Our Purpose

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Title and Summary

Managing Consultant, Creative Strategist

Overview
Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. We provide value-added services and leverage expertise, data-driven insights, and execution.

As Creative Strategist you will have a creative flair, always seeking innovative and new creative directions for our clients grounded in data driven insights and with cognisance of market trends. You will relish working in a fast-paced environment and be able to manage multiple creative briefs. You will have solid stakeholder engagement communication and specifically presentation skills.

Role
•\tAs Creative Strategist, you are responsible for developing creative strategy for our clients that align to the brand and objectives, factoring in data informed insights
•\tYou will ensure the smooth handover and understanding of the creative strategy the respective Creative Director, jointly briefing the creative development team to enable execution
•\tCo-leading creative ideation sessions with the Creative Directors for larger client projects of strategic importance, and being active and available to guide the creative team and interface with the client on such projects through to completion as needed
•\tSupporting the Creative Directors with smaller client project creative ideation sessions as needed.
•\tManaging multiple briefs and projects at one time
•\tInput to estimating, negotiating and agreeing budget and timescales with Creative Project Managers.
•\tWorking alongside the Creative Desk Project Managers and Commercial vertical to align on business priorities to best utilize your skills.
•\tLiaise with Advisors Research Centre and local ACS team as needed to obtain market intel and client nuances.
•\tContinually keep abreast of marketing and in-market trends regarding both consumer behaviours, creative and media trends.

All About You
•\tExperience as a Creative Strategist, Creative Director, Strategic Planner for 5+ years
•\tProven senior level client management experience
•\tStrong understanding of consumer behavior, market research, and competitive analysis.
•\tAdept at defining client briefs and presenting concepts back to clients, drawing on research and data
•\tStrong conceptual thinking, problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate ideas effectively.
•\tSkilled at working under pressure
•\tBachelor degree qualified, with post graduate qualifications in creative, marketing or MBA
•\tProficient in Chinese and English
•\tPossess necessary work right for China

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.