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Imani Brooks

Brand Strategist

imani.brooks@example.com·(555) 907-4432·New York, NY·linkedin.com/in/imanibrooks

Summary

Brand strategist with nine years agency-side, turning founder conviction and consumer research into positioning creative teams can actually build from. Has written strategy for 30+ rebrands and repositionings, including an insurance relaunch that lifted unaided awareness 5 points behind a $12M campaign, and now leads 8-10 client engagements a year from kickoff through final creative review. Previous work spans regulated categories, subscription commerce, and national nonprofits, with research sized from focus groups to 2,000-person segmentation studies.

Experience

Brand Strategist — Ludlow Street Partners

2023 – Present

Lead positioning, brand architecture, and messaging engagements for 8-10 clients a year across fintech, beauty, hospitality, and nonprofit accounts
Repositioned a 60-year-old insurance brand ahead of a $12M campaign; unaided awareness rose 5 points in two quarters
Chair strategy workshops of up to 25 executives per engagement, aligning leadership teams on a single positioning inside six-week sprints
Mentor two junior strategists through weekly work reviews and run the studio's monthly trends briefing for 40 staff

Brand Strategist — Archway & Bloom

2020 – 2023

Wrote brand strategy for 20+ rebrands from qualitative research through messaging platforms, including two DTC launches that reached $5M in year-one revenue
Conducted qualitative research programs of 30+ consumer interviews per engagement, distilling transcripts into insight decks that clients approved on the first pass
Partnered with new-business leads on 12 pitches across three years; seven converted, adding $2.1M in combined annual fees
Developed naming territories and candidate shortlists for nine new ventures, clearing first-round trademark screening in eight of nine cases

Junior Brand Strategist — Signalhouse Agency

2017 – 2020

Built competitive audits and social listening reports for 15 client brands across CPG, retail, and entertainment, presenting findings in quarterly planning
Drafted creative briefs for 40+ campaigns a year across six accounts, keeping strategy and creative teams telling one consistent story
Presented monthly brand health readouts tracking awareness and consideration against six competitors, briefing account leads before client status calls

Education

B.A. Media, Culture, and Communication — New York University2017

Skills

Strategy: Brand positioning · Brand architecture · Messaging platforms · Naming · Campaign strategy

Research: Qualitative interviews · Brand tracking · Audience segmentation · Social listening · Competitive analysis

Delivery: Workshop facilitation · Creative briefs · Client presentations · Brand guidelines · Cross-functional alignment

Commercial: New-business pitches · Scope planning · Trend briefings · Measurement frameworks

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Will my PDF have selectable text for ATS systems?

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Can I switch templates without retyping anything?

Yes — your content and the design are stored separately, so switching templates re-flows the same content instantly and losslessly. Try every one of them.

Is a dark resume safe to submit?

On screens and in portfolio contexts — where most agency resumes are read — yes. For ATS portals or print, flip the one-click Light option; you keep the masthead and lose the dark background.

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