Creative Strategy Manager

Who you are

• Experience developing strategic proposals or client solutions in a B2B environment
• Strong commercial acumen, including pricing, profitability and delivery considerations
• Experience in live events, or the ability to quickly develop a deep understanding of event design and delivery
• Excellent written communication and storytelling skills
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking, using insight to shape recommendations and client solutions
• Proven ability to influence and build alignment across multidisciplinary teams without direct authority
• Curious, with a commitment to continuous learning
• Adaptable, collaborative and highly organised, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

What the job involves

• The creative strategy manager, events plays a central role in developing commercially compelling event solutions that help Economist Enterprise win new business and deepen client relationships
• Working across sales and event delivery, this role transforms client objectives into creative, commercially viable event propositions while helping improve the way we develop, position and sell our event offerings
• Lead the strategic development of proposals for bespoke and large-scale event opportunities, translating client objectives into creative, insight-led solutions
• Partner with sales teams to develop commercially compelling propositions that balance client ambition, editorial integrity, commercial objectives and delivery feasibility
• Work with partnership strategists and colleagues across Economist Enterprise to develop integrated client solutions that combine events with research, content and other capabilities where appropriate
• Gather insights from client conversations, proposal outcomes and market trends, making recommendations to strengthen event propositions and commercial approaches
• Own and continuously improve the proposal development process, ensuring proposals are delivered efficiently and to a consistently high standard
• Maintain proposal templates, commercial guidance, case studies and other sales materials that enable high-quality, consistent proposals
• Act as the strategic link between sales, event delivery and partnership strategy teams throughout the proposal development process

Benefits

• Team +/ individual performance bonuses
• Extended life assurance
• Training and development programmes
• Funding available for further education
• Work from home opportunities
• Health insurance