Junior Creative Strategist

Who we are…

BMF is a global integrated creative marketing agency known for humanizing brands in unexpected, inspiring, and impactful ways. With headquarters in NYC and offices in Miami, Los Angeles, and London, we specialize in event design & production, brand marketing, marketing strategy, sponsorships, talent management & bookings, publicity, and social media & influencer relations. We elevate brands who seek a relevant role in cultural conversations important to their audiences; our global client roster includes Marriott International, Visa, Gucci, Jack Daniel's, SPANX, Poppi, Monkey 47, Lamborghini, Japan Airlines and more. 

Who we want… 

Our growing and dynamic agency is now looking for a Full-Time Junior Creative Strategist to join our Strategy team.

What you will do… 

Marketing 

• Develop insight-driven, channel-agnostic BIG ideas that pay off client briefs that drive awareness, engagement, earned attention and sales
• Manage the creative strategy process from start to finish, working with and integrating all BMF offerings across the company

Research 

• Use research to build a story about consumers, category, culture, and brand
• Synthesize research findings to glean and articulate empathic insights that relate to consumer attitudes and human truths to tee up creative concepts

Storytelling 

• Serve as chief storyteller with the ability to create a verbal visualization of concepts and marketing strategies
• Write outlines in Google Docs, architect decks in Keynote, and write client facing copy
• Work with agency counterparts to develop strategies for integrated programs
• Develop creative and strategic winning programs for new and existing clients
• Ensure integrated proposals are aligned to the overall strategy 

Copywriting 

• Write. A lot. Many nouns and verbs on paper 
• Must love to write (and be good at it) 

Creative Process/Project Management 

• Collect, articulate, and develop ideas from internal and external stakeholders
• Drive processes, deliverables and quality control; serve as overseer and editor.
• Strive for even better ideas.
• Manage fast-paced work masterfully and juggle demands for different clients.

Pulse 

• Stay abreast of category, social, and cultural trends to present clients to inspire cutting-edge  creative solutions 

Admin 

• Attend and schedule internal and client meetings as needed 
• Create and adhere to work-back schedules and timelines 
• Coordinate deliverables of cross-functional teams 
• Schedule meetings using Outlook / Zoom 
• Follow project comms channels 
• Note-taking 

• You have 1–3 years of experience working at an agency, in marketing, or related field 
• You have a demonstrable ability to communicate, present and influence key stakeholders at all levels
• You are an excellent copywriter with attention to detail
• You are extremely organized
• You can take direction, and write everything down in order to make sure ideas are captured in brainstorms and working sessions
• You both respect the box, and have beyond-the-box ideas
• You are wildly creative, balanced with a down-to-earth business savviness
• You have a proven understanding/experience using both traditional and new digital tools and tactics
• You employ creative and sometimes-scrappy research skills, looking in unexpected places for the answer
• You have excellent presentation and verbal communication skills
• You have the ability to plan, organize and prioritize multiple projects and maintain tight deadlines
• You excel in collaborating in cross-functional teams, and thrive in a bit of chaos
• You can work independently, as well as in groups
• You’re a great listener, and can take other people’s ideas, and make them even better
• You also have your own ideas, but are humble enough to take creative direction
• Integrated, experiential, and non-traditional marketing experience strongly preferred
• Bachelor’s degree required 

Celebrating 20 years in business, the award-winning boutique agency is helmed by partners Brian Feit, Bruce Starr, and Ed Starr, and is supported by an experienced global team of both long-standing BMFers, and recent executive-level hires. BMF’s international network of cross-disciplinary creative marketers build extraordinary brand experiences around the world, and across channels. The agile team provides a fully integrated service offering, from strategy and creative to experiential, digital, talent, and public relations.  

We want you to be part of a dynamic and creative team. We are vanguards in creative strategy and experts in leveraging emerging trends in popular culture, the arts, fashion and technology. We connect brands with media, influencers, artists and consumers to create today's leading experiential activations in the market. And we’ve got the cred too: we were featured in Event Marketer's IT List of Top 100 Event Agencies for the past four years.

BMF is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, religious creed, disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS, medical condition, genetic information, age, marital status, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, denial of family and medical care leave, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy regarding recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.

What we offer…

• A fast-paced, creative and collaborative environment with supportive leadership.
• A culture that values ideas and innovation from everyone at every level.
• Ongoing professional development and training; we will empower you to take charge of your career path.
• Strong benefits including health and dental and unlimited PTO policy
• We are an LGBT-owned business certified by the NGLCC (nglcc.org) with diversity and inclusion as part of the agency’s core DNA.