Strategist

Brightspot creates strategies for brighter work and learning experience by improving space, services, and culture.

Do you want to transform academic institutions, cultural organizations, and Fortune 500 companies?

Do you want to learn while contributing to a small, innovative organization?

Are you a quick study who thrives on taking on one challenge after the next, making sense of disparate information, and creating compelling diagrams, graphs, and stories?

Do you have 1 to 2 years experience in and a passion for one of these areas?

• visual communications

• space programming and planning

• UX design

If this sounds like you, then you should apply to join our team, because brightspot is looking for at least two Strategists for our NYC office to work with awesome people on great projects that help people better connect – to a purpose, to information, and to each other. brightspot is a strategy consultancy that guides organizations to their future, helping our clients rethink their space, reinvent their service offerings, or redesign their organization to improve the experiences of their customers and staff.

• Working across generally two projects to develop space, service, and/or organizational
• strategies
• Planning, conducting and documenting research activities – at client sites and online
• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis and visualization
• Preparing for, facilitating, and documenting workshops and interviews
• Developing presentations, reports, and videos
• Contributing to brightspot’s growth and development with an internal role / responsibility
• Generally pitching in, contributing to the team, and creating a great culture

• 1 - 2 years of experience in professional services of some form
• Skilled verbal, written, visual communication
• Good collaborator, both face-to-face and at a distance
• Boundless energy and drive for getting stuff done
• You are a quick study with a passion for learning
• Experienced and willing traveler (expect to go somewhere for 1 to 3 days, every other week)
• At least a Bachelor’s degree, probably in a design field, business, or something else interesting