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AI Consultant
Manchester, London, hybrid
DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world's most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We're 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.
DEPT®/AI
DEPT®/AI has a single mission: to make the best work in the industry using AI. This role sits within our Data & AI practice, with deep expertise in leveraging AI across large-scale transformation programmes. The team includes data strategists, consultants, data scientists, and analysts working alongside DEPT® teams worldwide across services from commerce and full-funnel media to content engineering and operations. You will be solving some of the hardest problems facing some of the best-loved brands in the world.
Job Purpose
We are looking for an AI Consultant who can create strategic impact with AI, translating complex technology into business value for our clients. You will work with senior stakeholders to define AI strategies, lead transformation programmes, and design scalable AI solutions.
This role joins an AI practice that spans EMEA and services clients globally, with a specific focus on expanding our UK&I offering.
What You'll Do
- Lead AI strategy engagements, discovery workshops, and maturity assessments with enterprise clients across EMEA
- Define AI roadmaps and prioritised use case portfolios, anchored in business case and ROI
- Design (together with technical experts) and advise on data science and generative AI solutions for complex business problems
- Guide clients through AI transformation programmes, from vision to implementation
- Advise C-suite and senior stakeholders on AI adoption strategy and organisational change
- Bring emerging technology thinking to client conversations and internal teams
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What You'll Bring
- Experience in an AI, data, or technology consulting role, preferably at a consulting firm or digital agency
- Strong track record working with enterprise clients, particularly across EMEA markets
- Confident working with senior stakeholders, from C-suite to IT product owners and marketing leaders
- Ability to build business cases and communicate ROI of AI initiatives
- Understanding of AI transformation, change management, and enterprise implementation
- Deep understanding of Generative AI, NLP, and MLOps concepts
- Familiarity with Python, SQL, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) is a plus
- Analytical, commercially minded, and a strong communicator
We Offer
- A flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location)
- An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies
- Pension, free private healthcare, mental health support, and company sick pay scheme
- 26 days paid holiday (plus UK Bank Holidays)
- Help getting you to work with a season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced family friendly policies to support new parents
- Social and Cultural Events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations
- Inspirational Talks, bringing the outside in with regular guest speakers and events
- Learning and Development, supporting your growth with continuous opportunities to learn and advance
- Buddy Programme: You will be paired with a 'Buddy' to help you through your first weeks at DEPT®
- A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named 'Agency of the Year' at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards
- Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global, at DEPT® you'll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries
- The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications
- Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities
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Why DEPT®?
We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world's most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.
We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.
At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.
Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.
We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.
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