Job description
Golley Slater is looking for a Senior Strategist to join our award-winning team in Cardiff. If you thrive on turning research into actionable ideas, inspiring creative teams, and making a real impact for clients, we want to hear from you!
As a Senior Strategist, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the agency’s thinking and driving meaningful results for our clients. You’ll take ownership of projects from start to finish - crafting inspiring briefs, leading research, and delivering sharp, actionable insights. You’ll work closely with clients, creatives, and media teams, building trusted relationships and elevating the quality of our output.
What You’ll Do
- Lead research and evaluation, briefing partners and interpreting findings to uncover actionable insights.
- Advise clients on research methodologies and guide them on acting on results.
= Develop compelling strategies and creative briefs rooted in insight.
= Present strategic thinking in engaging ways - using frameworks, storytelling, and visual tools.
= Collaborate across disciplines to ensure strategic alignment and integration.
= Inspire and support creative teams, championing bold ideas and creative excellence.
= Build strong relationships with clients, research partners, and internal teams.
= Contribute to new business pitches and represent the agency externally.
= Support commercial success through effective scoping and value identification.
= Take ownership of your professional development and contribute to our learning culture.
What We’re Looking For
- Significant experience (3 - 5+ years) in strategy, planning, or insight roles within advertising, marketing, or communications.
= Proven track record of developing creative briefs, leading strategic workstreams, and influencing creative output.
= Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships.
= Strong analytical mindset and advanced research skills (qualitative and quantitative).
= Confident in applying strategic frameworks and models.
= Creative flair with the ability to inspire and challenge creative teams.
= Commercial awareness and understanding of agency revenue models.
= Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (marketing, communications, psychology, or social sciences) is desirable.
= Experience mentoring or supporting junior team members is a plus.
The Package
Some of our benefits include:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holiday.
- Birthday Holiday Day.
- Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity leave pay.
- Enhanced sick pay.
- Compassionate leave policies.
- Employee assistance programme including access to free counselling sessions.
- Life and service milestone awards.
- Hybrid working with core hours of 10am to 4pm.
- Life assurance (4 times annual salary)
- Option to buy extra holiday.
- Pension scheme (5% employee, 3% employer)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Golley Slater, we believe that curiosity creates the unexpected, and true curiosity can’t be achieved without diversity. We need people with different perspectives, experiences, and cultures to develop unexpected ideas that challenge, excite and create lasting impact. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race including colour, ethnic or national origins and nationality, religion or belief or sexual orientation - the protected characteristics. So, whoever you are, whatever your background, we want to hear from you.
How we can support you
We know that some people may need more flexibility than others. We offer the opportunity for our teams to fit work around their needs and schedules with:
- A ‘work where you feel most productive’ policy for those who find it easier to work remotely.
- Flexible working hours.
- Enhanced parental leave.
- Enhanced sick leave.
If you require any adjustments to make this role work for you or need assistance during our application process, please contact a member of our HR Team.
The Agency
We’re Golley Slater
Founded in 1957 during a burgeoning TV advertising industry, it’s always been our philosophy to use insight to drive change and deliver effective marketing campaigns for our clients.
And that’s why we’re super proud to be an IPA Effectiveness Accredited agency – one of only 30 in the UK.
Based in 4 offices across the UK, we continue to evolve around our clients’ needs. We don’t worry about geography, but work together as discipline specialists to immerse ourselves in your organisation’s challenges, understand your objectives and get to know how your audience thinks, feels and behaves. Then we develop proven, effective, award-winning work that delivers sales overnight, brands over time and changes behaviour in society.