The Opportunity
Had enough of agency life feeling like a trade-off? Brilliant work or brilliant culture? Ambition or wellbeing? Profit or people? We think a different way exists.
Welcome to Wonderland. A B Corp creative communications agency where you can truly be yourself, be confident and comfortable enough to reach your full potential and feel a real sense of belonging. A good business, with good people… people like you.
We’re home to curious and creative comms people who want to work at a values-driven company that thinks and does differently.
The Role
Wonderland is entering an exciting chapter. We’re building the next generation of leadership at Wonderland and creating real space for people to grow with the business.
So, we’re looking for a Business Unit Lead to join the team. This is a senior role for someone who can see the whole picture: the work, the people, the clients, the numbers and the opportunities ahead.
You’ll lead a business unit within Wonderland, owning the quality of the work, the strength of client relationships, the development of people and the commercial health of the accounts you oversee.
You’ll help us deliver exceptional work, give great consultancy, build strong client relationships and create the conditions for teams to do their best work.
This is for someone who doesn’t just want to run accounts. It’s for someone who wants to help build the business and make a serious (positive) impact on the people around them.
Key responsibilities include:
- Being the senior driver of Wonderland’s client relationships, commercial growth, and team leadership
- Being ultimately responsible for the strategic and creative output of your business unit
- Ensuring the work we deliver is culturally sharp, commercially effective and brilliantly executed, across communications channels (including social, PR, crisis and issues, creators etc.)
- Growing deep knowledge to inspire bold creative thinking, deliver results, and unlock new opportunities
- Being commercially accountable for the income of your business unit and contributing to the running of the team and business
- Being a positive, values-led role model for the team, keeping them motivated and inspired, proactively creating an environment where people thrive and creativity flourishes
- Leading internal workstreams and being instrumental in ensuring our values and vision are always lived
- Contributing to Wonderland’s health and growth
What They’re Looking For
- Currently operating at Associate Director or equivalent level
- Experience leading large consumer brands and building trusted senior client relationships
- A track record of successfully managing and developing high-performing teams
- Able to balance commercial objectives with client, team and business needs
- Confident making decisions and taking accountability for outcomes in channels including consumer PR, social and content creators)
- Can spot opportunities, risks and challenges before they become problems
- Thinks strategically about brands, communications and business growth and is capable leading the creation of comms strategies for our clients, then using them to develop creative campaigns
- Comfortable influencing senior stakeholders and bringing others with them
- Enjoys helping shape not just client work, but the wider business around them
- Stays curious about people, culture and the world around them, and enjoys working with people who think differently
- Cares about creating great work without creating great drama
What’s On Offer
- B Corp-certified agency donating 2% of time and profit to local causes
- Strong learning and development through the in-house Wonderversity programme, plus coaching and mentor support, and real opportunities to shape your own development journey
- Flexible working and trust around how and where you work, with family, neurodiverse, period, and menopause-friendly policies
- Year-round mental health support via Spill, the company’s employee assistance programme
- A fair pay strategy, benchmarked nationally and reviewed annually, with annual gender pay gap analysis
- A beautiful collaborative workspace on Bristol harbourside, plus a Mac laptop
Wonderland is committed to diversity and inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer.
Want to apply?
Apply via the link below, and please include your CV, a bit about you, what drew you to this role and what excites you about this opportunity, plus the following:
- What’s your most impactful piece of work to date?
- Who have you made a difference to in work the most?
- What are your personal values and why do you think they work well with ours? (curious, kind, inclusive)
