About THG
We’re a fast-moving, global technology group that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers. We’re home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all of which are powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity.
We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing, new product development, and logistics. This comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realise our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry.
About THG Ingenuity
THG Ingenuity is a fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, designed to power brands without limits. End-to-end, global, and scalable, our proprietary tech platform represents a single, unified solution, overcoming challenges and taking brands direct-to-consumer. Our client portfolio includes globally recognised brands such as Coca-Cola, Nestle, Elemis, Homebase, and Proctor & Gamble. Technology is the driving force behind THG built to empower both brands and customers alike, the Ingenuity ecosystem takes all the pieces needed for successful e-commerce propositions, and places them under one roof. Encompassing everything from hosting and data science to warehousing and fulfilment, we simplify the minefield of digital commerce and enable brands to form direct and meaningful relationships with their consumers.
About THG Studios
THG Studios is the creative powerhouse within THG Ingenuity. With 200 creatives delivering world-class campaigns for brands such as Disney, Campari, MyProtein, Lookfantastic.com, ASDA, Gillette, Nestle, Illamasqua, Coggles and ESPA - we are Europe’s biggest and most impressive creative studio. Spanning across 11.5 acres in the creative heart of the North Manchester, we are home to 15 specially designed studio spaces, dedicated to video, photography, interiors, social, campaign and even boasting a state-of-the-art food & drink content production facility. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! THG Studios has everything a brand needs to grow and flourish, and with that comes career opportunities across strategy, client services, creative, packaging, production and operations. So, if you’re looking for the next step in your career, live & breathe creative and want to be part of something truly special… there’s a role for you in our studio.
About Strategy
Our strategy department tackles a vast range of briefs spanning from brand strategy and architecture to creative campaign development to defining social and content strategies. Working cross vertical, and brands from global names like Disney and ASDA to exciting startups like Myrkl and Codex Beauty. But we are never siloed, we enjoy working closely with our colleagues from new business to client services to creative to production. Fast paced and fun it is a unique and exciting.
Role Requirements
Role Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Define and oversee the strategic direction for clients, ensuring alignment with business goals and market trends.
- Strategic Execution: Able to define and execute key strategic projects including brand strategy, creative strategy, social strategy and content strategy.
- Client Partnership: Act as a strategic advisor to clients, translating their objectives into actionable plans and identifying how we can support them solve their most pressing challenges
- Insights and Research: Deliver consumer, cultural, market, and competitive research to inform data-driven strategies and recommendations.
- Creative Collaboration: Partner with creative teams to ensure strategies inspire impactful ideas and executions that fit within the production constraints
- New Business Development: Contribute to new business pitches, develop proposals and identify opportunities to expand client partnerships.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with account, creative, social and production teams to ensure cohesive execution of strategies.
- Thought Leadership: Represent the agency in industry forums and promote strategic excellence internally and externally.
Requirements
- Strong analytical and creative thinking skills.
- Natural problem solver and able to view problems from several angles.
- Proven experience in a senior strategic role within an advertising, marketing, or communications agency.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
- Deep understanding of branding, consumer behaviour, and digital marketing.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under pressure.
- Confident leader able to express their point of view articulately.
THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.
THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.
What We Do
THG (www.thg.com) is a vertically integrated, digital-first consumer brands group, retailing its own brands predominantly in beauty and nutrition, plus third-party brands, via its proprietary, end-to-end, e-commerce technology, infrastructure and brand-building platform (THG Ingenuity) to an online and global customer base.
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