Senior Brand Strategist - Collider

Who is Yum! Brands?

Ready to make your mark at an iconic global powerhouse? Join Yum! Brands - the parent company behind KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Habit Burger & Grill - be a part of our reinvention for Greater Growth.

We are a culture-driven company where innovation, collaboration, and passion fuel everything we do. We’re seeking talented individuals to make a difference across our global business. Whether you’re just starting out or stepping into leadership, you’ll help shape our future by delivering results that matter and bringing your smart, heart, and courage to the table.

If you’re ready to grow with a company that values curiosity, high performance, and meaningful work - join us. Let’s build the future of Yum! together!

About the Job:

Collider Lab is a tight-knit group of brand strategists, data strategists and marketers that work entirely on the creation of high profile, business-changing strategies in dozens of countries around the world. We leverage the power of culture to position brands, and modern marketing science to make them grow faster. We are entirely owned by Yum! Brands - the largest restaurant company in the world, owners of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, and The Habit, so we are clearly on the brand side. At the same time, however, we are free to work on a few exciting projects and brands in other categories if they pique our interest. So, we are also a little like an agency too (except an agency made up entirely of strategists with the complete freedom to choose what projects they work on around the globe, based exclusively on how interesting they sound). We also focus purposefully and intently on growing everyone’s strategic and team management skills. In the end, our goal is to make the brands we work on better businesses and better citizens of the world…and every strategist that works on them smarter, more connected to humanity, and more fulfilled. If it sounds a little like a strategist’s dream come true, it’s because it kind of is.

Collider Lab operates in high performance, highly focused teams. Each team is led by a Senior Strategist and is supported by at least one Strategist and one Director of Strategy. That team will dive head-first into each project and work exclusively on it for anywhere from 3 weeks or up to 3 months. They will become subject matter experts and push each other to come up with the most disruptive solution possible. Naturally, the Associate Strategist is a key member of this team, as they are working alongside the Senior Strategist in executing the research methodology and developing the strategic solutions. As a member of a team, however, they are not responsible with coming up with all the answers themselves. Collider Lab is about the “collision” of different perspectives and ideas, and we take this seriously. Every project is nourished with the ideas of the Collider braintrust and no one is ever left on their own.

You will be required to attend the Santa Ana, CA office three days per week (Tuesday - Thursday).

Salary Range:

$100,000 - $115,000 + bonus eligibility. This is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Every project will be different, but tactically, the Associate Strategist will be assisting with the development and execution of qualitative and quantitative research, working with top experts in the world of academia or business, and crafting compelling stories for our clients. You’ll be expected to mine culture and be dialed in to marketing science, build convincing deck slides, and generate fresh ideas. We are firm believers in the latest research and literature in the world of marketing and are constantly looking for and testing new approaches and ideas.

Minimum Requirements:

What we look for in a Senior Strategist is an insatiable curiosity, a kindness of heart, and a love of their craft are all non-negotiable at Collider. We look for people who are driven, focused, and curious about human behavior. After that, every person at Collider seems to have their own special ability: some are incredibly dialed into culture, others are data geniuses or avid readers or just crafty with their minds. Some examples of skills that have caught our eye for the Strategist position:

Degrees in Advertising, Marketing, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology or pretty much anything interesting

6+ years of experience at a Strategic / Trend Consultancy, Advertising Agency, or Innovation company

Case studies that show uncommon thinking

Able to provide a portfolio covering past work experience

Slick writing and storytelling skills

Being a fan, but not a total devotee of Byron Sharp, Jenni Romaniuk, Douglas Holt, Daniel Kahneman, Winnie the Pooh or anyone else with deep thoughts

Must live in the U.S.

Preference for candidates in Orange County / Los Angeles area

May involve international travel on select projects

Benefits:

Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan). Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance. Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan. Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.

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This posting will be open for a minimum of two weeks. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until a candidate is selected.

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