48 Senior Strategist jobs in Saudi Arabia

The ideal person for the Creative Strategist role will be a natural storyteller with a passion for presenting concepts to clients and a desire to oversee strategic work from the point of briefing through to final execution.

Most of all, we are looking for someone obsessed with looking beyond data findings to arrive at distinctive, interesting conclusions and imperatives that drive and stimulate creativity across the agency in collaboration with the agency’s Head of Strategy.

• Comfortable conducting extensive research on landscape and turning those findings into focused, usable imperatives and unexpected insights.
• Work closely with research teams to monitor tools for market, audience and trends, analysing data to help inform strategic decisions and creative direction, for existing projects, new business and prospective work.
• Experience writing briefs that encourage creative teams to look beyond conventions to deliver highly distinctive work, with the personality & skills to lead team briefings.
• Acts as a key figurehead for composing creative strategies across a variety of client types and projects, grounded in a key skill of being able to arrive at the point in a focused, interesting way.
• Contributes in a significant way to the ideation and creative development process beyond briefing, making sure recommendations and responses are on brand and on strategy.
• Support campaign and project lifecycle from briefing to final and ongoing execution. Work with Head of Strategy and client servicing teams on the development of idea-led initiatives and tactics.
• Create conceptual ideas that include a keen emphasis on delivering the idea convincingly and succinctly, backed up by attention to detail and strong copywriting skills in Arabic and English.
• Present strategies and concepts to internal and external stakeholders, nurture relationships with the strategy and creative departments, and maintain dialogue to refine proposals.
• Contribute to the agency’s connection into new trends and cultural moments across the region, emerging customer behaviors and patterns, and creative opportunities, with an ability to recognise opportunities to deliver against this for the agency and our clients.

• Minimum 4 years of experience in creative strategy. Experience in branding and comms projects is a bonus.
• Proven ability to develop solid strategic foundations for creative campaigns, across GTM strategies and other initiatives.
• Excellent storytelling capabilities with an ability to bring focus and clarity to complex scenarios, and a passion for making clear and convincing arguments for ideas.
• Fluent in Arabic and English (verbally and in writing).

Note: The second description appears to be a duplicate with additional responsibilities, but as it overlaps significantly, the overall assessment remains the same. The job is not marked as expired in the provided text.

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Job Overview

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented
Program Strategist
to support the planning and execution of integrated marketing and communications projects. This role involves managing cross-functional initiatives, delivering multi-channel campaigns, and driving engagement across diverse target audiences. The ideal candidate will bring a data-driven approach to strategic planning, demonstrate excellent stakeholder management, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and execute integrated marketing or communication strategies.
• Manage cross-functional projects and coordinate with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Deliver multi-channel campaigns that effectively engage target audiences.
• Apply data insights and analytics to improve project outcomes and decision-making.
• Ensure alignment across teams and partners, maintaining clear and consistent communication.
• Prioritize tasks and adapt quickly within a high-profile, multi-priority environment.

Required Qualifications

• Education:
• Bachelor's degree required
• Master's degree preferred
• Preferred fields: Project Management, Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or related areas
• PMP and/or Business Analysis certification preferred
• Experience:
• No minimum required years of experience
• Preferred experience in:
• Integrated marketing or communications
• Multi-channel campaign delivery
• Cross-functional project management
• Engagement with diverse audiences
• Skills:
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Data-driven approach to planning and execution
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment

Edelman is a voice synonymous with trust, reimagining a future where the currency of communication is action. Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum.

At Edelman, we understand diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues, our company, our clients, and our communities. We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration and belonging.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead strategy for the portfolio of Saudi clients, including new business briefs.
• Assess strategic problems and work with team to assess and challenge the client brief, developing insights, recommendations and direction for clients.
• Adaptability and curiosity to apply strategic skills to clients (B2C, B2B) across the agency, no matter the category or audience.
• Explore the intersection of culture, brands and audiences from new angles to arrive at deeper insights, more provocative communications strategies, and breakthrough brand-building platforms.
• Use Edelman proprietary tools and methods to draw an understanding of the client's role in culture to offer the springboard to creatives guiding them to powerful ideas.
• To be a partner and participant within the wider EMEA strategy community, growing and sharing knowledge, experience and opportunities.
• To develop thinking and content which adds value to the wider practice areas, whether as publications, white papers or presentations around issues, audiences and cultural trends which have relevance to the industry and client's businesses.

