Senior Strategist, Strategy

Hi. We’re Experience Monks, a brand experience design agency under Monks. We help modern brands launch their products and design new experiences for customers in digital, and beyond.

Our team brings folks together from around the world. We have Strategy, Creative, UX and Production working together. This amazing fusion of talents lets us make things we could never make alone.

Innovating all day makes us pretty fun people to work with too. We’re curious about new ideas, we know how to make them happen, and we’re always there to support each other throughout the process.

If you like being part of a team dedicated to making good things even better- you’ll fit right in.

As our new Senior Strategist, you will work in collaborative cross-functional teams to help clients create digital products, mobile apps and web platforms;

multi-channel services; experiential campaigns and events; and interactive content pieces that excite customers.

You’ll be responsible for leading research and generating insights; identifying emerging trends and predicting possible futures;

and developing experience strategies and creative briefs to guide the collective development of solutions that push the boundaries for our clients worldwide.

We're project-based, so we're always working with someone interesting, be it adidas, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, or HBO.

Read on for details! We’re looking forward to meeting you.

The Real Opportunity!

Working in tandem with the Strategy Director, Creative Directors and Executive Producers, you’ll be defining and delivering new business pitches;

engaging with clients; leading strategy presentations; and laying the foundation to support collaboration amongst the strategy, UX, creative, and other relevant project teams.

For new business ventures, you will conduct primary and secondary research; generate market and customer insights; map emerging cultural trends;

and lead the development of customer engagement strategies with Director-level oversight.

You will have the opportunity to conduct a range of research methodologies such as competitor landscape reviews, in-depth customer interviews, ethnographic observation, focus groups, collaborative journey mapping, co-creation workshops, and more.

You will define and deliver both internal and client workshops and design innovation sprints.

You will effectively mentor more junior team members and support them in delivering project deliverables (where relevant).

Along with other members of the team, you will be responsible for helping to raise the strategic literacy amongst individuals in the wider Media Monks organization.

e.g. you will be asked to showcase client deliverables you have worked on and highlight the role of research and strategy).

You will help the team to continue to refine and improve internal research, trend scanning, futures, innovation sprints, and other strategic processes.

You will proactively maintain a high level of knowledge and expertise in digital technologies and cultural trends; sharing your insights with the team, to add to the collective knowledge.

Attention to detail and the ability to prioritize your workload and responsibilities is critical.

Experience running user testing sessions is a bonus

Be prepared to discuss things like :

• The movers and shakers in the brand, design, advertising, tech and entertainment industries
• What’s made you who you are and what motivates you to get up every day
• Industries you’ve spent time with, topics and trends that excite you
• Client successes, disasters and how you’ve navigated them
• Your favourite digital productions this year

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.

Monks is committed to ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. We are committed to treating people with disabilities in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence.

We believe in integration, and we are committed to meeting the needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner. We will do so by removing and preventing barriers to accessibility and by meeting our accessibility requirements under local accessibility laws.

What We Offer

Media.Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Media.Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting.

Media.Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range$95,000 $110,000 CAD

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world.

Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave : Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24).

In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories : the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.

Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects.

Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents and resonates with the world around us.

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