Were VaynerMedia! We are a contemporary global creative & media agency built for the now. Born in social, our work is now full service, simply loving big ideas that connect & create real change for our clients business. We are independently owned, founded in 2009 with offices in London, Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur & Mexico City. We are recognized for our work in Cannes Lions, the Clios, D&AD & The Webbies to name a few. 

Culture is our key & Empathy is how we build it. VaynerMedia EMEA is strong with a world-class combination of diverse backgrounds collaborating to put forward innovative, creative & strategic solutions to the one advantage that stands the test of time PEOPLE. Day in & day out, we propel some of the biggest brands in the world to the intersection of attention & culture. In EMEA, we are proudly 250+, servicing multi-brands across the region.

The PITCH.

The Residency Program is a training program which starts in June 2024 with a potential to go full-time immediately following the residency. 

As a Post Creative Strategist (PCS) Resident you will get a chance to work on live projects or campaigns while being trained & mentored in all things strategy!

Strategy at VaynerMedia provides a crucial perspective on the business dynamics. We are a human centric, culture obsessed discipline where we dive deep into audience insights, media trends, cultural shifts, & tech innovations that inform our strategic recommendations. Our team is collectively redefining & modernizing the way our clients harness consumer & cultural intelligence, develop brand strategy & plan for attention.

Heres some of the work you could get involved with

• Ongoing monitoring of brand social channels & relevant online conversations looking for highest impact opportunities to engage (including proactive identification of conversations & communities strategically & creatively relevant for the brand)
• Continuous active listening on brands currently tracking every follower interaction: comments, responses, DMs
• Researching & analyzing brand & cultural trends & their relevance to our clients & creative campaigns 
• Willing to go beyond basic tracking to analyzing & drawing hypothesis, including providing a daily digest of observations + recommendations, to produce creative briefs
• Use third party tools to manage brands pages.
• Read every comment across all social posts, & respond to consumers across these channels, maintaining a consistent brand voice across these conversations, & using the opportunity to engage followers, probe further insights, or advance brand goal
• Follow proper escalation systems, as needed, for followers with negative feedback.
• Seek opportunities to insert the brand in social conversation, whether around relevant trending topics/news or engaging with social influencers/celebrities/other brands

We value Personality, Ambition, Potential & Experience, however from our experience, we believe the following qualities will be highly successful in this role:

• A keen interest in brands, marketing & social media.
• Bonus points if you consider yourself to be an expert in popular culture
• Consider oneself a Social Media know it all & have experience working across a variety of social platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, etc.
• Can combine creativity & analytics with the ability to convert into a story
• Innate curiosity & ability to adapt + be flexible, whether with new tools, platforms, processes, etc. 
• Any experience using the following social listening tools is a plus but not mandatory.
• Any experience putting together presentations in written form using google slides
• Strong writing & verbal skills. 

Heres how We Support You

We regularly review our benefits & are committed to providing a comprehensive programme for our people.

• Unlimited Holiday + 1 Day Birthday Leave
• Perkbox (online discount platform with 250 perks available).
• Journey EAP - proactive & crisis support with life concierge services
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Unlimited Coaching sessions, which can be private & team class sessions
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Program (Financial, Mental & Physical Wellbeing)
• Cash Plan with Medicash - Level 1 cover, option to add partner, 4 children can be added for free
• Virtual GP, Skinvision, 24/7 Health & Stress Helplines, Discounted Gym, Medicash Extras
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Group Personal Pension

What you SHOULD KNOW about VaynerMedia

Think lab & not agency. We get excited about solving business problems, not creating advertising for the sake of making advertising. Our entrepreneurship DNA runs deep. Were willing to break rules, try new things, & test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. Its fun!

We believe 100% that brands can be built on digital platforms & part of our model is built bottom up, flipping the traditional advertising model & process on its head. We dont play to agency/industry norms & our culture & energy reflects that.

Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a start-up than most agencies you might be used to. Hopefully that, & the opportunity to collaborate with the talented & enthusiastic crew, work with big brands excites you, as it does us. We cant wait to meet you.

VaynerMedia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that VaynerMedia provides equal employment opportunities to all staff members & job applicants without regard to gender, pregnancy, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief, part time or fixed term employment, age or any other legally protected class. 

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.K.