Can you be a ground-breaking thinker, doer, leader and influencer day after day?
We’re a highly ambitious business determined to help clients across all sectors better address the challenges and opportunities presented by today’s turbulent world. We’re also one of the Sunday Times’ Top 100 Best Small Companies to work with.
We’re committed to transforming existing markets, creating new markets, to helping businesses and organisations responsibly grow. And the responsibility bit is important. We put positive social impact at the heart of what we do.
If you see yourself as a game- changer and have a brilliant mix of imagination, logic, resilience and a special talent to make things happen then we may be your perfect fit. If you feel that others - inside Wolff Olins or in client organisations of as many as 100,000 people would follow your lead, we would love to hear from you.
You may be from big business, from a start-up or you may run your own show. You need solid business know-how, true creative flair and an ability to not just re-define the purpose of an organization but to re-tune its culture, processes, products, services and end goals accordingly.
We work across all sectors – technology, finance, government, professional services, arts and non-profit and we hope you would be up for some sector experimentation too. Unusual mixes of experience and expertise is inherent to our approach.
Currently, we’re on the lookout for strategy team members at our most senior levels:
Strategy Director
Our strategy directors are outstanding leaders. They work alongside the CEOs of the world’s major organisations. They successfully manage the balance between social and commercial impact. They can think with crystal-clear simplicity but also manage extraordinary complexity and they run large multi-dimensional projects which span the full range of deliverables - from long-range envisioning through to the detail of web experiences and produce design. Most of all they have the stamina to work for months and often years taking a client on the journey of profound, market defining change. Most come to us with at least 9 years of hands-on experience.
Seniors
Our seniors are the drivers of our biggest projects. They are responsible for some of the most significant areas of our impact – conceiving new products and services, building new businesses, devising new revenue streams always with a view to giving more customers a better experience and an improved belief in the companies that serve them. Often they bring an injection of new knowledge to Wolff Olins – as experts in product innovation, culture change, digital experiences, emerging markets or sustainability. We welcome focused areas of knowledge, especially if it can be applied to the wealth of opportunities we take on. All our senior strategists are inventive, disciplined, inspiring and results focused. Most have at least 7 years of experience
Beyond the impact our strategists have on client projects, they each contribute a great deal to helping us grow as a business internally. There’s all to play for in this respect. We have a highly entrepreneurial culture and we respond well to vision and initiative. We back people’s ideas and help them grow…
If you are interested in being part of Wolff Olins, please send your CV and a covering letter outlining the kind of extra firepower you can bring our business to peoplelondon@wolffolins.com - with Strategy Director or Senior Strategist in the header. Thank you!
Game change is at the heart of Wolff Olins’ work and our account management team is vital to making that change happen for clients.
We’re looking for an experienced (5+ years) Account Manager who is at the top of their game in their current role but looking for the kind of challenge that Wolff Olins will deliver.
We need someone who thrives on intellectual challenge. Someone who has the potential to transform businesses, not just deliver phases of work. Someone who proactively join the dots across an account, spots connections, is an arbiter of quality. Someone who intuitively understands and resolutely delivers value for clients, for WO and for the AM resource. And finally, someone who can balance the budget with the big picture.
We have some of the most high profile, most complex clients and an ambitious, restless internal culture that never settles for second best. We need someone to match our optimism and ambition and develop as a role model for best practice client leadership.
If this sounds like you, please send your CV and a covering email to peoplelondon@wolffolins.com with the subject AM 2013.
Game change is at the heart of Wolff Olins’ work and our account management team is vital to making that change happen for clients.
We’re looking for an experienced (10+ years) Account Director who is at the top of their game in their current role but looking for the kind of challenge that Wolff Olins will deliver.
We need someone who thrives on intellectual challenge. Someone who can inspire while being open to wonder and learning. Someone who is comfortable influencing the leaders of some very big organisations and who can work collaboratively with our strategists and designers to actively orchestrate and contribute to world-class work.
We have some of the most high profile, most complex clients and an ambitious, restless internal culture that never settles for second best. We need someone to match our optimism and ambition and act as a role model for best practice client leadership.
If this sounds like you, please send your CV and a covering email to peoplelondon@wolffolins.com with the subject AD 2013.
The New York Head of Business Development will be bright, creative, quick on their feet and recognized as a strategic leader in branding. This role will be focused heavily on new business but it is not your typical sales job. In fact, our ideal fit is likely to be a strategy or account director who will naturally jump into business development as a door opener and relationship builder.
The right candidate truly understands branding, has the credibility (with our internal leadership team and with clients) and can win the client over with the expertise they bring into the new business conversation and pitch.
Bottom line: history of being a practitioner in brand strategy is going to be the key to earning the respect and credibility necessary to hold such conversations and articulate our point of view.
