Consultant

Interbrand has been the world’s leading brand consultancy for over 40 years - having pioneered iconic work and forged many of the brand-building tools that are now commonplace. We know that in an age of abundant choice and speed of innovation, customers’ expectations are moving faster than businesses. While incremental change is still essential, it’s no longer sufficient. It takes bold moves to leap ahead of customers and competitors. We call these moves iconic moves. In collaboration with many of the world’s leading brands, our global team of thinkers and makers are pioneering the future of brand building. By turning customers into participants, we help our clients strengthen their brands on an ongoing basis - our approach gives them the confidence to make iconic moves that spark desire and create utility, driving extraordinary results.

At Interbrand you will create iconic work that defines customer expectations across the globe and creates growth for all.

**The Strategy team**:
The strategy team covers different areas such as brand economics, naming, brand valuation, analytics, and strategy. Our consultants are fluent in all areas but have extensive experience and expertise in at least one of the above. Our consultants are curious and open-minded people who work with entrepreneurial approach to deliver innovative solutions.

**Purpose of the role**:
Our Interbrand Madrid office is looking for a Consultant to join the Strategy team.

The Consultant plays a significant role in helping clients across a broad range of projects including Strategy, Experience and Attraction. The primary objective of the role is to carry out diagnostic and brand strategy documents according to his/her supervisor guidelines in order to help core strategy team manage multiple projects to high standards (client satisfaction).

Working alongside Senior Consultants and Associate Directors, the role of the Consultant is to interpret information, trends, and client research to develop new ideas and thinking on brands in an engaging manner that tells a compelling story to the client.

**Responsibilities**:

- Leads Market, Consumer and Trend research.
- Helps/Collaborates with senior members of team in structure and production of different kind of documents for internal or client use (e.g. develops questionnaires, craft attractive presentations: benchmarks, competitive analysis, target definition, etc).
- Contributes with ideas in strategic thinking for clients.
- Presents relevant strategic sections to clients.
- Actively support in workshops (internal and external) - making sure all workshop dynamics will work smoothly, coordinating some of the exercises and leading the key takeaways or conclusions
- Compile and summarise key takeaways for team from meetings (when no analyst on project).
- Act as first point of supervision and feedback for Analyst work.
- Develop relationships with other departments in order to enrich the quality and effectiveness of the Strategy department.
- Collaborate in New Business meetings helping develop industry or brand POVs.
- Improve his/her technical knowledge by attending basic training (IB Academy).

**Required Knowledge**
- Degree in Business, Advertising, PR or similar
- Excels in written and verbal English
- At least 4 years of experience in similar business
- High degree of computer knowledge

**Qualities and Skills**
- Passionate about working with people and problem solving
- Team player, working flexibly and collaboratively with Design and Client teams to deliver holistic client solutions
- Self-starter, who is proactive and can work effectively under pressure and speed
- Sets high standards for his/her work and has good attention to detail
- Able to juggle multiple and diverse projects simultaneously
- Confident communication and presentation skills (written and oral)
- Naturally curious about consumer-facing issues and current affairs
- Very good business acumen and strategic thinking
- Open minded and can bring a fresh perspective to a problem

We look forward to hearing from you

We are building a connected, collaborative and inclusive human culture. As part of that culture, Interbrand is committed to creating spaces for open communication, transparency, and equitable support for all levels of employees. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are driving forces in how we create and embrace community while allowing our employees to refine their craft and solve problems for the world’s best global brands. Interbrand has both local and global DEI Task Forces, in addition to access to the Omnicom People Engagement Network (OPEN), OPEN Pride, Omniwomen, and are proud supporters of ADCOLOR.