Strategy Director – Fixed Term Contract

Jones Knowles Ritchie

Strategy Director at JKR London managing brand strategy for high-profile accounts. Leading projects and collaborating across teams to deliver distinctive brand solutions.

Posted 7/7/2026contractLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

- Lead, manage and deliver strategic projects
- Translate clients' business and brand priorities, along with cultural and category insights, into opportunities for the brand
- Support creative development through strong interdepartmental collaboration
- Inspire creative and design teams as the voice of the consumer
- Ensure work is strategically aligned
- Build close relationships with client teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

- 8+ years of brand strategy experience, with at least 2 years operating at Strategy Director level or equivalent scope
- Background in a branding, design or creative agency environment, with brand and design strategy as your core discipline
- Demonstrable FMCG/CPG category experience, ideally including food, beverage or snacking brands
- A portfolio of work spanning global markets and senior client stakeholders
- Strong working knowledge of how branding and design strategy can solve business challenges, and how brands can activate across all touchpoints
- Exceptional narrative-writing skills, able to distil complex information into clear, compelling stories that inspire clients and creative teams
- Skilled at writing simple, clear and inspirational briefs for creative and design
- A confident and influential presenter, comfortable delivering pitches and client presentations
- Strong project management and organisational skills, with an eye for detail
- Available to commit to a 12-month fixed-term contract starting September 2026

Benefits

Comp & perks

- 💰 Competitive salary
- 📍 Lively Shoreditch studio location
- 🏡 Hybrid working policy, minimum 2 days per week in the London studio
- 🩺 Bupa Healthcare, including dental option
- 🛡️ Income protection & life insurance
- 🧘 Classpass credits
- 📈 Group personal pension
- 🌴 25 days holiday + time given at Christmas and New Year
- ☀️ Summer Fridays x 2
- 🎂 Birthday day off
**After probation:**
- 🚆 Season ticket loan
- 🚲 Cycle to work scheme
- 👶 Enhanced parental leave policies
- 🤝 Referral scheme for new hires
- 🌍 2 weeks work from anywhere, by agreement with line manager

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Hard Skills & Tools

Brand StrategyCreative DevelopmentNarrative WritingProject ManagementStrategic Alignment

Soft Skills

Interdepartmental CollaborationInfluential PresentationRelationship BuildingOrganizational Skills