ABOUT US_
At Talon, our purpose is to be the independent agency of choice providing a pioneering global platform for brands to connect with audiences in the outside world. We want to reimagine the industry to deliver greater value for our clients whilst inspiring people and caring for our planet. We’re passionate about OOH and are on a mission to drive the growth of this sector within the media industry – changing perceptions of it as a legacy medium to one that is highly effective, creative, sustainable, and measurable for our clients.
In our first 10 years, our desire to offer intelligent, creative, technology-led OOH solutions and a full-service OOH offering saw us grow into a team of over 300 people located in key cities across the globe. In that time, we have been awarded for our approach to our people, our clients and our industry and want to continue and expand upon these successes.
THE ROLE_
- We’re looking for a Creative Strategist to help drive our combined digital production, experiential, and creative solutions proposition here in the US working on the media agency patches with our Talon teams.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR_
- You are a people person. You use your well-honed skills to know exactly what is going on and you can predict and proactively manage the ever-evolving needs of your clients and your team.
• You love pitching for new business and writing creative response to briefs. You are experienced in interrogating briefs, providing strategic recommendations, writing tight creative briefs that push boundaries, and pulling together innovative pitch proposals.
• You are a natural creative thinker. You know and understand that your success and that of the team are intrinsically linked to the responses and pitches we deliver to clients.
• You are cool, calm and collected. You are the person people come to for answers and leave you feeling confident and focused.
• You’re an experienced creative media or brand experience professional - you’ve faced most challenges and you’re not fazed by those you’ve yet to face. You’re ready and willing to share your fountain of knowledge with anyone who needs it.
• As well as supporting the wider team, you’ll lead your own projects, looping in resource to support where it is needed.
• You have excellent attention to detail
• You can confidently communicate with stakeholders of all levels, and you don’t leave people wondering what’s going on. Open communication is at the heart of your working style.
• You are happy to share ideas for new initiatives and ways of working and equally happy to hear other people’s ideas.
• You have a solid understanding of the OOH media landscape and truly understand how OOH and Brand Experience compliments other channels
OUR TEAM_
• Work closely with the Client Director on strategies, responses and creative presentations.
• Work with the wider creative and client teams, and senior leadership on creative ideas, pitches and presentations to new, existing and potential clients.
• Work with creative teams to translate client challenges into inspiring creative strategies, ensuring the creative is on strategy and aligned with expectations.
• Working alongside the wider agency teams to deliver best in class creative responses for our clients, helping brands turn the OOH landscape into opportunities to engage with consumers.
• Drive income for brand experience, digital production, and media solutions across our US business and from new streams
• Build strong relationships with our existing clients and work with the team lead to map out strategic account plans to stimulate growth.
• Develop and maintain a strong brand and agency network with regular outreach, presentations, and inspiration sessions.
• Liaise with relevant departments (e.g., Marketing, AdTech, Insight, International) to maximize income opportunities and enhance the consumer experience
• Identify emerging trends, products, and partners to drive innovation
WHY US_
Grand Visual was formed in 2005 and acquired by Talon in 2019 as the Creative arm of the group, focusing wholly on delivering best-in-class creative services, and maximizing media value to the Global OOH market. Our clients include Disney, Nike, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon, Pepsico and Proximo Spirits. We also work through the Talon US agency partners such as Havas, Stagwell, dentsu, OMG and MediaPlus, and with creative agencies up and down the country.
Our team of experts have been crafting compelling stories for leading agencies, brands and audiences worldwide for over 19 years, delivering projects in the USA for 12 of those. From murals, to experiential, interactive digital experiences and data-driven creative our team ideates, develops, manages and produces campaigns seen by millions of people around the world.
OUR VALUES AND HOW WE WORK TOGETHER_
WE ARE BOLD_
As industry provocateurs and pioneers, we respectfully challenge the status quo, take pride in our people, big ideas and partnerships.
- We embrace change
- We challenge respectfully
- We lead the way
WE ARE HUMAN_
We are a diverse collective of changemakers who value respect, fairness, and integrity and expect the same in return.
- We value collaboration and togetherness
- We are empathetic
- We embrace individuality
WE ARE SMART_
Our trailblazing spirit and learning centric culture ensures our knowledge provides maximum value to each other and our clients.
- We grow and learn
- We are trusted
- We are mission possible
Talon is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ and develop a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and brands that we represent.