Application Guide
How to Apply for Strategist - Thinkingbox
at Thinkingbox
🏢 About Thinkingbox
Thinkingbox is a 'brief to built' agency, meaning the strategists who dream up ideas also bring them to life—no passing the buck. They work with top brands in sports, gaming, entertainment, and technology, and foster a vibrant, collaborative culture with perks like office dogs, Thursday happy hours, and a month-long work-from-anywhere program. It's a place where curious, culturally plugged-in thinkers can shape innovative digital, experiential, and social work.
About This Role
As a Strategist at Thinkingbox, you'll uncover insights about people, brands, and culture to develop strategic direction for digital, experiential, brand, social, and integrated projects. You'll collaborate closely with creative, account, media, production, UX, and technology teams to identify the core tension or opportunity in a brief and lay a clear strategic foundation. This role is central to ensuring that the work is both insight-driven and creatively inspiring.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve digging into audience research and cultural trends to inform a creative brief, then workshopping that brief with creative and UX teams to refine the strategic direction. You could also be in a client meeting to present insights, or brainstorming with media and production partners to ensure the strategy is executable across digital and experiential touchpoints. Collaboration is constant, and you'll often switch between deep analytical work and lively creative discussions.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Thinkingbox Is Looking For
- 2–4 years of strategy experience in an agency or similar environment, with a portfolio spanning digital, social, and experiential projects.
- Deep curiosity about human behavior and culture, demonstrated by a habit of consuming diverse media, trends, and cultural shifts.
- Strong analytical skills to synthesize research into clear, compelling strategic briefs that inspire creative teams.
- Collaborative spirit and comfort working cross-functionally with creatives, technologists, and account leads in a fast-paced, iterative setting.
📝 Tips for Applying to Thinkingbox
Showcase your strategic thinking by including a portfolio or case studies that highlight how you turned cultural or audience insights into actionable creative briefs—especially for digital or experiential campaigns.
Tailor your resume to emphasize experience in industries Thinkingbox serves (sports, gaming, entertainment, technology) and mention any cross-functional collaboration with creative and tech teams.
In your cover letter, reference Thinkingbox's 'brief to built' philosophy and explain why you thrive in an environment where strategists are also makers.
Demonstrate your cultural fluency by mentioning specific trends, platforms, or cultural moments you've leveraged in past work, and how you stay plugged in.
Leverage LinkedIn to connect with current Thinkingbox strategists or creatives, and ask thoughtful questions about their process—this shows genuine interest and can inform your application.
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your ability to distill complex audience and cultural insights into clear, inspiring strategic direction that drives creative work.', 'Specific examples of cross-disciplinary collaboration, especially with creative, UX, and technology teams, to bring integrated campaigns to life.', "Your passion for Thinkingbox's culture of curiosity, craft, and collaboration, and how you embody that in your work style.", 'A concrete instance where your strategic input led to a successful outcome in digital, experiential, or social—quantify results if possible.']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Explore Thinkingbox's website and social channels to understand their 'brief to built' model and review case studies across their key industries.
- → Research recent campaigns or projects they've launched, especially in experiential or digital, to speak to their creative output in interviews.
- → Look into the backgrounds of their strategy and creative leaders on LinkedIn to understand their expertise and potential interviewers.
- → Familiarize yourself with the types of clients they work with (e.g., sports leagues, gaming companies) and current trends in those sectors.
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Submitting a generic application that doesn't reference Thinkingbox's unique culture or 'brief to built' approach—they value specificity and cultural fit.
- Focusing only on traditional strategy without showing curiosity or experience in digital, social, and experiential—this role requires a modern, integrated mindset.
- Neglecting to demonstrate how you collaborate with makers (creatives, technologists) or failing to provide examples of cross-functional teamwork.
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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