As a young business with a great track record of growth, M+C Saatchi Fluency is looking to truly launch and scale its presence in the US.

We’re looking for a Senior Consultant Analyst to take ownership of client delivery, and working closely with leadership to support our growth as it establishes and develops the Fluency US location and offer and develops a local team and a client base.

The role will be based in either New York or Ohio, but we expect significant collaboration with our other US and Global offices. This role will report into the US SVP Fluency. 

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are expanding our footprint in the US. This is an incredible opportunity for a standout candidate who wants to play a leading role in ensuring first class delivery for our clients, and helping to win new business. This role is central to the day-to-day running of projects, and will see increasing collaboration with multi-disciplined teams across the wider M+C Saatchi Group. Working with our data science team and consulting colleagues, the role centres on creating and delivering multi-method data-driven insight strategies that lean into a diverse range of sources (e.g., search, social, news, forums, blogs, syndicated panels, custom research, etc.), understanding the right data inputs for the problem across what audiences see, say, think, feel, and do. The role is for a superb storyteller, comfortable developing data analysis into powerful insights that clients can action and will help them to win. 

In addition to the above, the role comes with responsibilities to:

• Deliver against Fluency’s core proposition of helping client decision-makers deliver stronger outcomes, by connecting deeper insight and foresight to smarter actions - unlocking true commercial advantage at speed and scale through the fluent connection of diverse datasets with cutting-edge technology. 
  •    Lead client relationships, showing energy, passion, care, and great skill. Build relationships and listen for client buying signals in this key client interfacing role. 
  •    Develop & Grow the business: Impress our incredible client base with impeccable work, and seek opportunities to expand those relationships commercially. 
  •    Inspire and show leadership to consultants and analysts, contributing to their development and working closely to help nurture more junior talent – and ensure consistently high levels projects delivery. 
  •    Contribute to the development of Fluency’s offer, including its innovative products. Bring great experience and a zeal for cutting edge insight techniques.

ABOUT YOU

To unlock this opportunity, you'll demonstrate:

• Excellent practitioner: You will quickly understand the Fluency offer - and can put it to practice for clients. You can demonstrate your experience of selling and delivering a range of Fluency's core insight services (e.g., segmentation, audience insight, measurement and effectiveness) . Advocating high quality of project delivery across the team through inspiration, education and the processes and brilliant basics of client servicing.
  •    Agile Insight professional: You think laterally and creatively about problems, and you are comfortable with the selection, recommendation, and application of different data inputs and methods to solve client challenges in more inventive ways. 
  •    A strategic marketing mindset: You have intellectual rigor, and can command the respect of senior clients, with good understanding of the marketing discipline and industry, and a healthy respect for the value different disciplines bring. You easily engage clients in the bigger conversation about growth.
  •    Client Leader: You are comfortable with oversight of key client relationships across all project touchpoints and work well under pressure. You are comfortable owning the commercials for projects, with proactive resource management. You will approach this unique opportunity with fantastic energy and buy into Fluency’s philosophy to “Lead the way”. This means taking strong initiative, tackling problems, encouraging innovation, and fostering great relationships.
  •    Project Management: You enjoy managing a project from start to finish – managing client expectations, working with internal teams to meet deadlines, overseeing junior consultants, working with data science stakeholders, etc.
  •    Communication skills: First class communication skills in both written and spoken form, with effective outcomes, you'll be able to make advanced data and insight accessible to all.
  •    Deep curiosity: You aren't shy about dissecting briefs and opportunities to challenge how things could be done differently. Your curiosity is infectious and helps promote a sense of learning and desire to keep improving what we do.
  •    True collaboration: You engage, inspire and positively disrupt your colleagues but also build deep, mutually productive relationships with the global team. You live by the ‘all-in’ and ‘no egos’ mentality of our team. You are ready to work with multi-discipline Consulting colleagues to understand existing approaches and where Fluency services can enhance, compliment or even effectively replace existing approaches, and develop current data solutions and opportunities on big, regional pillar accounts. 
  •    Business development hunger: You're an excellent advocate for Fluency, who works with Business Development and the CEO to on prospecting strategy - then leads in winning new business. You love to get under the skin of a client problem and communicates clearly how we can partner to solve, driven to truly connect with clients and understand how to leverage the full offer at Fluency.
  •    Natural networker: You enjoy and are excellent at networking internally and externally and are energized by building relationships and fostering them for business growth.

