Job Description

Associate Innovation Director Role (London based)

jump! is an innovation agency with offices in London and Dublin. We are a team of 25+ Innovation and Cultural Strategists who work together to deliver creative strategies, insight and innovation for our global client base.

Together, we help the world’s most ambitious people Win Tomorrow.

We develop new products and services, make new brands and reinvent existing ones.
We have delivered 1,000+ projects over 20 years.
We have a diverse set of global client brands (Adidas to Red Bull Racing).
We have experience with on the ground innovation, insight and strategy in 30+ markets.
We have vast experience in Entertainment, F&B, Lifestyle and Travel.

Our research is human-inspired: We believe in the power of immersive research and interactions with real people to uncover powerful insight that help us seek out brave new solutions.

We help brands be future-ready: We strategise by identifying and creating new, unexplored future spaces, places and ‘worlds’, which help us define future possibilities and disruptive NPD opportunities.

We are super-players in culture: We’re experts in cultural insight and innovation. It forms the basis of all our work to push things creatively and find provocative, yet resonant new-to-world ideas.

What you’ll be doing in this role:

We clash and blend different disciplines, thinking tools and human experiences to help jump! clients find new spaces for growth. As a senior member of the agency you will be expected to work across all three of our core disciplines.

1. Strategy

2. Insight

3. Innovation

You will have responsibility for project delivery and people growth; leading and collaborating with your team to create powerful, growth-driving outcomes for clients.

Day to day you will be responsible for:

Nurturing and developing client partnerships and relationships
Leading global and local qualitative and quantitative research processes
Leading and designing ideation workshops to inspire new products, services, brands, or communication strategies.
Leading brand positioning and brand strategy projects
Writing and delivering powerful presentations which sell ideas and stories to our clients.
Ensuring projects are successfully managed and delivered on budget and on time.
Lead projects, relationship and business generation.

Who you are:

Expert with both words and numbers.
Outstanding written, verbal and presentation skills.
Detail-oriented with a good eye for visual design.
Experience of building, developing and maintaining relationships with senior client stakeholders
Curious and culturally engaged.
Strong critical thinker
Have a creativity mindset.
Able to take initiative and handle stretching challenges.
Both an organised and a creative mind.
Desire to contribute to and create work to be proud of.
Strong record of achievement and leadership.
Love of continuous learning.
Ability to coach others.
Comfortable working across a wide range of categories

The Package:

We offer a competitive salary and benefits.
Ongoing Professional and Soft Skill training.
Annual Health & Wellness budget (upon completion of probation)
Opportunity to thrive in a young, expanding organisation delivering excellent national and international strategy and innovation work for great clients.

Work environment and culture:

Based at The Ministry, with access to gym, fitness classes, and social activities
Monthly jump! team socials
Hybrid working model

To get a feel for what jump! is like, check us out at: https://jumpinnovates.com/

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