Consider yourself a ‘yes’ person? Then this is a role you really should consider saying yes to….
A rare opportunity has arisen to join a well-established integrated agency in Gloucestershire, as a Planning Director on a 12-14 month Maternity cover contract.
In this role you will be the strategic lead on the Financial Services clients with all that entails. Directing and slicing research to get to insight, converting curiosity into compelling creative briefs, delivering excellent strategy, guiding and supporting your creative partners in crime, and building trust with your clients by being a custodian of their business and a leading light.
The successful candidate will have the following skills/qualities:
- Be the person who can get straight to the heart of a problem and deliver insight, perspective and progressive thinking
- Be knowledgeable and have a clear expertise with demonstrable experience in Financial Services
- Be open minded. If others aren’t convinced by your argument, be willing to go back and strengthen your story or start again
- Be attentive, listen well and consider everyone’s POV but have the courage of your convictions
- Be thorough, think laterally and logically, keep it simple
- Be a craftsperson. Take pride in your work, be diligent, be brave
- Be a great storyteller. Deliver work that clients believe in and buy
- Be entrepreneurial with the ability to hunt for opportunities, be proactive and understand revenue is invaluable
- Be respectful of your colleagues and responsibilities
The successful candidate will have the following roles/responsibilities:
- Experience working with recognisable brands, large companies, senior executive clients and key accounts
- The benefit of your experience. You don’t need to possess degrees or diplomas, or mandatory lengths of service, your value is in what you can bring to the role and the team
- Capable of working with all types of data and understand its role
- A bit of gravitas. Always looking to add value, you can hold the attention of a room and your opinion matters
- Ambition. A desire to continue to learn and evolve, to grow and win
- Pace, by definition the ability to work to tight deadlines and manage multiple projects concurrently
- A sense of humour! Clients internally and externally can sometimes be frustrating
If you are interested in the role please send me your CV asap as this role will go fast!
hannah.gash@blueskiescareers.co.uk