Freelance Brand Strategist

Clay is a global design agency building world-class digital products and brands. Our clients include Meta, Slack, Google, Snapchat, Amazon, Coinbase, and many innovative startups.

We are looking for a Brand Strategist to join us remotely or in our San Francisco-based studio. This role is crucial to the success of the work our team delivers, and the ability to collaborate with a cross-disciplinary project team as well as client decision-makers is imperative. Your primary responsibilities will entail leading the discovery phase of projects and guiding the research to generate possible approaches and hypotheses for complex UX problems. You will then authenticate your proposed strategy and fine-tune the direction throughout the duration of the project.

Requirements

• You have 3+ years of product management or strategy experience in an agency setting.
• You have excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Understanding user needs and developing innovative solutions is exciting work you are stimulated by.
• You are able to confidently present Clay’s work predicated on the research and immersion process as well as concisely communicate the reasoning behind key design decisions.
• Your presentation skills incorporate storytelling when possible to help clients understand complexities effectively.
• Responding and adapting to feedback is an essential skill you can navigate.
• You can create and facilitate discovery workshops and oversee brainstorming sessions to identify intricacies and opportunities.
• You have experience in addressing ambiguous queries and determining best practices based on relevant principles.
• You are inspired by design and cultural trends and can leverage that inspiration to enhance the work.
• You can define and prioritize features and create requirements documentation (e.g., roadmaps, PRD, product vision).
• You are able to create customer journey maps, user flows, information architecture, and content structure.
• You have thorough knowledge of modern design and collaboration tools – Figma, Miro, Notion, Google Suite.

Benefits

• Fully remote work from anywhere in the world (with a preference for US-friendly time zones) or our San Francisco studio
• Competitive salary
• Amazing clients ranging from top startups to leading brands
• Supportive team and healthy work environment

At Clay, we’re committed to cultivating an inclusive and equitable workplace because we recognize that diversity is fundamental to delivering the best digital products and services. Being that our team is spread across the globe, we pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin of employees, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protect status.