Location:
London, GBCondé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, CN Traveller, Vanity Fair, Wired, The World of Interiors, House & Garden and Tatler, among many others.
We are headquartered in New York and London and operate in 32 markets worldwide, with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers across print, digital, video and social platforms.
Condé Nast thrives on collaboration, and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday).
We value diversity of background, views and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities, skills and contributions, recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture.
The Role
This is a rare opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing brands in Conde Nast and play a pivotal role in driving its expansion. WIRED Consulting has achieved phenomenal growth over recent years thanks to a compelling offer, an unfailing client focus, and a collaborative and ambitious team. We are now looking for a confident and capable individual to help us grow our footprint in the UK and US.
As a Senior Consultant you will design and oversee the execution of innovative, stand-out, programmes of work that fuel client growth. You’ll drive in revenue through phenomenal client servicing, and through partnering with Conde Nast’s global sellers, who will generate leads.
You will work with the world’s leading companies, overseeing award-worthy, thought-leading programmes, whitepapers, workshops and advisory engagements, that set new standards, stand out in the marketplace and keep clients coming back for more. You will oversee teams that run qualitative expert interviews, source market data and blend them with WIRED’s insights, to produce thought-leading whitepapers, trends workshops and expert-led events.
You will be an ambassador for the team - internally and externally - raising the game of those that work alongside you and putting us on the map for our groundbreaking work.
Introduction to WIRED and WIRED Consulting
WIRED is a future-focussed, global brand, that is all about the trends and technologies shaping our world. We bring fresh ways of helping 30 million readers understand how the world is being shaped by science, technology and business.
WIRED Consulting brings the WIRED network, knowledge and brand to business leaders across a range of industries. We leverage WIRED’s phenomenal network of contributors - some of the greatest thinkers and change-makers on the planet - built over 30+ years of journalism. Our inspiring, creative and educational solutions help businesses to understand trends, engage communities, navigate change and dial-up their voice on the trends and technologies that are shaping our world.
Our offer spans B2B events, cutting-edge thought-leadership content, expert-led trends talks and insight-led strategy reports. Our 360 programmes blend our offer areas into long-term engagement programmes that help our clients build engaged communities and achieve meaningful impact.
Life at WIRED Consulting is fast-paced and sees us executing a range of high-profile projects for global organisations. We largely focus on B2B clients and we operate at the most senior level - something that offers extraordinary commercial insights and brings real accountability. We win because we care about pushing the boundaries of excellence and delivering work that is truly stand-out.
What will you be doing?
Working with the WIRED Consulting MD to expand the team’s footprint in the US.
Generating revenue by building relationships with Conde Nast sales leads to open doors.
Collaborating with sellers to identify client needs and offer compelling solutions that meet them.
Producing inspiring, high-quality, proposals that lead to profitable and award-worthy outputs.
Playing a key role in pitches for new businesses that result in the onboarding of new clients and six-figure, multi-faceted deals.
Building relationships with global client accounts to turn projects into programmes of work.
Building and leading client-focussed, collaborative, account teams within WIRED Consulting that consistently deliver excellent outputs and experiences.
Overseeing and supporting the Consulting delivery team as they design research tools - from identifying optimal experts, to creating qualitative discussion guides, to contributing to ‘killer’ questions for quantitative questionnaires, to creating analysis frameworks.
Helping create a fantastic culture and a brilliant work environment, as we scale the team.
Keeping on top of external trends and engaging our clients in conversations around these, in order to open up new programmes of work.
Being an ambassador for the team - internally and externally.
About you:
An ability to quickly build trusted relationships and collaborate with other senior individuals.
A demonstrable passion for designing and closing ambitious programmes of work.
A track record of building broad and deep client relationships and scaling client accounts.
A proven ability to uncover new client opportunities, and create and cost winning / profitable solutions that address these.
A proven ability to inspire, motivate, mentor and lead high-performing teams that create outputs of the highest quality.
A track-record of selling or overseeing industry-leading programmes of work.
Understanding of business trends, global affairs and macroeconomic principles, with an ability to credibly discuss these with internal and external audiences.
A confident presenter who can lead and close six figure pitches.
Experience of designing, running and delivering client working sessions.
Strong academics, with a thirst for learning about new topics and trends.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience in a project-led B2B account development business is essential.
Experience working in globally focussed teams is preferred but not essential.
Undertake any other duties as reasonably required.
Does this sound like you?
Please submit your CV and cover letter/portfolio, which highlights why you'd love to take on this role and why you're a great match for what we're looking for.
We value the time and effort behind every application. All submissions are reviewed by a member of our talent team - we don’t use AI-assisted technology to review applications.
What benefits do we offer?
25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and extra days of annual leave if you move house or want to volunteer.
You’ll have access to a competitive pension scheme, Bupa Private Healthcare, Season ticket loans and eye tests.
We offer a range of tools to support your wellbeing, including core hours, 10 remote days (from home or a country with a Condé Nast office location), access to our Employee Assistance Programme, corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.
We’re a dog-friendly office, plus you’ll enjoy discounts and magazine subscriptions, keeping you up to date with all things Condé Nast.
We encourage personal and professional growth through the Condé Nast Learning Hub, where you’ll find an extensive portfolio of learning courses and training, available in local languages.
Our Employee Resource Groups provide a platform for employees to identify shared objectives, exchange ideas, and work on community priorities for our global workforce.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.
Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.
