioning, and creative solutions for Global Accounts across CPG, Tech and Telco among other sectors.
- Build and deliver global ideas, presentations, playbooks, creative frameworks, narratives to guide our biggest clients in getting the most out of their storytelling
- Encourage and inform both internal and external groups about the impact of creativity in linking brands to their audiences
- Manage the global accounts books of businesses and collaborate with heads of global agencies on the strategic direction. The objective is to establish a world-class advertising platform.
- Work alongside clients and agencies to produce award-winning advertising on Spotify at scale
- Support operational responsibilities including account and resource management and tracking and reporting of objectives and key results, processes within the team and with cross-functional teams as it relates to global accounts
- Identify, develop and maintain a unique position for Spotify’s creative offerings and deliver them in a compelling way to convince partners to explore solutions with us
- Develop, plan and scale approach to supporting top clients; driving approach to JBP support and coordination. This includes owning the account strategy and prioritization development with our global account partners
- Facilitate inspirational workshops with senior-level partners to find the right balance of boundary-pushing creative expression and brand realities
- Collaborate closely with other groups inside the Creative Lab, including the operations and production team that delivers outstanding craft and implementation for clients. Also work with the creative intelligence team, which partners with insights and data science teams to identify effective creative guidelines. This informs the creation of top-quality, impactful campaigns on Spotify. Additionally, engage with a strong group of global creative leads across various subject areas.
- Develop and showcase innovative thought leadership on industry, advertising, visual and digital culture and trends as input and fodder to inspire internal and external partners
Who You Are
- 8+ years working in creative direction and strategy within a tech platform; creative agency background is strongly preferred; in-house brand experience is beneficial but optional.
- Experience collaborating with CPG and Tech brands is a plus
- Experience working across different markets and geographies; understands that cultural nuances are a must in considering creative ideation
- Experience working with senior-level collaborators and clients at agencies and brands
- Superlative cross-functional partnership skills that will help align our sales, marketing and product partners to our vision while supporting overall goals of the business
- Excellent presenter who can adapt from a small room of CMOs and CCOs to a large audience of industry experts. They inspire everyone toward creative storytelling on Spotify Ads.
- Experience managing and operationalizing creative teams including managing budgets, process and ways of working internally and externally
- Exceptionally organized with robust operational capabilities and the capacity to collaborate across different time zones and markets
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and across collaborators in business marketing, brand, and product teams to build consensus on shared initiatives
- Keen observer and documenter of culture, with a keen understanding of what is relevant and the ability to identify upcoming visual, digital and tech trends
- Expert written and verbal communicator, capable of expressing abstract creative concepts clearly and influencing audiences when necessary
- Deep understanding of integrated marketing development, tech platforms and social media landscape, with experience in digital-first production
Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.
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