Requirements

• At least 8-10 years of experience in strategy/planning, insight and analysis in an integrated marketing, advertising, branding, digital/social or public relations agency setting.
• Experience in, knowledge and understanding of Saudi Arabia from a culture, audience and market perspective, yet has developed strategies for Saudi led clients with a global footprint.
• A mature grasp of brand strategy and ability to apply these to client problems, leading to great communication and creative work.
• Strong presentation skills, ability to articulate smart and sometimes complex solutions in a straightforward and lucid manner to a variety of internal and external audiences.
• Strong analytical skills, research and data savvy. Interested in culture and human behavior.
• Bi-lingual - Knowledge of Arabic and English essential

Job Location and Benefits:

• Riyadh, The Business District Airport Road
• Working hours 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Career development opportunities.
• Hydride working module

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

The ideal person for the Creative Strategist role will be a natural storyteller with a passion for presenting concepts to clients and a desire to

oversee strategic work from the point of briefing through to final execution.

Most of all, we are looking for someone obsessed with looking beyond data findings to arrive at distinctive, interesting conclusions and

imperatives that drive and stimulate creativity across the agency in collaboration with the agency's Head of Strategy.

Job Description:

Comfortable conducting extensive research on landscape and turning those findings into focused, usable

imperatives and unexpected insights.

Work closely with research teams to monitor tools for market, audience and trends, analysing data to help

inform strategic decisions and creative direction, for existing projects, new business and prospective work.

Experience writing briefs that encourage creative teams to look beyond conventions to deliver highly

distinctive work, with the personality & skills to lead team briefings.

Acts as a key figurehead for composing creative strategies across a variety of client types and projects,

grounded in a key skill of being able to arrive at the point in a focused, interesting way.

Contributes in a significant way to the ideation and creative development process beyond briefing, making

sure recommendations and responses are on brand and on strategy.

Support campaign and project lifecycle from briefing to final and ongoing execution. Work with Head of

Strategy and client servicing teams on the development of idea-led initiatives and tactics.

Create conceptual ideas that include a keen emphasis on delivering the idea convincingly and succinctly,

backed up by attention to detail and strong copywriting skills in Arabic and English.

Present strategies and concepts to internal and external stakeholders, nurture relationships with the strategy

and creative departments, and maintain dialogue to refine proposals.

Contribute to the agency's connection into new trends and cultural moments across the region, emerging

customer behaviors and patterns, and creative opportunities, with an ability to recognise opportunities to

deliver against this for the agency and our clients.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in creative strategy. Experience in branding and comms projects is a bonus.

Proven ability to develop solid strategic foundations for creative campaigns, across GTM strategies and

other initiatives.

Excellent storytelling capabilities with an ability to bring focus and clarity to complex scenarios, and a

passion for making clear and convincing arguments for ideas.

• Fluent in Arabic and English (verbally and in writing).

Job Description:
Key responsibilities:

Has the overall responsibility for writing briefs and conducting briefings on several brands and the ability to mentor and train others in the same pursuits

Acts as a catalyst to creative and brand teams in seeking out new ways to add value to the brand and in identifying future opportunities

Demonstrates the maturity and leadership skills to become a key player in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary cross-agency team

Leverages data and insights to writes inspiring briefs and lead creative briefings with little supervision

Demonstrates a proficiency in the usage and translation of all types of data into leverageable insights to drive creative thinking and client growth

Is a knowledgeable leader for planners and associate planners and is able to help them grow in the discipline

Pro-actively seeks out opportunities to make the work better in a collaborative way

Builds strong relationships with middle level marketing clients and earns their trust and respect

Demonstrates and fosters a collaborative work environment in which ideas flourish

Location:
Riyadh

Brand:
Digital Republic

Time Type:
Full time

Contract Type:
Permanent

The Account Technical Strategist (ATS) is a leader and trusted advisor, guiding the end-to-end customer journey and playing a critical role in strategic technical engagement with business and IT decision-makers. This pivotal role ensures the success of both Cloud Software Group and its customers by developing a technology roadmap aligned with business and IT objectives. The ATS identifies opportunities for value creation and provides technical expertise to support sales execution. Through strategic guidance and deep technical insights, the ATS fosters strong partnerships that drive business success and technological innovation.

The Account Technical Strategist (ATS) is a leader and trusted advisor, guiding the end-to-end customer journey and playing a critical role in strategic technical engagement with business and IT decision-makers. This pivotal role ensures the success of both Cloud Software Group and its customers by developing a technology roadmap aligned with business and IT objectives. The ATS identifies opportunities for value creation and provides technical expertise to support sales execution. Through strategic guidance and deep technical insights, the ATS fosters strong partnerships that drive business success and technological innovation.

