Mid-weight Strategist

Overview

This is an important position within our strategy & creative teams. You’ll have the insight, curiosity, clarity and energy to help develop groundbreaking strategies and ideas, pushing Imagination’s creativity and delivering inspiring, award‑winning work for our clients.

Reporting to the Strategy Director, you will work with other strategists and creatives to develop strategic insights, ideas and blueprints.

Final date to receive applications: 23 March 2026
Department: Strategy
Location: London

• Support the lead strategist in planning and executing multi‑layered research: primary, secondary, ethnographic, quantitative and qualitative.
• Develop clear, compelling insights that can drive inspiring creative platforms and groundbreaking ideas.
• Develop customer journeys.
• Identify and qualify strategic opportunities.
• Develop concepts, ideas and solutions.
• Support and contribute to planning, running and synthesising workshops.
• Support in developing clear measurement criteria, working with data to report on effectiveness, develop insights and recommendations.
• Collaborate with clients in presentations, pitches and workshops—building valued relationships.
• Bring a diversity of thought, experience and perspective into the Imagination team.

• Experience in planning experiential marketing, campaigns, social media, content and events.
• Previous experience in an agency environment.
• Understanding of creative and design methodologies.
• Understanding of Design Thinking.
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken form, able to convey ideas simply.
• Experienced at designing and executing research—quantitative and qualitative.
• Knowledge of customer journeys and user journey planning.
• Knowledge and understanding of emerging digital, social, commercial technologies and trends.
• Dynamic, self‑motivated, open‑minded and down‑to‑earth approach.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Creative problem solver who can approach client issues in new ways.
• Collaborative approach.
• Have a point of view; be enthusiastic, coupled with tenacity, resilience and influence to turn strategy into tangible, practical plans for clients.
• Understanding of technologies and their impact on user experiences, browser and mobile technologies.
• Understanding of cultural trends and how they impact audiences and brands.
• Experience across lifestyle, fashion, luxury or automotive.

• Work with a state‑of‑the‑art product and deliver it to exciting and innovative brands.
• Learning and development opportunities that contribute to professional growth.

• Private Medical Insurance (including discounted gym options)
• Discounted Healthcare Cash Plan
• Help at hand EAP
• In‑office Gym (London office only)
• Life Insurance 4× salary
• Dedicated DE&I Board

• 25 days annual leave
• Birthday day off and gift
• Discretionary Annual Bonus
• Generous Family Leave policies with New Parent Coaching & Support
• Various learning & development platforms for e‑learning
• Enhanced pension contribution
• Cycle scheme
• Discounted Private Dental
• Income Protection (Employee)
• Subsidised Electric Car Scheme
• Home technology tax‑free loan

• Hybrid Working (3 office days)
• Company socials
• Pet friendly office
• Lunch & Learns
• Wellness webinars
• Educational webinars
• Subsidised Cafe (London office only)

Imagination is The Original Experience Design Agency. Founded over 50 years ago, we apply the power of our collective imagination to creative, commercial, and cultural challenges, creating experiences that move people. We specialise in Consulting, Destinations, Content and Live Events. With 13 global studios worldwide, we are united by a deep understanding of what moves people on a human level, and a determinedly independent spirit.

Imagination was officially certified as a Newsweek Most Loved Workplace® 2023.

Our clients include Major League Baseball, Visa, Amazon, Ford, LVMH, Harley‑Davidson, and Google. For more information, please visit  or follow @imaginationglbl on social.

We believe curiosity is the root of original insights and ideas, so we look at the world with fresh eyes, experiment, invent and up‑end conventions.…