Consultant (Strategic Communications)

About Wachsman

Built for the digital and decentralized age, we drive the adoption of these new industries to accelerate a new future. We provide our clients with a unique blend of advisory services spanning strategic and communications consulting, reputation, issues, and risk management, and public policy and regulation. We enable them to establish and defend their industry position as they drive growth and navigate new challenges and opportunities.

Founded in 2015 with regional headquarters in New York, Dublin, and Singapore, Wachsman has established its position as a trusted advisor to some of the world’s most innovative companies, advising on market entry, change management, product launches, mergers and acquisitions, corporate repositioning, fundraising and regulatory compliance.

Born in the blockchain industry, Wachsman has grown to become a critical partner to a wide array of the world’s most exciting companies, including those across fintech and digital payments, data protection, gaming, sustainability and healthcare.

Our People

At Wachsman, we are driven by a desire to always be one step ahead of the curve. A career at Wachsman refines the fundamental skills needed for the future of communications. From diagnosing client issues, to selecting the most impactful narrative, to putting your strategy into action, we provide the platform in which your skills will flourish. Learning from some of the best minds and practitioners in the industry, our people discover the craft needed to thrive in a variety of high-stakes situations, identifying the approaches that will make all the difference.

Wachsman is seeking a Consultant for immediate hire at its Asia Headquarters in Singapore, preferably with 4 to 5 years' experience at a similar consultancy/agency.

The following is expected of the right candidate:

Account management

• Provides the central coordination for client work, managing up and down within the team.
• Keeps track of delivery against agreed plans, KPIs and timelines.
• Demonstrates strong project management skills, developing client plans in line with scope of work.
• Capable of providing a 6 to 12-month forward focus or looking ahead for impacts on project work.
• Proactively manages and leads projects within the client scope of work with limited supervision.
• Supports and ensures junior members of the team are clearly briefed and able to deliver activities within agreed time frames.

Client relationship development

• Builds strong and trusted relationships with opposite numbers in client organisation and is able to respond to senior client requests.
• Shows sound judgement and confidence in client interaction.
• Bases decisions and advice on in-depth understanding of the client’s business, sector and audiences.
• Contributes to strong client retention through results delivery, anticipating needs and opportunity spotting.
• Identifies and preempts issues and develops plans to defuse them. Is able to represent WACHSMAN effectively in client meetings.
• Demonstrates good presentation and influencing skills.

Growth

• Acts as an ambassador for the consultancy with a good understanding of our offer, products and services across all areas.
• Actively builds own network and seeks out new business opportunities.
• Spots opportunities for organic growth by networking across client organisations.
• Supports the development and delivery of new business pitches and relevant research.

Commercial acumen

• Understands the clients scope of work and in particular when an opportunity is additional to scope of work and should have additional fees.
• Understands the business of our business.

Financial and business literacy

• Has a good understanding of financial information as well as understanding of/interest in financial and capital markets and cryptocurrency.
• Can support this with an understanding of clients’ business/operating model and how they make money and where operational models are undergoing change/challenge.

Knowledge sharing and insight

• Proactively shares information and new trends with colleagues and clients.
• Identifies interesting and relevant insights and learnings from other client work to share with the broader team and clients when relevant.

Writing

• Provides strong news, online, financial, commercial and analytical styles of writing.
• Effectively and efficiently edits colleagues' work and provides feedback to help them improve.

Learning and development

• Takes personal responsibility for investing in own development, seeking opportunities to learn new things and broaden skills.
• Stays abreast of political, business and social trends and keeps pace with digital developments and techniques to enhance work.

Culture

• Actively contributes to the consultancy’s culture, taking part in day to day consultancy life, events and company wide activities.
• Collegiate and collaborative.
• Proactively supports the development and coaching of junior members of the team.

Behaviours

• Works effectively and collaboratively within blended teams/projects, supports a one team collaborative culture.
• Makes demonstrable effort to foster good working relationships with peers in other areas of the consultancy and uses these to create better understanding of different parts of the business and our wider offer.
• Respects all areas of our expertise and values insight and creativity.