• Develop strategic partnerships and build trusted relationships with customers, technical stakeholders, and decision-makers.
• Provide technical thought leadership and insights on Citrix products, workspace industry trends, and their relevance to our customers.
• Assist with overcoming technical and competitive objections and accelerate the technical evaluation component of the sales cycle.
• Drive adoption and consumption of CSG products by working closely with internal stakeholders.

• Strong understanding of business processes and their implementation into enterprise applications.
• Excellent strategic thinking skills to lead and drive long-term customer journeys.
• Strong project management skills to ensure structured collaboration across a virtual team.
• High level of specialized sales and product solution knowledge.
• Profound understanding of Citrix's technologies and competitive domains, with expertise in:
• DaaS / VDI
• Applications Delivery (traditional / web / SaaS)
• Hybrid-Multi-Cloud workload (hosting / delivery)
• Enterprise Mobility Management
• Enterprise Security
• Solid understanding of supporting technologies such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Active Directory, Google Cloud Platform, AWS, and HCI solutions.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 5+ years of Sales Engineering or Consulting experience in high-tech/indirect sales with a track record of driving workplace technology adoption in large enterprises.
• Ability to work in and successfully navigate complex and matrixed organizations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills , as well as outstanding presentation skills.

Role Summary

As a Senior Digital Strategist, you will be at the forefront of driving APCO's digital initiatives for our clients in Riyadh. Your role is to leverage data-driven insights and innovative thinking to develop and execute impactful digital strategies across diverse industries. You will be a key leader, shaping meaningful digital experiences and measurable outcomes through a blend of analytical rigor, creative storytelling, and hands-on delivery.

What You'll Get

• Join a High-Performing Team: You will become part of a highly successful and agile team that works on some of the most prominent and high-impact projects in the region.
• Work with Innovative Technology: You will have the unique opportunity to innovate with new technology, advance our current digital products, and shape the future of our offerings.
• Grow with a Global Leader: You will gain unparalleled experience working within a global firm, collaborating with experts and leaders to solve complex challenges and contribute to a world-class portfolio of work.
• Meaningful Impact: Your work will directly contribute to the success of our clients, helping them navigate a rapidly evolving digital landscape and achieve their business goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital strategy engagements with a focus on analytics, user experience, and influencer engagement.
• Identify strategic challenges and define digital, communications, and business needs for clients.
• Recommend strategic directions and execute hands-on delivery when needed.
• Collaborate with internal teams across strategy, creative, and technology disciplines.
• Coordinate with colleagues across APCO's regional offices to ensure integrated solutions.
• Develop strategic responses to RFPs, including creative and tactical execution plans.
• Support client service teams in growing key accounts and enhancing client satisfaction.
• Manage large-scale projects and events involving multiple stakeholders and teams.
• Propose new research initiatives, methodologies, and strategic products to enhance APCO's offerings.
  Contribute to thought leadership and foster debate within the strategy team.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a digital strategy or communications role.
• Proven success in delivering strategic projects with measurable impact.
• Deep understanding of the digital ecosystem, including social media, SEO, SEM, web development, and digital advertising.
• Strong project management skills and technical proficiency in content development.
• Proficiency in analytics and big data tools used in digital strategy.
• Exceptional communication and client management capabilities.
• Ability to craft compelling narratives and strategic storytelling.
• Experience managing clients across various industries and cultural backgrounds.
  Willingness to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment based in Riyadh, KSA.

Careers at APCO

Through our recruitment, hiring, and retention efforts, APCO is committed to building teams to bring the best possible expertise and robust perspectives to our clients. We embrace differences in experience, viewpoint, and ideas, starting with our values and extending to our behaviors, policies, and practices. We aim to create a positive work experience and welcoming environment where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.

• Develop and execute a TikTok content strategy aligned with brand goals.
• Research trends, sounds, and formats to create engaging, viral content.
• Plan and manage both organic content and paid TikTok campaigns.
• Optimize ad spend to lower cost per lead and increase conversion rates.
• Collaborate with content creators, influencers, and internal teams.
• Track, analyze, and report performance metrics (views, leads, CPL, conversions).
• Continuously test creative, targeting, and funnel strategies to scale growth.

• Proven experience managing TikTok campaigns (organic + paid).
• Strong understanding of TikTok Ads Manager and lead-generation campaigns.
• Creative eye for short-form video storytelling and trends.
• Data-driven mindset with ability to interpret performance metrics.
• Experience in education, ed-tech, or consumer services is a plus.
• Good communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced team.

Looking for someone with shopify store building capabality, store management, graphic design experience, marketing capabality for online marketplaces.