Associate Director, Client Strategy (Fashion & Beauty)

Location: London

Company

The Business of Fashion is a global fashion and beauty business intelligence company combining independent journalism, practical business advice, online learning, career tools and immersive events.

What you will do

• Lead the strategic development of major custom partnerships across content, thought leadership, executive engagement and live experiences.
• Act as a senior strategic partner to CEOs, CMOs and other decision-makers, identifying opportunities to deepen relationships and grow commercial value.
• Develop high-value commercial partnerships and executive engagement opportunities for The Business of Beauty.
• Collaborate on executive salons, leadership briefings, roundtables, panels and other community experiences.
• Own complex cross-functional projects involving Commercial, Editorial, Content, Events, Marketing and Product.
• Represent BoF externally by moderating panels, facilitating senior roundtables and presenting industry intelligence.

Requirements

• Significant experience in strategy, consulting, intelligence, journalism, brand partnerships or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of the fashion, luxury and/or beauty industries, including consumer behaviour, technology, retail, culture and macroeconomic forces.
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to create deeper client relationships and new revenue opportunities.
• Exceptional storytelling and editorial judgement, with the ability to turn complex information into authoritative narratives.
• Confidence engaging senior executives and managing complex stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent presentation, facilitation and public-speaking skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across commercial, editorial, creative and product teams.
• Inclusive and diverse workplace committed to equal opportunities.
• Accessible recruitment process with support for required adjustments.
• Opportunity to contribute to the growth of a global organisation serving members in more than 125 countries.