Trend Strategist (AI + Cultural Foresight)

⚠️ Note: This role is not live yet - but it's coming. Want to be among the first to hear from us? Submit your confidential application.

Location: Remote

Type: Full -Time (Upcoming Opportunity)

Status: Accepting confidential submissions in advance

Team KDA is collecting confidential interest for an upcoming opportunity with a forward-thinking brand that’s seeking a Trend Strategist working at the intersection of culture, creativity, and AI. This is not a junior role - we’re looking for a seasoned strategist with a minimum of 5 years’ experience and a clear track record of turning emerging insights into strategic, creative, and business outcomes.

About the Role

This strategist will uncover, interpret, and activate cultural and technological shifts - using those insights to guide brand strategy, product direction, creative development, and innovation initiatives.

You’ll be responsible for tracking what’s next across design, tech, fashion, media, internet behavior, and global culture - and translating those movements into compelling, actionable narratives that influence internal teams and senior stakeholders alike.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and analyze emerging trends across culture, tech, design, AI, and consumer behavior
• Translate those trends into strategic insights and innovation opportunities
• Create and present trend reports, decks, and POVs to creative, brand, and product teams
• Use AI tools (e.g. Midjourney, ChatGPT, Runway, Notion AI) to support research, storytelling, and asset creation
• Develop moodboards, frameworks, and visual storytelling that inspire creative work
• Collaborate cross-functionally with brand, design, strategy, product, and executive leadership
• Support positioning, campaign planning, and innovation pipelines with culturally grounded insights

About You

• 5+ years experience in trend forecasting, cultural insights, brand strategy, or editorial planning
• Demonstrated success influencing brands, campaigns, or product direction through strategic insights
• Experience presenting to senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Advanced skills in building strategic decks, visual storytelling, and POV documentation
• Deep understanding of culture - from Gen Z digital behavior to design trends, AI innovation, and subcultural movements
• Fluent in the use of AI platforms like Midjourney, ChatGPT, Descript, Runway, Notion AI, Miro AI, Adobe Firefly, or equivalent
• Experience across industries such as fashion, beauty, tech, or youth culture is highly preferred
• Strong digital presence or portfolio that reflects your POV and past work

Preferred Tools & Platforms

• Visual + Storytelling: Midjourney, DALL·E 3, Runway ML, Descript, Tome, Beautiful.ai
• AI + Ideation: ChatGPT, Jasper, Copy.ai, Notion AI, Miro AI
• Design + Execution: Adobe Firefly, Canva Magic, FigJam AI

Decking + Presenting: Notion, Keynote, PowerPoint, Figma, Beautiful.ai