Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.**Please note: this role may be based in either Sydney or Melbourne**Who We AreERA-co is a new global Experience Agency made up of data scientists, strategists and experience designers who lead transformative strategy to shape cities, neighborhoods and destinations to positively impact the lives of people and the places they inhabit. With offices in New York, Melbourne, Sydney, London and Dubai, our global ambitions have only just begun.Our clients & projects range from branding single residential buildings to positioning and leading experiences of major urban masterplans, mixed-use developments, and globally famous civic places. While the work is diverse, they all start from a singular belief; that transformative placemaking has the power to advance humanity.Our collective operates in the rare space between creativity and consulting. We are assembled into four distinct verticals; Brand Experience, User Strategy, Urban Strategy & Planning. Working as one group we are always on the lookout for people who can flex between these disciplines, who are aligned with our brand and passionate about creating sustainable places.So, Who Are You?In this role you will partner directly with the Group Strategy Director in Melbourne and grow to become an integral member of the discipline. You believe that strategy is only as good as it is useful, actionable and selective. You have an insatiable curiosity for the world and people, a good sense of the cultural landscape, a keen taste for design, a desire to grow every day, and are driven to make a difference in everything you do. You may not be a bonified copywriter, but can inspire a room with your prose. If presentation skills were an Olympic sport, youd contend for the gold. You demonstrate good business sense in thinking like a client, consumer, and competitor.Youre able to work across multiple clients, brands, timelines and deliverables at once, thriving on the diversity of the work and global nature of the business. In the presence of ambiguity, you take initiative to gain clarity and create a path forward. You have a can-do attitude and take on tasks to get the job done. You have the pride to always want to do the best you can, but lack the ego to not see when others may have a better answer.Your Responsibilities:Partner directly with senior members of the team and clients.Become a trusted advisor to key, senior-level clients and help manage projects and grow business organically.Collect, read, analyse, interpret and synthesise information from a variety of sources and develop compelling POVs that are based on a consumer and/or cultural truth.Flex between strategy and creative disciplines. One day youll be conducting stakeholder interviews, while the next may see you writing a creative script or manifesto.Be a natural-born storyteller and a keynote savant.Develop a fountain of knowledge of global precedents in the worlds of placemaking, development, architecture and experience.Mix it up. Brand strategist, Architecture and Place critic, Urban strategist and beyond.Articulate a point of view on work. Understand how art direction shapes creative. Help prepare and present the work as required.Your Experience:4-7 years experience in an Advertising/Brand agency or consultancy servicing clients and contributing to large projects.Real Estate, Urban Strategy or Placemaking experience is a bonus but not a prerequisite. We will teach you.Have a passion for culture, the arts, food, events, global trends and forecastsHave a global perspective but know how to translate that to a local audienceBe able to translate complex ideas and concepts to easy-to-understand, every day communicationsHow to ApplyApplicants are required to submit an up-to-date resume via our ERA-co Senior Strategist LinkedIn job post. Applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. We do not accept unsolicited resumes or names from agencies. All personal data collected by the Company will be kept confidential and only used for recruitment purposes.Mandatory requirements: It is an essential requirement that at the time of applying for this position, applicants must have the legal right to work in Australia (Permanent Resident or Australian Citizen).Alignment with ERA-co ValuesWere a small team with big ambitions. We are committed to building a culture dedicated to personal growth and individual expression. Certain attitudes define how we work and are important in what we seek for our culture://HUMAN FIRST Champion the End UserWe communicate with clarity, free from jargon, to stay in line with real people. We do not get bogged down in the rhetoric. We uphold placemaking as a deeply human endeavor that belongs as much on the street, as it does in the boardroom.//PROTAGONISTS Ask Beautiful QuestionsWe champion those with a point-of-view, rather than judging, ridiculing, or side-stepping those who speak up. We encourage every colleague to ask the hard questions, bring the provocative perspective, and dig for the truth.//COLLABORATIVE The Best Ideas are Co-AuthoredWe are high on talent and low on ego. With such diversity of experience and talent, we know the work is sharper and more resolved the more people we invite into the process.Place innovation requires an insatiable hunger to stay ahead of culture. We keep a constant global radar to push through complexity and discover new solutions to the worlds most urgent challenges.//GRITTY Preserve for the Sake of Transformative PlacemakingWe roll up our sleeves and dive right in, driving every problem with passion and gritty determination. 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Senior Strategist