<p>Job Description</p> <p>Are you the master builder who can help us plan exciting integrated communications experiences using everything LEGO has to play with?</p> <p>This role is a 6-month temporary role. We're looking for an experienced strategist who knows their owned from their earned, who dreams in consumer journeys, who gets as excited about a communications planning process as they do about big bold brave ideas. The LEGO Agency is responsible for designing and building integrated comms experiences across all touchpoints: owned, earned, shared and paid, and we're looking for someone to join the team who can help us create the most engaging and effective strategies for kids, adults and brands.</p> <p>Core responsibilities</p> <ul> <li> <p>Bring big ideas to life across our ecosystem in both campaign periods and across the year, through clear, compelling and connected user journeys across multiple touchpoints</p> </li><li> <p>Combine creativity and effectiveness through strong understanding of audiences, touchpoints and media thinking</p> </li><li> <p>Apply your understanding of how brands grow, and how effective comms create impact and drive results</p> </li><li> <p>Use data and research to inform your approach, whilst being open to creative innovation and exploration</p> </li><li> <p>Partner closely with Strategy and Creative leads to ensure our creative ideas make most effective use of an integrated mix of owned, earned and paid channels, and are deployed via innovative, targeted media and technology</p> </li><li> <p>Develop strong insights based on deep understanding of consumer and shopper needs as well as channels and behaviors</p> </li><li> <p>Create measurable campaign KPI's, helping to enhance creative effectiveness and improve sell rate of innovative ideas</p> </li><li> <p>Strong storytelling, persuasive pitching and stakeholder engagement to get teams excited and onboard with your thinking</p> </li><li> <p>Help to shape and develop our planning processes and collaboration across agency, marketing and channel teams</p> </li><li> <p>Support your colleagues to refine their thinking, and build relationships across LEGO to create engaging experiences</p> </li><li> <p>Interested and curious about the world, challenges our view, and brings new perspectives to how we work</p> </li></ul> <p>Play your part in our team succeeding</p> <p>The LEGO Agency is a global LEGO in-house advertising agency, creating award winning and compelling content and campaigns for the LEGO brand. The Global Communication Strategy department is all about understanding audience behaviors and inspiring creative work. The team leads and develops strategies for all LEGO channels, earned, owned and paid. This is a 6-month temporary role.</p> <p>Do you have what it takes?</p> <ul> <li> <p>Extensive experience in a brand communications planning or strategy role, responsible for channel and campaign planning, and communication architecture</p> </li><li> <p>A proven track record of implementing holistic communications planning strategies across channels that brings big ideas to life</p> </li><li> <p>Experience of using data-driven planning tools, audience insight (qual and quant) and effectiveness data to build plans, and working within defined planning processes.</p> </li><li> <p>Experience of working with channels / media owners to develop creative and executional thinking</p> </li><li> <p>Ability to inform, move with, and stay ahead of consumer behaviors, technology platforms, and cultural shifts</p> </li><li> <p>Excellent communication skills - written, verbal, and emotional to be a critical member of our team</p> </li><li> <p>Desire to stay close to projects throughout their life-cycle to maintaining strategic and creative excellence</p> </li><li> <p>Passion for creating communication work that has an impact, that matters and that's memorable</p> </li><li> <p>Proven experience as a storyteller and communicator; must have past examples of thought leadership</p> </li></ul> <p>Compensation</p> <p>The salary for this position has a range of $134,750.00 - $202,126.00 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalisation of the employment offer.</p> <p>Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.</p> <p>What's in it for you?</p> <p>Here are some of what to expect:</p> <p>Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.</p> <p>Insurances - All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.</p> <p>Wellbeing - We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based</p> <p>Colleague Discount - We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.</p> <p>Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme</p> <p>Your workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.</p> <p>We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.</p> <p>The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.</p> <p>We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to "inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow."</p> <p>The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children's Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.</p> <p>Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children's Rights.</p> <p>We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.</p> <p>Online Application Accessibility Statement; which is intended for people with disabilities - LEGO systems endeavors to make www.LEGO.com/jobs accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our web site or need assistance completing the application process, please contact the HR Service Desk at 1.860-763-7777, option #3. Please note, these communication channels should be used for those having difficulty accessing our on-line channels, not to inquire about job opportunities.</p> <p>Just imagine building your dream career.</p> <p>Then make it real.</p> <p>Join the LEGO team today.</p>