Growth Strategist

Job Description

Position: Growth Strategist

Career Level: Consultant

Location : London

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

THE TEAM

We create new ventures for big businesses, from identifying the white space opportunity all the way through to launching in market. We do it for truly game-changing businesses, including MINI, Google, British Airways, Airbnb and Amex. The impact we are having is changing the way people live, bank, work, and travel.

We are not your typical consultancy and we are much more than your traditional design studio. Bringing together the sharpest creative and strategic minds, we work in tight, truly collaborative and high-performing start-up teams to accelerate concepts from ideas to market-ready ventures. We are a team of 70+ Venture builders that are backed by the superpower that is

Accenture, which gives us a treasure chest of technology and opens doors to big-ticket clients.

Building a venture takes a village and we need all types of skills. We are looking for 'genius misfits' who thrive on excellence and collaboration. We want people to help us grow and evolve – finding the best briefs, contributing to the culture, mentoring and developing the team.

YOUR ROLE

Every start-up team brings together a range of experiences and skillsets from multiple backgrounds. As a Designer, you are here to bring together strategic design thinking and excellent execution to every project, from early-stage idea generation to detailed digital design.

Within this role, you will:

• Work in partnership with the team to develop new ideas that deliver against key strategic objectives

• Map existing customer journeys to identify key pain points and areas of opportunity

• Plan, conduct and synthesise customer and category design research

• Lead client conversations within your design specialism, bringing them into the creative process and providing articulate recommendations

• Use design to create clarity and enhance the story, presentation or proposition – bringing creativity into every part of the process, from creative writing to pitch videos

• Mock-up wireframes and user flows to create interactive prototypes to bring the concept to life for customers and clients

• Design top-end and functional UI, including components ready for development and launch

• Mentor and coach interns through their day-to-day project work and overall growth journey

What we love in a candidate:

• Strong experience design and digital product design skills, with practical experience designing websites, apps or digital products

• A generalist mindset to fluidly working across the spectrum of design, doing what it takes to help the work land with impact

• A proactive, entrepreneurial attitude and growth mindset to think around problems, navigate ambiguity and challenge clients to think differently

• World-class execution with an eye for detail and the passion to constantly strive to improve and take the work to the next level

• 2+ years of professional experience in the design industry

An absolute must have in every candidate is that they live and truly believe our values of being driven, fearless, striving for better, bringing your authentic self and being generous in all that we do.

What’s in it for you:

Our Total Rewards consist of a competitive basic salary, annual performance bonus, opportunities to acquire equity and a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits. These include perks such as:

• Up to 30 days of leave to spend each year plus 3 extra volunteering days per year for charitable work of choice.

• Family-friendly and flexible work policies.

• Attractive pension plan with financial wellbeing support and resources.

• Private healthcare insurance plan and Mental Wellbeing support.

• Employee Assistance Programme, Career Development and Counselling.

• A range of generous Parental Leave offerings.
  

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services we are known for.

Please note that with all our roles, you should expect some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building rapport with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.

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About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

HOW TO APPLY

If you think you would be the perfect addition to our team, please apply through the link below. As we are part of Accenture Song, you will be taken through to the Accenture recruitment page to finish your application to the Venture Team.

Please send us:

• 5 bullet points on why you would be a great addition to the team

• Your CV and portfolio of work

Without these pieces we will sadly not be able to consider your application. Furthermore, we will only be able to respond to shortlisted applicants.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.