What you bring (skills and experience)
This role is a fantastic opportunity to be part of an ambitious and fast-growing business, where there is endless opportunity. We’re looking for someone with a stellar mix of relevant experience and skills. Ideally, you'll have the following experiences and strengths: 

• Background: significant experience of working in a marketing and communications data environment, and experience of the power and application of diverse data sources. 
  •    Knowledge & Experience: 10 years + experience working with diverse data sources, tools, and methods, the generation of consumer and business strategic insight and foresight, and similar understanding of downstream effectiveness and ROI, alongside the ability to deliver outstanding quality of work - with proven cases to demonstrate this. A broader and intuitive understanding of the marketing services ecosystem, to enable collaboration with other marketing services.
  •    New business: A proven track record of winning and developing new and existing client work and an extensive network of warm client relationships
  •    Thinking: Ability to understand diverse brand & marketing challenges from strategic, commercial and
  creative perspectives, and calm under pressure and able to solve problems.
  •    Organisation: a self-starter able to lead, communicate clearly with team members across borders and be accountable for end-to-end delivery of projects, and comfortable managing relationships with multiple clients simultaneously. 
  •    Passion: A natural passion for brands, businesses, and consumer behavior.
  •    Curiosity: The ability to think laterally and innovatively about the best routes to powerful insights (beyond the obvious) and inspiring others to do the same
  •    Creativity: Experience with architecting the appropriate data/technology solution to solve a client’s challenge or
  respond to a brief, and a fantastic storyteller.
  •    Collaboration: A proven team player, driven by delivering results through collaboration rather than alone – and helping get the best out of people.
  •    Communication: Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills
  •    Role Modelling: An authentic leader, you’re a force of energy and positivity - people want to work with you and for you. You inspire loyalty by being genuine and self-aware, and create a positive working environment for your talent.
  •    Education: Degree and further education in relevant field
  •    IT: Proficient in Microsoft Suite, PowerPoint, Excel. Dashboarding and other coding skills nice to have.  

Please include a cover letter in your application that includes specific reference to your relevant experience, in particular your experience of selling and delivering multi-method diverse data audience-focused projects. 

Applications Close: Sunday 11 May. No Recruiters

WHAT YOU'LL GET

We value our teams and are committed to their success! This role has a salary range of $145-$175K per annum depending on location and experience, along with a competitive bonus scheme. We also offer a comprehensive employer subsidized benefits package which includes up to 100% coverage for the group medical, and subsidized coverage for dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, 401k retirement plan with annual company match, commuter benefits, generous paid time off and employee volunteer day to encourage social responsibility giving time to the non-profit, community service or charity of your choice.

ABOUT FLUENCY

Fluency is an award-winning global data consultancy that helps brands make smarter, faster business decisions that help them deliver stronger outcomes. Fluency is the data consultancy arm of the M+C Saatchi Group, sitting in the Consulting division. Combined with M+C Saatchi Group’s intellectual capital in brand, marketing, design and technology, Fluency specialises in delivering insight, foresight, and oversight solutions fuelled by high quality data, analytics, and cutting-edge tech. Our team of creative minds operate out of hubs in New York, London and Sydney. We have an incredible list of clients, including Amazon, NIKE, UK Government, GSK, Ashley, Signet, Ford, and many more for whom we deliver smart actionable outcomes that seamlessly integrate into their businesses.
Our capabilities tell only some of the story of innovation, Productisation, and solution-creation that has become synonymous with what it means to work at Fluency.
We specialise in Audiences, Experiences, Systems and Transformation, and Effectiveness, with a slew of data and technology capabilities and products to support our clients.

And our way of working differentiates us – at Fluency, we go all in. All in on passion, all in on collaboration, all in on impact. When you go all in at Fluency, you get the exposure, responsibility, and opportunities that will supercharge your personal and professional growth.

We’re also committed to an ethos of excellence – championing, challenging, and supporting one another to stretch and grow. No egos here, simply a diverse group of brilliant, creative people working together every day to create real impact for the world’s biggest brands.

ABOUT M+C SAATCHI GROUP

M+C Saatchi Group has pledged its commitment to create a company that values difference, with an inclusive culture. As part of this M+C Saatchi Group continues to be an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not and shall not discriminate, celebrates diversity and bases all hiring and promotion decisions solely on merit, without regard for any personal characteristics.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please make us aware as part of your application.

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