Full Time Strategy - Client lead Jobs, in Shift. - Maukerja

Singapore | Three month contract | Immediate start preferred

About Shift

Shift is a specialist brand consultancy that works with financial services firms across APAC such as banks, insurers, fintechs, investment platforms, and digital asset ventures. Our clients include AIA, Standard Chartered, SC Ventures, Citi, Mastercard, and GXS.

Our philosophy is “Money Branded Better” and we treat brand as a commercial asset that multiplies business value, not just a marketing expense. We help financial services firms make three critical shifts: from commodity to premium, from legacy to innovation, and from local to regional and global.

The role

This role sits at the intersection of client management and brand strategy. We need someone who can do both well, not one or the other. You’re the person in the room who earns the client’s trust, shapes the strategic thinking, and makes sure everything lands.

It is a three month contract covering live accounts, with the possibility of extension. The work is already running, so we need someone who can pick it up without a long run up.

What you’d actually do

Own client relationships day-to-day. You’re the point of contact running status calls, managing expectations, navigating stakeholder politics, and making sure clients feel looked after. Our clients are sophisticated buyers at major financial institutions. They expect a partner, not just a project manager.

Carry live work across several accounts. A brand and acquisition campaign in market this year, a regional editorial programme, and a healthcare workstream. Volume shifts week to week and you would move between them. You would work closely with a strong design partner in Singapore and the founding team to deliver integrated brand programmes.

Support new business. Proposals, scopes, the occasional pitch alongside the founders. Not the main job, but a useful part of it.

What we’re looking for

5-10 years across client services and brand strategy ideally at an agency or consultancy, but we’re open to in-house if you’ve got both the thinking and the relationship skills. Financial services experience is a strong plus but not a hard requirement. What matters more is sharp strategic instincts and the ability to operate in a complex, regulated category.

Not purely theoretical. You can build a brand platform and you can also write a scope of work, manage a timeline, and have a difficult conversation with a client when something needs to change. You move between strategy and delivery without seeing one as beneath you.

Commercially minded. You understand that brand is a business tool, not an art project. You can talk about competitive positioning and market entry as fluently as you talk about creative concepts and messaging.

Comfortable being in a small team. No layers, no politics, no waiting for approval. High autonomy, high accountability. Comfortable joining work already in motion.

Why this is interesting

Genuine ownership. In a team this size, you directly shape the client experience with no layers between you and the work. This isn’t a cog-in-the-machine role.

Financial services specialism. The category is complex, high-stakes, and increasingly competitive which makes the work interesting. Digital banking launches, tokenised asset ventures, cross-border expansion, institutional rebrands.

• A portfolio that matters. AIA, Mastercard, Standard Chartered. The work has commercial impact, not just creative recognition.