Freelance Social & Content Strategist (RFP Project)

About the role

A creative agency in Sydney is looking for a commercially minded Freelance Social-First Strategist (mid or senior level) to join its pitch team on an upcoming high-stakes RFP response. You will work alongside the agency's pitch team and account leads, helping to dissect the brief, identify cultural and audience insights, shape the social-first and content strategy, and write clear, persuasive sections of the strategic submission. The role is onsite in the Sydney CBD, starting within the next week and ending on 13 November.

Key responsibilities

• Pitch strategy and narrative: collaborate with creative and strategic leads to shape a distinctive, competitive social-first pitch response.
• Content frameworks: develop actionable content pillars, platform architecture and community engagement models tailored to the prospective client.
• Deck writing: craft strategy slides and narrative copy for the final submission document.
• Sprint collaboration: work on the ground in the Sydney CBD office to iterate quickly toward the 13 November deadline.

Required profile

• Proven background developing social, digital and content strategies within a creative, digital or integrated agency setting.
• Experience working under tight RFP/pitch turnarounds, able to articulate complex strategic thoughts clearly and concisely on slides.
• Available to start onsite in the Sydney CBD within the next week and committed through to 13 November.
• Experience on automotive brands or high-involvement consumer durables is highly regarded but not mandatory.

To apply, candidates should contact the agency with their portfolio and case studies and state their availability over the next couple of weeks, as the agency is moving quickly.