Lead Creative Strategist

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As Lead Creative Strategist in the Global Design Studios team, you will focus
on growing and cultivating client relationships through your expertise in
design strategy and your contribution to projects. You will be a creative
thinker and visionary leader who understands people, design, consulting
business, and technology and is able to combine them all to propose solutions
and contribute your expertise (customer research, workshop/training
facilitation, design/content strategy, service design, etc.) to the project 's
needs. You will be a design thought partner for the Consulting Team through a
business development lens, making senior clients feel both comfortable and
engaged throughout the entire process. You'll lead and develop creative briefs
that capture the business challenge and will conceptualize and ideate creative
solutions for them. You will work with a multi-faceted international team of
creative specialists, establishing the frameworks and vision that will guide
the outcome, ensuring design meets business needs.

YOU'RE GOOD AT

• You 're strong at key account management and client relationship management.


• You feel comfortable creating and implementing go-to-market strategy plans and performance metrics in collaboration with the strategy manager to meet business objectives.


• You can develop a deep understanding of the consulting business environment and its strategy to build strong relationships.


• You are comfortable leading the team to define project objectives and establish the project approach, balancing creative quality with delivery expectations.


• You can manage high-priority proposals and cases from their start, acting as thought partner to propose design solutions to address complex business problems.


• You're able to leverage your business and creative strategy expertise to validate output and ensure that business needs are met throughout the production process.


• You are experienced at assembling strategic insights and stakeholder analyses into presentation materials for senior-level stakeholders.


• You proactively stay up to date on design macro trends, industry debates, and innovations.


• You're experienced at leading research, stakeholder interviews, and brainstorming sessions on creative and digital engagements.


• You are consistently willing to go above and beyond for project deliverables, as well as your own development.

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• You have a bachelor's, master's, or similar degree in design or in a field
  related to communication, such as journalism, marketing, etc.


• You have at least eight years of experience in a creative multinational company or professional services environment, with a strong consulting focus.


• You've gained strong key account and client management experience, as well as team management experience.


• You have a good understanding of creative strategy, along with the relevant expertise (service design, workshop/training, content strategy, etc.).


• You have experience developing go-to-market strategies.


• You have a good understanding of different types of digital products (web, mobile apps, multimedia experiences), their development times, and their suitability for different client needs.


• You have an expert understanding of design and design thinking principles, as well as creative output channels (print, digital, video, etc.), enabling you to ideate solutions and help steer projects.


• You have the ability to lead projects from scoping and creative brief conception to final deliverable.


• You have excellent English and Arabic language skills

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YOU'LL WORK WITH**

A career in design at BCG involves bringing deep strategic, user experience,
and visual expertise into product development, helping to deliver breakthrough
products that engage and inspire. We have extensive knowledge of design
thinking and human-centered design and are fluent in the latest technological
innovations.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**

We are Design Studios, an in-house creative agency comprised of cutting-edge
professionals creating premium designs. We are a global, multidisciplinary
team of design strategists, creative leaders, and digital experts. We craft
powerful design stories for BCG to deliver inspiring solutions to our clients
' challenges. As part of BCG, Design Studios partners with consultants and
clients to shape our brand by elevating our work through the power of design.
We offer guidance and orientation through a strategic and audience-centric
approach, and apply design, technology, and media solutions to take BCG's
achievements to the next level.

As bold design leaders, we are fresh, punchy, and playful, while committed to
delivering premium business excellence. We recognize how to transform complex
ideas into compelling visual experiences, and how to activate new commercial
opportunities at the intersection of business and design. We value innovation,
co-creation, inspiration, and the business impact that design achieves. We
believe in the art of the possible and in applying creative solutions to
business challenges. We believe we can advance the world by conquering its
complexity through a universal human language--design.