October 2023
Based : London or Brighton
Space Doctors (part of Human8 and a certified B-Corporation) are hiring! We have a position available in London or Brighton (2 days per week in the office) for an exceptional cultural analyst – someone who is not only passionate about semiotics and cultural insight, but who is excited to learn about cultural analytics, creative strategy, foresight & speculative techniques, regeneration, and breakthrough ways of engaging with leading-edge consumers and those beyond the mainstream in order to transform how brands and businesses perform for the better. We’re looking for people with 5-10 years agency experience (probably at PD or AD level) or exceptional applicants with a demonstrable interest and ability in the area of cultural insight and strategy. You will join a global team with offices across Europe, APAC and the Americas dedicated to delivering extraordinary insights and consultancy for brands and organisations like Microsoft, P&G and Danone, as well as working in close partnership with clients to help them make decisions that are environmentally and socially positive.
Elements of the role:
  • As part of our Insights team, you’ll plan and conduct research that addresses our clients’ challenges and surpasses their expectations
  • You’ll be able to research and identify cultural insights clients will find valuable and inspirational
  • You will enjoy collaborating closely with a global team of insight, strategic and creative professionals (offices in Europe, Asia and the Americas)
  • You’re excited by cross disciplinary working across multiple platforms (which could include our cultural AI & analytics tools) to develop recommendations for our clients
  • Your understanding and passion for brands, cultural narratives and semiotics means you can naturally tell compelling stories
More experienced candidates will also demonstrate skills and experience in the following areas:
  • You can be lead contact for your clients and will enjoy growing on-going partnerships with them, ultimately contributing to the growth of client accounts
  • You’ll be skilled at creating the project structure, managing the project through to delivery, and interfacing with our analyst network.
  • You’ll contribute to building Space Doctors external profile – through events, marketing, new business, conferencing and be able to talk about what we do and the difference we want to make
  • Experience with client leadership & management is important, as is a proven ability to work across multiple teams and projects
Are you…
  • Passionate about understanding culture to inform imaginative and progressive new ways forward?
  • Intellectually curious, open and aware of culture and communications, and able to read culture and come up with an interesting point of view?
  • Able to frame and reframe your thinking?
  • A skilled communicator; engaging, clear and entertaining?
  • Proactive, with clarity of purpose?
  • An agile thinker and problem solver, able to improvise?
Space Doctors pays competitive salaries and provides a supportive and stimulating working culture alongside an excellent benefits package to our team.
If this sounds like you, please send a cover letter, CV and anything else you would like us to look at to apply@space-doctors.com by the end of the day on Friday 27th October.
No agencies please.
We regret that we might not be able to respond to every application we receive.