What's the most strat people you have on a project? I was just on a kickoff with five strategists.

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Any more than one is a boondoggle

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How many does it take to write a 4 page brief of "insights" you've seen a million times before?

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We recently had four on a pitch where all they did was parrot back the input brief and throw in a couple of stats. It’s a easy life

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Was like that at Razorfish and Big Spaceship. Brace yourself for copy “feedback” on your work.

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Was doing a global pitch and there were nine of them, all director level or higher

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“We’ve discovered the majority of skincare purchasers in the US are women.”

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Pot meet kettle. Kettle meet pot.

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Crazy because as a strategist I’ve never worked with more than 1 other strategist, unless others had specialties like comms or social. Maybe more for something huge like a pitch, but very rare

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Same, most of the time 1 strat

Five? Sheesh. We max out at two. The strategist and the head of strategy.

Same. Maybe three if it’s a massive project / pitch or if they bring different things to the table

I bet the brief wasn't the least bit original either...

Usually one strategist on a project, two max (senior and oversight from VP, for example).

if it’s a huge global company or there’re other specialties involved, yeah, maybe more - but you still have one leading.

Anything more than 2 is overkill

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