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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Who are we? </span> </p>\n<p>A world where complexity is the only constant demands a new breed of company. Brave Bison is a different beast: a media, marketing and technology company purpose built for the digital era.   </p>\n<p>Our universe is made up of award-winning business arms Brave Bison, Engage, SocialChain and MTM. And we’re underpinned by leading marketing training practice, MiniMBA, as well as our very own social-first media network who deliver monthly views in the billions for some of the biggest channels in sport and entertainment across YouTube, Snap, Meta and TikTok.   </p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>We’re a global collective who live and breathe digital, working with some of the boldest brands in the world to capitalise on the complexity that defines the modern marketing landscape.   </p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Brave Bison Performance</span> </p>\n<p>With over 20 years experience growing our clients’ businesses through digital media, we help brands leverage the right data, right partners and right tech to capitalise on complexity and supercharge their online growth.  </p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>By going deep into our clients’ world, investing their budget where it will work the hardest and ensuring that we only win when they win, we stand for braver digital in a world of opportunity.   </p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span><span>Role summary</span></span></span><span> </span></p>\n<p><span><span>The </span><span>Head of Content Strategy</span><span> leads and develops Brave Bison’s </span><span>Content Strategy</span><span> discipline, ensuring the agency delivers high-quality, commercially effective content strategies across its client portfolio.</span></span><span> </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span><span>The role sits at the centre of the organic performance practice, defining how content strategy supports organic discovery while increasingly informing broader performance activity across paid media, social, and integrated campaigns.</span></span><span> </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span><span>While organic search </span><span>remains</span><span> the strategic foundation, the </span><span>Head of Content Strategy</span><span> ensures the discipline evolves in line with how search behaviour is changing, including AI-driven discovery, generative search environments, and the growing role of content across performance marketing channels.</span></span><span> </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span><span>This role is less focused on day-to-day client delivery and more on enabling the success of the team. The </span><span>Head of Content Strategy</span><span> sets the standard for what good looks like, develops the team’s capabilities, ensures consistent strategic quality, and acts as the most senior escalation point for complex strategic challenges or high-level client conversations.</span></span><span> </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span><span>They will also </span><span>champion</span><span> strong UX and content design thinking across the discipline, ensuring strategies improve user experience, information architecture, and accessibility alongside search visibility and performance.</span></span><span> </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span><span>Key responsibilities</span></span></span><span> </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span><span>Discipline leadership</span></span></span><span> </span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Define and </span><span>maintain</span><span> Brave Bison’s content strategy </span><span>methodology</span><span> and standards</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Ensure consistent strategic quality across all client accounts where content strategy is delivered</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Act as the senior authority on content strategy within the organic performance practice</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Provide guidance and oversight to consultants and associate directors leading client work </span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Establish clear frameworks and best practices for how content strategy is developed and delivered</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Ensure the team is equipped to respond to changes in search, AI discovery, and content consumption behaviour</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Work with the other </span><span>H</span><span>eads of </span><span>D</span><span>epartment to </span><span>establish</span><span> excellence across Performance.</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span><span>Team development and enablement</span></span></span><span> </span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Lead and develop the </span><span>Content Strategy</span><span> team, including senior consultants and associate directors</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Support consultants and associate directors in delivering high-quality strategic work for their clients</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Provide mentorship, coaching, and strategic input where needed to strengthen account delivery</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Identify</span><span> capability gaps within the team and develop training programmes to address them</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Ensure the team 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when </span><span>additional</span><span> strategic authority is </span><span>required</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Ensure that client work </span><span>remains</span><span> strategically sound, commercially </span><span>viable</span><span>, and aligned with best practice</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span><span>Organic search and evolving discovery</span></span></span><span> </span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Maintain expert-level understanding of SEO, including technical foundations, </span><span>digital PR, </span><span>information architecture, and on-page strategy</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Lead the agency’s thinking on how search is evolving through AI-driven discovery, AI Overviews, and generative search environments</span></span><span> </span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Translate developments in search and AI into practical guidance for the 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