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Senior Brand Strategist

Help clarify complex brand questions and turn strategic direction into systems that clients and teams can use.

Ho Chi Minh City · Full-time · Reports to Strategy Lead · Closing 31 August 2026
Role purpose and working context
Complexity
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Clarity
System
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Growth
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Why the Role Exists

The capability this role helps build.

IICS needs a senior strategist who can see the system behind a visible brand brief, frame the real decision and help build direction that becomes usable across communication, organization and growth.

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Contribution and Outcomes

What success looks like.

Decision ownership

Frame complex challenges

Turn ambiguity into strategic questions and decision criteria.

Client contribution

Shape direction

Lead research synthesis, positioning, narrative and strategic architecture.

Team contribution

Make thinking usable

Help others apply the direction through clear systems and feedback.

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Responsibilities

Recurring work connected to outcomes.

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Diagnose

Review business, audience, market and brand context.

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Frame

Define the real decision and strategic tension.

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Choose

Develop positioning, value proposition and narrative choices.

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Build

Translate direction into systems, frameworks and tools.

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Collaborate

Work across creative, technology, growth and client teams.

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What Good Fit Looks Like

Required and preferred criteria are separated.

Required

Strong strategic reasoning · clear writing · client leadership · ability to turn ambiguity into structured decisions.

Useful

Experience with AI-enabled research, brand systems, regional work or multidisciplinary transformation.

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Application Process

What to submit and what happens next.

01

Application

CV, short note and optional portfolio.

Submit
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Initial review

Role fit and evidence review.

Review
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Interviews

Strategic discussion and practical work sample if required.

Meet
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Decision

Final communication and next steps.

Decide
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