Job Description

As a Senior Brand and Communications Strategist at Accenture Song, youll lead strategic thinking across diverse client portfolios, unlocking opportunities and solving business challenges with smart, insight-driven solutions.Youll inspire clients and creative teams with fresh, analytical perspectives on consumer, category, and brand.Youll facilitate great creative work with succinct, outcomes-based strategies and briefs.Youll be a trusted advisor known for identifying real opportunities to solve real business problems, and crafting smart roadmaps to get there.Youll be a natural leader who elevates both your own output, and that of your team - pushing for idea-led, integrated brand and communications solutions that transform good work into great work.SkillsAn Accenture Song Senior Strategist should possess the following skills:Craft

• Lead strategic advertising initiatives, ensuring alignment with client objectives and market needs.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to inform strategy.
• Craft compelling creative briefs and evaluate campaign effectiveness.
• Develop strategic foundations for new business pitches.
• Provide strategic insights for continuous improvement.

Counsel

• Build trusted relationships with senior clients, creative teams, and accounts.
• Act as a voice of reason, offering balanced support and strategic guidance.
• Be a reliable partner, driving both client and creative excellence.

Collaboration

• Work closely with account and creative teams to ensure seamless project execution.
• Mentor and guide junior strategists in research and strategy development.
• Facilitate productive, honest conversations that push for better outcomes.

Culture

• Foster a curious, empathetic, and collaborative work environment.
• Share knowledge through workshops and training, driving strategic empowerment across the agency.
• Champion innovation and excellence in strategy, inspiring agency-wide growth.

• Matric Certificate with college or university exemption.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business, or related field is advantageous.
• 7+ years of experience in strategic planning within an advertising agency, 2+ as a senior strategist.
• Proven track record of developing effective advertising strategies.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
• Based in Cape Town, South Africa.

About AccentureAccenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the worlds leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the worlds leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360xc2xb0 value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360xc2xb0 value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us atEqual Employment Opportunity StatementAll employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

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