New Search: Senior Consumer Brand Strategist #10094

General Description:
This new position is a result of our St. Louis client’s growth and need to more fully service their clients at a smarter and more strategic level.   Our client is a marketing communications firm who accelerates their client’s path to market.  They are not a traditional agency. 
This position will partner with Fortune 100 consumer package goods brands in helping them define and execute brand identity, positioning and supporting marketing communications.  We want someone who can drive the “what should we do” conversation with senior client representatives. 
Our client works extensively in new product development and the re-positioning of established national (and sometimes global, iconic) brands, with emphasis in the food and beverage category.  Our client engages with brands from the concept stage, through every facet of production, with marketing support up to and on store shelves (brand positioning and packaging through promotion).

Primary Responsibilities:
•    Work closely with the ECD and Group Account Director in delivering actionable insight into their clients’ strategic marketing needs.
•    Meet with senior client reps and lead the strategic discovery process resulting in dynamic (and successful) tactical marketing solutions.
•    Write the resulting brief and collaborate with the creative and account staff in executing the marketing solution.
•    Travel as necessary for client responsibilities and new business development meetings.

Experience:
We’re looking for a special person who could be a writer, a planner, brand manager, CMO, or a hybrid of those titles.   We’d like that person to have an elite education (MBA preferred) and at least 15 years’ experience of strategic brand experience with at least 10 years of that experience on the client side.  We want someone who’s very smart, but insatiably driven to continuously learn through additional experiences and reading.
The ideal candidate will have significant prior experience with brand identity and positioning, new product development, packaging, promotion at retail and/or shopper marketing experience for national consumer package goods brands.  Additionally they should be fluent with the most current marketing channels including traditional and new media applications.

We’d also like that classically trained candidate to be unusual and/or unpredictable . . .  someone with an atypical approach and solution to an issue.  This person has a non-traditional thought process and delivers powerful, non-traditional and innovative (perhaps constructively disruptive) insight.  We’re looking for brilliance that leads to success in an “off center” way.  As you’ve guessed, this is a very unusual marketer.

Compensation:
Our client is offering a comprehensive compensation package including a base salary, the potential for a bonus based on performance and outstanding benefits..  Your starting salary will be based on experience, expertise and is designed to intrigue premier candidates. The benefits package includes medical insurance (dental and vision), a 401K, Disability and Life insurance.  A relocation package is being offered.

 About our client:
Our client is mature, yet young and innovative.  . . a  comprehensive marketing resource.  Our client is proud of the loyalty of their own client base, which is leading to frequent, substantial new business opportunities and successes.  The environment is urban, modern, collegial and fun.  Our client is interested in loyal, productive and happy employees and works hard to retain them.  EOE

Interested candidates should upload their introduction, resume and portfolio info to our website: Bishop-Partners.com (Retained Recruiter).  We’ll respond promptly.  Thank you!