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title: 'Brand Strategist at Zambezi'
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# Brand Strategist at Zambezi

- **Company:** Zambezi
- **Location:** Zambezi
- **Compensation:** $75k–$90k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-11-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/zambezi/d617f343-aa9f-4de9-b716-68ef229eeb0d

## Job description

Zambezi is a proudly independent, women-owned agency and the 2026 winner of the Ad Age Small Agency of the Year award, giving you the room to do the best work of your career. We are looking for a Brand Strategist to join us. This position is designed for a highly motivated and ambitious thinker with a passion for strategic thinking and how that inspires great creative. This person will provide essential support across a variety of client projects and relied upon for audience and cultural insights and brief development. This role is ideal for someone eager to bring insights to the table and contribute to a fast-paced agency environment.

You’re the right person for this role if… You’re naturally curious. You are eager to dig into culture, categories, and audiences, turning interesting information into insights. You can think macro and micro. You can run an audience on MRI or design a survey with detail, but still think about the brand opportunity. You understand and are knowledgeable about how strategy and creative deploys in multiple channels including social – we are seeking a generalist not a specialist. You champion your ideas with confidence, articulating your perspective clearly regardless of the room's dynamics. You are a strong collaborator. Someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You enjoy working in an integrated environment with all departments including creative, media and account. You are ambitious and entrepreneurial. You’re willing to jump in and bring solutions at every step. You care deeply about creative work and want to be an active partner to creative teams to craft ideas and push for breakthrough thinking.

## RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Research & Insights:
- Hunt for what’s interesting and fresh, not just what’s right
- Keep the team and agency up-to-speed on trends, social conversations, or sub-cultures
- Build target audiences and personas by running and analyzing MRI data, and leveraging other data tools
- Help maintain and organize audience research resources/tools
- Gather interesting insights leveraging social media listening (i.e. Meltwater), and provide a perspective on how to best activate a brand and brief on respective social platforms
- Leverage AI tools, like Gemini or Waldo, as a source of information, but not imagination
- Brief Development:
- Conduct research on cultural trends, competitive landscapes, and client backgrounds and then distill to what’s most important
- Unlock the opportunity with every brief
- Bring a point of view on what makes breakthrough creative work
- Write narratives, not just briefs
- Shaping the Work:
- Partner with the account team to help digest client input briefs, ask the right questions, and provide a point-of-view
- Partner with the creative team to help guide ideas and executions, ensuring we have the strategic grounding for breakthrough and effective work
- Partner with the media team so that the strategy and creative ideas are presented in the strongest media context for a client’s target audience
- New Business Support:
- Assist in the foundational data and thinking around new business pitches
- Become a go-to source for running the data and analysis for our proprietary AI diagnostic, The Brand Performance Gap

## REQUIREMENTS:

- Approximately 3+ years of brand strategy or similar experience in marketing or advertising
- Capacity to distill information to what’s most interesting
- Excellent verbal, written and collaboration skills
- Ability to present information clearly and concisely
- Highly organized and have high attention to detail
- Proficient with data tools like MRI and Waldo
- Well-versed in social media, including experience across key platforms - TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook
- Excited to create the best work of your career
- Eagerness about strategic planning and brand development, with a desire to grow within the field

Must be located in the greater Los Angeles area.

## About Zambezi

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: An integrated and independent, female-owned creative communications agency that builds high-performance brands.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Partnership)
- **Headquarters**: Culver City, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2006
- **Founders**: Chris Raih

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Advertising Services (Creative Communications Agency)
- **Target customers**: Enterprise and high-growth B2C brands (e.g., TaylorMade, LPL Financial, Club Pilates, Traeger Grills, UKG, NFL, ESPN, Under Armour, Atlantis Bahamas).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To build brands that are as high-performance as their products and services, spurring growth to $1B and beyond. The agency describes itself as "an organism, not an org chart," emphasizing adaptability and strength. [zmbz.com](https://www.zmbz.com/about)

