Trainee Innovation Strategist

We are looking to find a super creative, brand world-savvy Trainee Innovation Strategist who thrives in exploring culture - always being inspired by the thrill of the new. Whether that be art, food, design, brands, advertising and beyond - you look for the hidden messages in all fields of culture.

We are looking for someone who is naturally curious, creatively empowered, confident and sparkly to support us on a broad range of FMCG products. This job is for someone who never stops being wowed by the world, by culture, by consumer shifts, by trends and products.

You love brands, and think you contribute to shaping brand futures through amazing desk research and critical thinking.

You just love to get into a team and ideate big ideas, you’re a creative at heart but maybe love the planning of a big idea more than the execution of it. You’re a socials whizz and incessantly insatiable about the next big thing.

At the heart of it all you’re a creative problem-solver, not wedded to process but driven by the best path to finding the ‘big idea’.

We want to hear from you if you:

• Are an information sponge and an analysis whizz, disseminating information

• punctuated always with the ‘so what’?

• A desk research master - squeezing the juice of socials and beyond to find new inspo.

• Get a kick out of inspiring someone to come up with a kick-ass idea.

• Thrive in teams, love engaging with people and excel at finding and being inspired by experts to enrich projects.

• Love telling stories

• Enjoy variety, and a varied diet on a day to day basis.

• Keep on the forefront of societal, cultural, design and food & beverage trends

• You’re hands on, love rolling up your sleeves and making big and small contributions to our ongoing mission to delight our clients.

• Is a team player - is naturally collaborative and proud to have represented the collectives’ efforts.

• You’re not scared to ‘pick up the pen’ and express your ideas.

• Is in the game to learn some best-in-class tools that generate brand-winning ideas.

You will have the following related skills & experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a field related to design, strategy, consumer research or innovation

• A portfolio of past work you can share with us

• Be a communication whizz, confident, outgoing, approachable, empathetic and supportive.

• Be a Keynote BOSS… or be quick to learn!

• Stay on top of the freshest tools and techniques - AI and beyond.

• Be a great multi-talker, keeping an eye on the big picture and another on the detail at all times.

• Have a good eye for design & visual communication.

• Love the idea of collaborating in workshops.

• Creative thinker - the perfect blend of analytical and creative.

• Basic Salary

• Pension contributions

• Annual training budget

• Mentoring with industry legends

• Use of Apple Macbook laptop

• Discretionary annual bonus (dependant on business performance)

• Bi-annual team days

• A lay-in on your birthday

• An extra day hols for each year of service (up to 28 days)

• Annual training budget for external courses

• Finish early Fridays in the summer months

• ..only after bi-weekly Friday lunches!

Good luck!

About Team Outrageous

Team Outrageous is changing the game when it comes to brand innovation. Below you will find our manifesto, which big brand, global businesses find compelling:

We’re nothing like any other agency.

We’re 100% independent.

We are brand innovation experts.

Our small but perfectly networked team works with some of the biggest consumer goods companies in the world.

We deliver outrageous brand innovations that create commercial value for businesses.

We believe traditional agency land stifles innovation. Trust us, we’ve been there, done that and got the t-shirt.

We stand for the perfect combination of bravery, progressiveness, optimism and fun.

We’re not for everyone, but if you are:

Looking to go FFFFFAST

Angelic about agility

Craving creativity

And looking for a positive partner like no other

We work with big, global brands to change-up how they approach new ideas and new strategies. Currently we are working with KFC (as their UK&I innovation partner),

PepsiCo, Pizza Express and Jacob-Douwe Egberts.

Team Outrageous is an equal opportunities employer