About the client
Our client is a fast growing boutique brand & experience consulting company and work with clients across healthcare, real estate, and lifestyle sectors to reimagine how brands live across physical and digital environments.
They are lean, fast-moving, and entrepreneurial. What they're building isn't traditional and neither is this role.
The Role
They are seeking a Brand Strategist who blends rigor with imagination someone confident in frameworks but unafraid to break them. You'll lead the thinking behind branding, customer experience development, and place-making strategies across high-impact projects in Malaysia, such as hospital group rebrands and real estate experiential development.
This is an ideal role for someone mid-level who wants more ownership, more growth, and the rare opportunity to shape a business from the inside.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate client's needs into clear brand, CX, and placemaking strategies
- Conduct competitive audits, market research, stakeholder interviews, and personal development
- Develop positioning, messaging, brand architecture and rollout plans
- Work closely with visual designers to bring strategies to life through compelling narratives and creative briefs
- Support execution planning brand guidelines, activation roadmaps, etc.
- Collaborate with project managers to keep deliverables on track
- Present strategic thinking to clients and internal teams confidently and clearly
- Contribute to internal methodology development, toolkits, and IP
- Mentor interns and potentially grow into a team leadership role
You Might Be a Fit If You. ..
Have 36 years experience in brand strategy, preferably in a creative or consulting agencyHave working knowledge of CX design market / consumer insights creative direction, andcontent strategyThink in systems, not silos you understand how brand intersects with business and experienceAre entrepreneurial excited to help build a consulting team and brand from scratchAre comfortable with ambiguity and can move from concept to executionHave excellent writing, presentation, and storytelling skillsAre grounded in research but never lose sight of impactAre Malaysia-based (willing to be present on-ground for client engagements)Are looking for a career-defining role, not just a stepping stoneWhat They Offer
High-ownership role with room to lead and shape the businessFast exposure to high-level strategy work with major Malaysian brandsFreedom to create and influence internal tools, culture, and client methodologyCollaborative environment with design, innovation, and consulting talentsOption to grow into a permanent leadership position