katy lindemann // seemingly unconnected

We’re hiring at Naked London, looking for a kick-arse strategist to get Naked and join our band of merry men + women.

The hiring policy at Naked is ‘brilliant misfits’ – our people think a bit differently, like to challenge the status quo, and are generally bloody awesome (well, my colleagues definitely are, present company possibly excepted).

Naked people come from a wide range of backgrounds – including ex-media planners, ex-brand and account planners, ex-research and insights people, ex-management consultants. And our people have a range of pretty amazing skills – amongst other things, Naked people are life coaches, hypnotherapists, stand-up comedians, DJs, run their own record labels and clothing companies and more. So we’re a pretty eclectic bunch.

We have three pillars at Naked – which are centres of gravity, rather than silos, as we all work in some capacity across all three pillars. We’re recruiting for a totally awesome strategist whose centre of gravity will be Naked’s heartland pillar – Total Comms Planning.

The role will include comms planning for COI, so you’ll need to have media planning experience (and be familiar with the UK market), with more traditional channel planning as a string to your bow. You’ll be comfortable in the dirty world of GRPs and effective frequency, but this will just be one of your skills, and ultimately a small (but necessary) aspect of this particular role. Fundamentally we’re after amazing strategic and creative thinkers, who will help our clients think about the most effective way to communicate – across every comms touchpoint, from advertising to events to packaging to in-store to customer service and beyond. Your other client responsibilities will depend on best fit – other Naked clients include Vodafone, Nokia, Sony and Coca Cola, as well as numerous ad hoc projects, so you’ll get the opportunity to work on different bits of business, with different people, and flex your strategic muscle in different ways.

We’re not big on hierarchy or box-ticking, but you’ll be passionate about challenging the traditional view of communications and comfortable planning across ALL channels, you’ll probably have at least two years comms planning under your belt, and will be a confident self-starter who’s eager to get stuck in.

It also helps if you’re not scared of a bunch of nutters. Being a nutter helps, to be honest. Life at Naked Towers is pretty random, and if you want to work somewhere that’s all about formal process and corporate culture, then we’re probably not for you. But if you think that that you’d be a great fit for this role, and would like join somewhere which Fast Company named as one of its top 5 most innovative companies in advertising and marketing in 2009, please do get in touch