Opportunity

As an Associate, you will play a key role in developing and delivering strategic communications plans for a broad range of clients in the foundations and non-profit sector. You will bring fresh thinking and proactive ideas to client challenges, helping to shape compelling narratives and deliver impactful campaigns. You will manage day-to-day client relationships and projects, ensuring the delivery of high-quality work.

You will contribute to new business opportunities, supporting the development of proposals and drawing on Brunswick's wider network of expertise to deliver the best outcomes for clients.

You will help ensure the smooth running of client teams, coordinating workstreams and supporting the development of junior colleagues. Working closely with Directors and Partners, you will contribute to strategic client advice and the continued growth of Brunswick's foundations and non-profit offering.

About the Role

• Advise clients and drive execution on projects and retained accounts
• Project manage client engagements, ensuring high-quality delivery and managing client relationships flawlessly throughout
• Bring original and critical thinking to find solutions to client briefs: from the brief to the generation of insights, strategy and, ultimately, execution
• Build a wide internal network across offices and specialisms to share, develop and deliver the best examples of work for internal and external use
• Advise clients with support of Directors/Partners, drawing on independent experience and a diverse evidence base of research
• Mentor and develop junior team members, both within client projects and more broadly
• Play an active role in new business, drafting proposals and developing processes to deliver client mandates
• Play an active role in consultancy life, contributing to internal initiatives and building up experience in expertise in the range of Brunswick’s work

What We're Looking For

• A critical thinker with the ability to identify core client issues and insights on key audiences in order to contribute to the development of campaigns;
• Experience in the global health and development or philanthropy – either in an agency, as a journalist, policy advisor, communications expert, or campaigner
• Experience working with organisations on complex topics at the intersection of the media, policy makers, advocacy groups and multilaterals
• Political nous and an interest in global affairs
• A consummate communicator; an experienced writer with a track record in researching, interrogating and developing a narratives and messaging
• A strong verbal communicator with high EQ levels and an engaging presentation style
• Proven project and/or programme management experience
• A natural team-worker and will prefer to work in a collegiate way
• A thoughtful approach, bringing new and different perspectives together

Why Join Us

Whether you are joining a client facing team, a core services team, or starting out on your professional career journey, joining Brunswick unlocks a range of exceptional employee benefits to support your financial future, health and wellness, family and community and continuous professional development.