About us

At Design Bridge and Partners we believe design is the most powerful means of driving positive change. Whatever the business. Whatever the challenge. Because design answers the big questions. Reshaping how organisations behave and how people experience the world. So we’re redefining what design is and what design can do for brands, businesses, people and planet.

We see design as the thread that unifies brand across strategy, identity, experience, and guardianship. With 850 people in 12 countries, our clients include NASA Artemis, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Diageo, Mastercard, Intel, Mondelez, Tencent, HSBC, Colgate, Reckitt, Fortnum & Mason and the BBC.

Who we're looking for

An experienced Senior Brand Strategist, with the drive and ambition to become our next Strategy Director, in our Amsterdam Studio. Comfortable sharing your perspectives on brands and design with senior level clients, you have that natural ability to interpret research and trends in meaningful ways, always striving to clarify, simplify and inspire the team around you. With several years of FMCG/lifestyle brand experience and, preferably, design agency experience, you’ll have a deep understanding of the role that brand and creative strategy plays in inspiring great brand positioning, visual and verbal identities, packaging design, brand assets and beyond, and have brand and consumer insights to bring to the team too. And as a person? Well, the right person for this role will be a commercially aware cultural sponge, appreciative of the detail, but who also gets the bigger picture. So, if you think you have the experience we're looking for, and you’re ready for a new challenge working with some of the best people (and brands) in the industry, we’d love to meet you.

Main responsibilities

• You’ll act as a go-to strategist across a spectrum of strategic projects. Positioning, naming, brand architecture, creative principles and storytelling, and a lot (lot) more.
• You’ll support the Strategy Leads in developing design-led strategic insights, ideas and briefs to transform client brands and businesses.
• You’ll execute our brand philosophy and ideas within the agency and to clients.
• You’ll work alongside the wider strategy team, and with Client Directors and Creative Directors to ensure our work is consistently world-class.

Your experience

• Depth of experience in a similar role at a branding or design agency or client-side.
• Breadth of experience – having led strategic projects for big international FMCG and lifestyle brands, challenger brands, and everything in-between.

Your skills

• You're got a good understanding of all branding deliverables and associated disciplines.
• You have an ability to grow, engage and maintain client and internal relationships.
• You find presenting and discussing strategic issues with senior clients exciting, not intimidating.
• You’re great with words: Speaking and writing.

Why us?

World-famous brands. National icons. Technology unicorns. Plucky upstarts no one’s yet heard of. You’ll get to work on all of these, with a team of brilliant, optimistic people right by your side and scattered all across the world.

We’re passionate about our people and their careers. We’ll help you to develop your skills and provide you with outstanding benefits. So, you’ll have a chance to make your mark on our future, as we make a mark on yours.

Design Bridge and Partners is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.

Due to the volume of applications, we unfortunately can only respond to successful candidates.

We will not accept unsolicited CVs or approaches via recruitment agencies.

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