Job Description
The opportunity
We are looking for a forward focused communications strategist to join the strategy team at Iris.
Iris is one of the few places where true integrated thinkers thrive. We have developed one strategy hub allowing us to operate across the full strategy spectrum – a fundamental given the variety of businesses challenges we’re asked to solve across our diverse client base.
The wider Iris Group in London gives us access to over 40 strategists with specialist skills like brand and integrated communications, innovation and transformation consulting, and data driven expertise. The Strategy hub within Iris London (of which you would be a part) houses a collective of skills from brand development through to customer experience, content, social and CRM.
The strategy team is made up of a mixture of integrated communications strategists and deep specialist disciplines like CRM, loyalty, and experience design. A number of new business wins over the course of the last few months has given us the opportunity to enhance and augment the department.
We are looking for someone with deep specialism in communications planning (from a media background or equivalent) across the spectrum of media touchpoints. Deep understanding and experience in social and content as part of a wider media mix is essential.
How you'd spend your day
We are investing significantly in developing our social and content proposition and laser sharp communications planning is a fundamental part of the jigsaw.
You will work with people across the agency, notably: integrated strategists, data analysts, performance marketer and social creative specialists to ensure we are optimising our use of channels and platforms throughout the sales funnel from awareness to conversion.
You will be expected to lead the charge and operate at a senior client level. In addition, you’ll get the opportunity to work on smaller projects and new business pitches. The fundamental requirement is to own the communications planning strategic process.
What we're looking for?
- Reporting to the Global Head of Strategy and London CSO, you’ll work with our data analysts and our performance marketing specialists to connect and optimise the communications strategy for a variety of our clients.
- This is our first hire in this field and as such you will be expected to grow and ultimately lead a team. You will have the opportunity to shape the team the way you believe it should be and help us grown this as a key discipline within our strategy team.
- You’ll be keen to make your mark and want to contribute to the broader leadership of strategy in the agency – collaborating with the other Strategy Directors to build the profile and identity of Iris Strategy, both internally and externally, through the running of team meetings, contributing to thought leadership and agency IP and events.
- You’ll be keen to get involved in the New Business opportunities, either in support of our Strategy leadership, or leading smaller pitches independently with guidance from them.
- A team focused self starter, you’ll enjoy getting stuck in and possess a degree of pragmatism and practicality which is an inevitable requirement of a truly integrated agency.
- You’ll thrive in an environment where you’re given the freedom to think on your own and creatively.
- Collaboration and openness are both fundamental. You will be required to lead and drive as well as listen to others whose specialist knowledge will enhance the strategic recommendations we are making to our clients.
Who are we?
About Iris
We’re Iris. We’re For the Forward. A creative, strategy and innovation company that uses the power of participation to excite progress for businesses. As part of the strategy team, we’re inviting you to participate in progress – moving yourself and the world forward with every decision you make.
Our office
London is our HQ. In our riverside office you’ll find 380 talented people working with ambitious client partners. We’re the lead strategic & creative agency for Suzuki, Starbucks, adidas Football and Abrdn. And we’re a specialist partner for Barclays and Samsung, to name a couple.
The Iris Character
We have five core behaviours that we look for to help us to build a culture that fosters true progress: Courage, Storytelling, Collaboration, Empathy and Commitment.
What's in it for you?
- Flexible working – we offer you a balance of home and office working and the opportunity to choose your days when it suits you best
- Core hours –whether you want to enjoy an early gym session or pick up your children from school, you have the option to manage your own hours
- Vitality private health care
- BUPA dental care
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced Maternity package
- 4 months full pay after 1 years’ service
- 6 months full pay after 2 years’ service
- Enhanced Paternity package
- 4 weeks full pay after 1 years’ service
- IVF support - giving you flexibility to attend appointments and recover from procedures
- Additional Parental support - meaning you can be there for your family’s important moments’
- Personal access to our independent Financial Advisor
- Group income protection
- Sabbatical after five years
- Bike to Work Scheme
- Weekly football and yoga sessions
- adidas discount
Holiday
- 25 core days’ holiday
- Three extra days can be used for religious holidays
- Plus your birthday day off
- Plus an extra day after three and five years of service
- Climate Exchange Day
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
‘FOR THE FREE’is our global DE&I strategy. Its aim is to create a business where everyone feels free to be themselves and has the same opportunity and access to progress.Our DE&I strategy encourages courageous thinkers who champion outsider perspectives.‘FOR THE FREE’has three main pillars of activity:
Diversity-We want to invite difference. To be an organisation that is fully representative of different groups and reflects the city, country and world that we live in. We value our talents’ lived experiences – including gender, race, class, disability, neuro-diversity and sexual orientation.
Equity-We want to be fair to everyone. To remove barriers for individuals and groups and provide the bespoke access, support and opportunities that are needed to fully participate in our organisation. We are levelling the playing field.
Inclusion-We want everyone to feel at home.To provide a place where people can be themselves, express their unique identity and contribute to the life of our community
Privacy Statement
If you decide to apply for a role at Iris we will only keep the data provided by you for 2 years from the date we receive it, following which your data will then be destroyed. We have a legitimate interest to process the data you provide us and we will protect your rights in accordance with all applicable data legislation. If at any point you decide you would like us to delete the data we hold or have any more questions please email us atdpo@iris-worldwide.com.
You can find out more about ourPrivacy Policy here:http://www.iris-worldwide.com/privacy-policy/
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and recruit on talent alone, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, education, class, sexual orientation or disability. We champion diversity and believe it not only benefits, but enhances our creativity, our company and the wider society at large. We are For The Forward.