Business Unit Lead (Associate Director – level )

Wonderland is looking for a new Business Unit Lead

A senior role that sees you steering the entire scope of a business unit, including the quality of work, client relationships, team development and commercial health. You may lead two to three large consumer brands.

Day‑to‑day responsibilities

• Be the senior driver of Wonderland’s client relationships, commercial growth, and team leadership.
• Be ultimately responsible for the strategic and creative output of your business unit.
• Ensure the work we deliver is culturally sharp, commercially effective and brilliantly executed across communications channels.
• Grow deep knowledge to inspire bold creative thinking, deliver results and unlock new opportunities.
• Be commercially accountable for the income of your business unit and contribute to the running of the team and business.
• Be a positive, values‑led role model for the team, keeping them motivated and inspired, proactively creating an environment where people thrive and creativity flourishes.
• Lead internal workstreams and be instrumental in ensuring our values and vision are always lived.
• Contribute to Wonderland’s health and growth.

You might be right for this role if you:

• Are currently operating at Associate Director or equivalent level.
• Have experience leading large consumer brands and building trusted senior client relationships.
• Have successfully managed and developed high‑performing teams.
• Can balance commercial objectives with client, team and business needs.
• Are confident making decisions and taking accountability for outcomes.
• Can spot opportunities, risks and challenges before they become problems.
• Think strategically about brands, communications and business growth.
• Are comfortable influencing senior stakeholders and bringing others along.
• Enjoy helping shape not just client work but the wider business around you.

You’ll probably enjoy it here if you:

• Stay curious about people, culture and the world around you.
• Enjoy working with people who think differently from you.
• Like asking questions as much as giving answers.
• Are willing to challenge ideas, and have your own challenged too.
• Care about creating great work without creating great drama.
• Believe the best ideas can come from anywhere and are open to changing your mind when a better one comes along.

What makes Wonderland different?

We’re a B Corp creative comms agency with a purpose‑driven mission, believing work should fit around life, not the other way around.

A business with purpose

• B Corp‑certified.
• Purpose‑driven campaigns and clients alongside more traditional consumer clients.
• 2% of profit directed to the community (time donated to good local causes).

Learning & growth

• In‑house learning programme, Wonderversity, with coaching and mentor support.
• Opportunities to shape your own individual development journey.
• A business that invests in people, not just progression frameworks.

Work that fits around life

• Flexible working and trust around how and where you work.
• Family policies designed around modern lives and different family setups, including adoption, IVF, fostering, caring responsibilities and more.
• Neurodiverse, period and menopause‑friendly workplace practices.
• Mental health and wellbeing support including all‑year‑round access to Spill therapy.

A genuinely inclusive workplace

• Fair pay strategy – pay benchmarked nationally and aligned annually to ensure parity.
• A safe environment where people can bring ideas, opinions and their full selves to work.
• Strong focus on diversity, inclusivity, equity and belonging.

And the practical bits

• Beautiful collaborative workspace on Bristol harbourside.

Equal Opportunity Employer

• Wonderland is committed to diversity and inclusion, and we are an equal opportunity employer. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact alison@wonderlandcomms.com to discuss.

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