Senior Strategist

Location: Los Angeles

Contract: Permanent, full time contract

Salary: $115,000 – $125,000 per annum, depending on experience

About Your Studio

YourStudio is a dynamic strategy and creative agency specialising in next-generation experiences and environments for global brands. With studios in London, Melbourne, New York and LA, we work supportively as one global team to deliver award-winning retail experiences that are recognised globally.

The Opportunity

The Senior Strategist is the thinking, rigour, and organising force behind the studio's work on a major retainer account. You are the person who holds the whole thing together — orchestrating inputs that arrive from many directions and at unpredictable times, keeping every workstream aligned, and making sure nothing is dropped as the account moves at pace. Equal parts strategic thinker and air-traffic controller, you will bring structure and momentum to the retainer: coordinating deliverables and timelines, pushing work forward, and applying sharp, constructive judgement to raise the quality of thinking across the team. An understanding of retail strategy is a real advantage — but a genuine appetite to learn it matters just as much. This makes it an ideal next step for an established Mid-weight Strategist looking to step up into their first senior role with the guidance and backing of our Strategy Director. Success in this role means work that is well-organised, well-argued, and delivered on time — with a clear strategic thread running through it — and an account environment built on deep trust and clarity.

What You'll Do

Strategic Thinking & Rigour

• Provide the intellectual rigour behind the work — interrogating briefs, pressure-testing thinking, and pushing ideas forward.

• Give constructive, critical feedback that sharpens the quality and clarity of the team's output.

• Structure complex, multi-source information into clear, well-argued strategic narratives and frameworks.

• Hold the strategic thread across the retainer, ensuring individual deliverables ladder up to a coherent point of view.

Retail Strategy & Insight

• Build an understanding of retail strategy, the brand's audience, and its commercial context.

• Act as a voice for the consumer and the cultural landscape, keeping thinking relevant and grounded in insight.

• Share inspiration and trends — consumer, cultural, retail, and industry — with teammates and external stakeholders to keep the studio's perspective fresh.

Team & Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with Design, Account, and Strategy colleagues so that strategy is embedded throughout the work, not just at the start.

• Support and guide junior and mid-weight team members through clear, constructive direction.

• Contribute to a culture of shared ownership, rigour, and continuous improvement across the account.

Orchestration & Delivery

• Act as the organising hub of the retainer — keeping an eye on every workstream, deliverable, and deadline, and keeping the whole picture aligned.

• Manage inputs that arrive at irregular times and in varying states of readiness, sequencing and triaging them so the team always knows what's happening and what's next.

• Communicate proactively with Directors and Project Managers, flagging risks and bottlenecks early.

What You’ll Bring

Strategic & Organisational Skills

• Highly organised, with a natural ability to hold many moving parts in view and keep them aligned under pressure.

• Strong critical and constructive thinking — able to interrogate work, spot gaps, and push ideas to a higher standard.

• Ability to synthesis