Winning work with ambitious clients who want to do big things is the lifeblood of our business. We are looking for someone with a deep understanding of brand strategy who believes in our point of view on the world and the impact we strive to make. You must share our creative and strategic vision and follow through to galvanize and inspire our teams and our clients. The Head of Business Development must understand what constitutes the right opportunity for Wolff Olins, can brilliantly articulate what makes us special and has smart ideas for how to help us engage more strategically and effectively with the world.
This individual will take charge of both identifying and capturing new lines of business and lead the process together with the strategic and creative groups to orchestrate distinctive and effective pitches to potential clients.
If this sounds like you, please send your resume and cover email to PeopleNewYork@wolffolins.com with the subject: New Biz 2013.
We’re looking for two crazy, innovative, digital savvy Design interns. You will work with our team in San Fran.
There are no “junior” designers at Wolff Olins. Even our interns require a certain instinct and raw skill from the start. The work we aim to deliver is bold, ambitious and different. The primary role for the designer is to explore. This is the creative position freest from other responsibilities that come with longer tenure or seniority at Wolff Olins. Designers should see this as an opportunity to learn and grow through collaboration and exposure to others on their teams.
We’re looking for someone who has:
You must have strong graphic design and typography skills and experience in Adobe Creative Suite. Experience in After Effects is a huge PLUS
You’ll get to:
Experiment and contribute to design solutions for a number of different clients.
We’re looking for someone who is:
Really, really, creative!
Curious about the world and passionate about brands
Energetic and enthusiastic
Collaborative and fun
Strong skills in motion (animation, 3D, film/editing) and/or digital prototyping a PLUS
We’re looking for a kick-ass strategy/account management intern to work with our teams in San Francisco and New York. You’ll work on a range of internal and client projects, experiencing firsthand how brands are created and evolved. This internship is based in San Francisco.
You’ll get to:
Research into clients worlds and their competitors
Look at macro trends
Work with teams, helping to keep them organized and developing itineraries
Provide background information and research to support new business pitches
Help to identify potential partners here in the Bay Area
We’re looking for someone who is:
Super resourceful
Tidy minded and organized
Really likes people and working with people
Happy to throw themselves in and roll their sleeves up
Timing: Full-Time 5 days a week for 2.5 months, starting May or June
Location: San Francisco, CA Compensation: This is a paid internship. Who can apply? College students & grads – the internship role will be tailored based on experience.
Deadline: Your application must be received by March 29
We’re looking for an enthusiastic marketing intern to join the Wolff Olins marketing team in New York City. Working closely with the content and PR managers, you’ll work on a range of company projects, gain a strong grasp of the elements of marketing communications and the ways Wolff Olins shares and showcases its work, thinking and people.
You’ll get to support:
Internal Communications, by compiling internal and external newsletters and media monitoring reports.
Employee Communications, by feeding, sharing and nurturing our internal social network.
Marketing Calendars and Tools creation and upkeep, including media lists, speaker’s and awards bureaus and press and company editorial calendars.
Web Production and Content Creation efforts including assets requests and delivery, copy editing, blogging and using our content management systems.
Project Management and Administration, through meeting recaps and logistics.
We’re looking for someone who is:
A hands-on individual with a high degree of initiative and ability to multi-task.
Resourceful, proactive thinker—always reaching out to learn more, do more or volunteer more.
Curious, enthusiastic and eager to learn and take full ownership of projects.
A strong communicator – both written and verbal. (experience writing for the web is a big plus)
Obsessed with news and pop culture happenings.
Familiar with the usual social networks like Yammer, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Tumblr, etc.
Adept in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PPT, Excel).
Experienced in marketing communications and a genuine interest in content creation, community management, and public relations.
Curious about the world and passionate about brands.
We’re looking for an energetic account management intern to work with our team in New York City. You’ll work on a range of client projects; gaining a real perspective on the many ways we help clients achieve their business and brand goals.
You’ll get to:
Creatively problem solve a diverse range of challenges
Collaborate closely with an eclectic group of experts in design, strategy and production
Manage the many, many details that need to come together to create big impact
We’re looking for someone who is:
Enthusiastic and always maintains a positive attitude
Eager to learn + take responsibility/ownership of tasks
Proactive and always reaching out to learn more, do more or volunteer more
Strong written & verbal communication skills
Extremely strong in Excel (Word and PPT knowledge also a must)
A captain of a team/group or is a leader/helper who started or revived a campus organization
Other Details: Timing: Full-time, starting in June, ending in August (approx. 2.5 months in duration) Location: New York City Compensation: This is a paid internship. Who can apply? Undergrad college students
Deadline: Your application must be received by March 29th
