Belonging at MullenLowe
To be a part of MullenLowe Singapore is to champion creativity. It drives us, and we understand it as the most important source of business growth.
We approach the world with positive dissatisfaction—a potent blend of optimism and hunger for improvement. We're thrilled by possibilities but refuse to settle, knowing there's always more to be done.
It's about constantly raising the bar, seizing opportunities, and driving relentless progress
We’re committed to belonging — building a space where employees of all identities, outlooks, and experiences do not need to sacrifice who they are to exist in our workplace.
So we expect our people to show up, collaborate and play a role in the agency culture.
A desire to understand ‘belonging’ is what drives us at MullenLowe.
You are likely to belong if…
You’re curious about the world
You’re interested in what is happening – wherever it is happening; new technologies, different cultures and the out of the ordinary
You're a self-starter
You’re independent, determined; you love taking responsibility and problem solving
You're optimistic
You look for the positives and your glass is always half full
You value team effort
You’re proud of your craft, but you achieve the best results when you work with others (plus it's more fun, right?)
So, what is the opportunity?
Role: Junior Strategist
Department: Strategy
Location: Singapore
Supporting Manager: Senior Strategist
- You’ll be joining the strategy team as a junior level member, as a fresh graduate or with around 1 year of experience and ambitions to grow and develop.
- Supporting the senior team members with the brilliant fundamentals of strategy, you will be given the opportunity to lead smaller projects within existing clients.
- Your strategy team mates will never be far away to back you up and be your sounding board.
- On a day-to-day basis, you’ll be tasked with generating insights across markets, delivering category analysis with a POV, interpreting competitor strategies and finding new ways to understand audiences in a richer way.
- On top of this, you’ll help in the develop of agency thought leadership in important areas such as TikTok and Ecommerce.
- You will be joining a strategy department that doesn’t just do advertising, but deliver branded experiences across the entire customer journey.
- You will work with fellow strategists to deliver work across Brand, Comms, Content, Social, Website and CRM projects disciplines for some of the world’s most renowned brands.
Skills & Requirements
The ideal candidate should have:
• Developed the core planning skills - fresh thinking inspired by insightful analysis - working as a junior strategist on major brands
• Developed more digitally oriented strategy skills alongside the core craft e.g. social analysis, listening or content planning
• A passion to understand what impacts human behaviour, and how technology is changing the way we interact with brands and the world around us
Collaborative:
• Extremely collaborative across departments and levels of seniority. There are no hierarchies at MullenLowe only the desire to produce the very best work
• Actively contribute to conversations and discussions. In the strategy department we get paid for our POV, and every opinion is an opportunity to learn… so share them!
• Do you know who the best people are to work with? Nice people. You’ll need to form strong relationships with Creatives, Account Servicing and Technology departments.
• Be the catalyst that rallies a team together to solve a problem and inspires their colleagues through examples, case studies or thought starters
Courage:
• Without courage our output will follow industry conventions. Be brave and advocate for different ways of doing things
• Independent minded. We’re not sheep, our strength is in our diversity and how this can bring different POVs to the table
• Don’t settle for good enough, push things that little bit further to get an even better result
Professional Expectations:
• Be on time for, and professional in, everything you do, be that meeting a client; delivering to timelines; actively participating, using the right tone; or protecting the client’s or MullenLowe’s IP
• Work on becoming an excellent communicator and presenter in all forms (in-person, email, over the phone)
• Proactively contribute to a positive team atmosphere and company culture, and generally be the person that everyone wants to work with
