Carat is an award-winning media agency with a command of media convergence used to optimize business performance for clients. Named #1 agency in all qualitative measures for 10 out of the last 11 RECMA reports, Carat redefines the level of ambition they have for media through an unparalleled capability to understand real people; their passions, motivations, and behaviors, and uses this knowledge to ultimately deliver immersive media experiences on behalf of clients including General Motors, Microsoft, P&G, Pfizer and Mastercard.

We are champions for meaningful progress, and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding, and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all. Carat is an agency of dentsu.

Today, the marketing and advertising funnel has been shaken up and marketers need to find new and more effective ways to reach their audience and tell their brand story.

There is a greater need for our clients to anticipate their future consumer and take measured steps to preparing for new engagement models and incentive structures.

The Innovation team partners with our clients & internal teams to help them thrive in the pursuit of digitally enabling and innovating the way they work and reach their customers. This role will be key to helping our clients peer around corners by identifying new and emerging trends that will impact their business and how their consumers will interact with each other, brands, and media.

What You’ll Do

• Stay abreast of cultural, technological, and consumer trends

• Sift signal from the noise and help our clients and agency teams synthesize the why behind the what

• Have an optimistic, yet skeptical eye across the “trends du jour” that filters through the hype and supports recommendations through rigor and research

• Develop thought-leadership and playbooks around nascent technologies, platforms, and trends to strengthen our agency’s credentials in understanding potential implications for the future

• Collaborate with client teams on building Innovation Frameworks

• Responsible for driving processes to identify opportunity areas for brands to explore, structuring a crawl, walk, run strategy of implementation

• Facilitate workshops and ideation sessions to employ Design Thinking techniques

• Own and update agency internal tracker of the innovation partner landscape

• You’ll be meeting with and building partnerships with the companies that are creating the future – from the established behemoths (Meta, Snap, Apple, TikTok, Google, etc) to upstarts in the AR, VR, IoT, Gaming, Social, Commerce, Data, ML/AI, Hardware spaces and more.

• It will be key to be aware of or knowledgeable of the start-up and VC community as well to ensure we have an eye on what’s to come and where our clients have opportunities to test & learn

• Act as creative & strategic navigator

• Drive education and understanding across the agency

• Organize and host regular sessions that up-skill our internal teams & clients

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  You are a strategic and/or creative thinker that can connect the dots and make complex concepts simple to understand

• Background or knowledge in the media industry is a plus

• Generalist vs Specialist

• Organized and detail oriented is one of your super powers

• Passionate about learning new things and diving deep into uncharted waters

• Generous paid holiday schedule
• Hyrbid work schedule
• Comprehensive healthcare plans
• 401(k) with employer match
• Flexible time-off
• 16 weeks paid parental leave

The anticipated salary range for this position is $68-$106k. Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.
Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact recruiting@dentsuaegis.com if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

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About dentsu international

Part of Dentsu Group, Dentsu International is a network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. Dentsu delivers people-focused solutions and services to drive better business and societal outcomes. This is delivered through five global leadership brands - Carat, Dentsu Creative, dentsu X, iProspect and Merkle, each with deep specialisms.

Dentsu International’s radically collaborative team of diverse creators unifies people, clients and capabilities through horizontal creativity to help clients create culture, change society, and invent the future.

Powered by 100% renewable energy, Dentsu International operates in over 145 markets worldwide with more than 46,000 dedicated specialists, and partners with 95 of the top 100 global advertisers.
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We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact dentsurecruiting@dentsu.com if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.