## Products & Services
- **Creative & Media Services**: Full-service agency offering integrated creative and media ideas, including brand strategy, advertising campaigns, media planning and buying, and digital content creation.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (Private company).
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $5M–$25M (as of latest data). [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/zmbz)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The agency is independently owned. Key clients include TaylorMade, LPL Financial, Club Pilates, Traeger Grills, UKG, NFL, ESPN, Under Armour, and Atlantis Bahamas. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/zmbz)
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. seven times, most recently in 2024. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/zmbz)
    - Two-time gold winner as Ad Age Small Agency of the Year. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/zmbz)
    - Headcount of 78 employees, with a 5.2% year-over-year growth rate. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/zmbz)
    - Recognized for creative work at Cannes, The One Show, Emmys, Webbys, and Clios. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/zmbz)
    - Named a Los Angeles Business Journal Disruptor Honoree. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/zmbz)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Independence & Ownership**: A proudly independent, women-owned agency, allowing for greater creative freedom and client-first decision-making. [zmbz.com](https://www.zmbz.com/about)
- **Creative & Media Integration**: Offers both creative and media capabilities under one roof, providing a unified approach for clients.
- **Proven Track Record**: A consistent history of high-growth (Inc. 5000) and industry awards (Cannes, Emmys) validates its effectiveness.
- **Strong Client Roster**: Works with major, category-leading brands in sports, finance, fitness, and outdoor lifestyle.

## Strategic Focus
- **Growth to $1B+**: The agency explicitly focuses on helping clients scale their brands to $1 billion and beyond. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/zmbz)
- **High-Performance Brand Building**: Prioritizes creating brands that deliver measurable performance for their clients.
- **Culture as a Foundation**: Invests heavily in an inclusive, people-first culture as a driver of creative excellence and business success.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: The agency emphasizes a people-first culture where employees are "protected, respected and connected." It is a women-owned, multi-racial agency that actively demands diversity. [zmbz.com](https://www.zmbz.com/about)
- **Inclusive Environment**: The company reports a workforce that is 63% Black and 13% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (as of Oct 2025), highlighting a strong commitment to diversity. [zmbz.com](https://www.zmbz.com/about)
- **Hybrid Work Model**: Employees work from physical offices in Culver City, CA, and Minneapolis, MN, suggesting a hybrid or in-office expectation. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/zambezi)
- **Comprehensive Benefits**:
    - **Health & Wellness**: 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision; monthly fitness reimbursement; dog-friendly office. [zmbz.com](https://www.zmbz.com/careers)
    - **Family Support**: 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents (birth, adoption, or foster care) plus a new parent bonus. [zmbz.com](https://www.zmbz.com/careers)
    - **Financial**: 401K matching and flexible spending accounts. [zmbz.com](https://www.zmbz.com/careers)
    - **Time Off**: Open PTO, agency holiday closures, an annual Impact Day for volunteering, and a sabbatical for tenured employees. [zmbz.com](https://www.zmbz.com/careers)
    - **Growth**: Continued education stipend, career planning, and referral bonuses. The company is a founding member of the 3% Pledge for Pay Equity. [zmbz.com](https://www.zmbz.com/careers)
- **Community & Events**: Regular all-agency meetings ("BITES") and a forum ("HUDL") for discussing real-life topics beyond work. [zmbz.com](https://www.zmbz.com/careers)
- **Employee Sentiment**: Employer rating of 3.3/5.0 (36 reviews on LinkedIn), with a culture score of 3.4 and career development score of 3.1. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/zmbz)

## Sources
1. [zmbz.com - Careers Page](https://www.zmbz.com/careers)
2. [zmbz.com - About Page](https://www.zmbz.com/about)
3. [linkedin.com - Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/zmbz)
4. [builtin.com - Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/zambezi)
5. [jobs.lever.co - Zambezi Openings](https://jobs.lever.co/zambezi)

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