[Hiring] Director of Cultural Intelligence @Verve

Role Description

Culture is constantly changing. Understanding those shifts matters, but knowing what brands should do about them is where the real value lies.

We're looking for a Director of Cultural Intelligence who brings deep, multidisciplinary cultural experience to collaborate with and energise our established team. You'll bring fresh perspectives, constructive challenge and mentorship, combining your expertise with Verve's AI-first strategy to pioneer new approaches to cultural research, consultancy and innovation.

You'll be a champion for Verve's Cultural Intelligence offering, translating complex, emerging thinking into compelling perspectives that engage senior business leaders, inspire industry audiences and create new commercial opportunities. You'll amplify the reach and influence of our collective expertise, helping businesses understand the value of culturally informed strategy.

This is an opportunity to help shape the future of Cultural Intelligence at Verve, bringing together established expertise and emerging technologies to develop new possibilities for our clients and influence the direction of the wider industry.

What you'll be doing

• Elevate our collective expertise:
  • Collaborate with and mentor our Culture & Futures team, bringing fresh cultural perspectives, constructive challenge and strategic guidance to strengthen our thinking and capabilities.
• Pioneer new approaches:
  • Blending artificial, cultural & human intelligences to combine established cultural & insight methodologies alongside emerging technologies, to develop innovative approaches to research, strategy and simulation.
• Shape cultural strategy:
  • Translate emerging shifts, cultural tensions and human behaviours into actionable recommendations across brand positioning, innovation and business growth.
• Champion industry thought leadership:
  • Represent Verve on the global stage through conferences, keynote presentations and published perspectives, shaping conversations around Cultural Intelligence and the future of AI-empowered insight.
• Influence senior clients:
  • Engage business leaders and experienced insight buyers, translating complex thinking into compelling narratives that build confidence, challenge assumptions and inspire new opportunities.
• Drive commercial growth:
  • Identify emerging client needs, develop distinctive propositions and lead strategic business development across new and existing relationships.
• Champion research excellence:
  • Draw on your experience and understanding of what clients value to set best-in-class standards, elevating the quality, relevance and commercial impact of our work.

Qualifications

• You're a strategic cultural thinker.
• You're an expert in your craft.
• You're an influential communicator.
• You're commercially astute.
• You're a natural leader.
• You're entrepreneurial and adaptable.
• You're forward-thinking.

Benefits

• The opportunity to make your mark in an ambitious, forward-thinking insight consultancy, with genuine scope to shape and grow Cultural Intelligence at Verve.
• You'll have the freedom to challenge established thinking, work with talented colleagues across disciplines and build something with lasting impact.

Company Description

At Verve, we're rethinking how brands understand people and culture. We bring together Human, Cultural and Artificial intelligence to uncover what drives behaviour, challenge conventional thinking and help clients make smarter commercial decisions. We're an insight consultancy that values curiosity, fresh perspectives and people who want to push their craft forward.