Join Hua & Hua and become a strategist or designer who never pitches. Your ideas and work can reach major media, supermarkets, shopping centres and streets across China, with the opportunity to win the Hua & Hua Million-Yuan Creativity Award.
At Hua & Hua, you will learn the authentic H&H Method and receive personal guidance from Sam Hua every week.
Working at Hua & Hua Means Working on Real Business
You will learn the authentic H&H Method and receive weekly guidance from Sam Hua. We need people who can keep producing results against real business challenges.
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Never Pitch
Strategy and design are part of full-year, all-round engagements. Creativity is invested in serving real contracted clients, not consumed by pitches.
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Work That Reaches the Market
Ideas, packaging, retail touchpoints, advertising and communication reach media, supermarkets, stores and the point of purchase.
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Continuous Learning and Training
We identify and develop talent through the H&H Method, HPS, professional training, performance reviews and written examinations.
Open Positions
Prepare your CV, portfolio and supporting materials as required. Use your name and the position applied for as the email subject.
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Strategy Manager
Responsibilities
Participate in developing brand strategy and take responsibility for the full scope of strategic work on client projects.
Collect information and conduct analysis on the client's industry, competitors and own business.
Develop core ideas for naming, advertising slogans, campaigns and other workstreams, and define the creative direction for integrated design execution.
Independently write planning proposals and organise their implementation.
Create detailed implementation plans, manage timelines, execution and coordination, and drive delivery.
Build strong client relationships, uncover needs and provide timely project follow-up and progress updates.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree or above in advertising, marketing, journalism, communications, Chinese language and literature, or a related field.
Five to ten years of advertising or marketing-planning experience, including integrated brand engagements and independent project ownership. Experience in restaurant, FMCG or internet sectors is preferred.
Strong knowledge of brand promotion and advertising creativity.
Excellent writing, clear and creative thinking, with proven ability in slogans, campaign concepts, advertorials, scripts and other copywriting.
Team-management experience.
Proficiency with office software, particularly PowerPoint.
Strong research and information-organisation skills, sharp insight and creativity, and effective communication and coordination. Energetic, resilient, hardworking and willing to work overtime when required.
Application note: a portfolio is required. Interviews will be arranged after portfolio screening.
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Lead Designer
Responsibilities
Lead the core creative and design work for brand identity and advertising, and control output quality.
Deliver high-quality design proposals independently, manage every stage of a design project and handle multiple projects in parallel.
Follow through on graphic production and proofing, taking responsibility for sample quality.
Complete other assignments as required.
Requirements
More than five years of agency-side brand and advertising design experience. Graduation from a leading design school or 4A agency experience is preferred.
Strong art fundamentals, extensive visual-communication experience and excellent creative visual expression.
Graphic-design experience in FMCG, restaurants, internet, beauty or related sectors.
Mastery of graphic-design skills, including packaging, logos, typography, key visuals, posters and visual identity systems.
Strong understanding of copy and strategy, with confident control of colour and composition.
Resilient and hardworking under pressure.
Excellent teamwork, comprehension, execution and communication; deeply committed to design and eager to study the craft.
Application note: a portfolio is required. Interviews will be arranged after portfolio screening.
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International Students in China
Hua & Hua launched its international talent strategy in September 2022. As the Singapore office expanded, we began recruiting international students at Chinese universities, particularly those from Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries.
International Strategy Intern
Research specific industries and produce analytical reports.
Develop brand strategies using Hua & Hua's brand-strategy models.
Write English brand copy, including slogans, packaging copy and television commercials.
International Design Intern
Independently collect design references and identify creative opportunities.
Independently create Super Signs, layouts, packaging and other key design work.
Work with the team on total media design for shelves, counters, sales-support systems and other retail touchpoints.
Support the team in preparing major project presentations.
Before You Apply to Hua & Hua
Thank you for applying to Hua & Hua. The following notes explain the challenges you should expect when joining us.
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Our Business Philosophy: ‘Everything Is One Thing’
We provide integrated consulting from corporate strategy and product development to brand management, including strategic insight, Super Signs, brand proverbs, product development, packaging, advertising creativity, industrial design and brand management. Our goal is to reduce marketing-communication costs, build and operate brand assets efficiently, and help enterprises avoid detours.
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Our Working Philosophy: ‘Everyone Does Everything’
Our project teams work in a multi-skilled, all-in system. Teams include partners, strategists and graphic designers, supported by 3D, illustration and other specialists.
Strategists combine account service, strategy and copywriting. Everyone, from junior staff to management, works on the front line through field interviews, meeting records and more.
Graphic designers combine ideation, design and production. Everyone, from junior designers to directors, must practise the craft and execute design. Beauty and craft are the foundation; solving problems is the purpose.
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Our Operating Principle: ‘No Tendering, No Pitching’
‘No pitching’ means presenting one final proposal to the client, not producing only one idea. On the contrary, the team develops countless alternatives; after rigorous internal review, only one is presented.
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HPS Is Part of How We Work
HPS, the Hua & Hua Production System, adapts Toyota's production-management approach. It aims to eliminate waste and reduce cost, with just-in-time and autonomation as pillars and improvement activities as its foundation.
One full day of group HPS training every month.
Each team completes one business-quality improvement project every three weeks.
A 30-minute company-wide clean-up at 8:30 every Monday.
Daily morning meeting at 9:00 and evening meeting at 18:00, with the day's most important task recorded in detail in the TB system.
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At Hua & Hua, Learning Continues No Matter How Busy We Are
Rather than holiday gifts, Hua & Hua invests heavily in employee growth—external training for high performers, annual overseas study tours and EMBA programmes for senior management.
New employees write a daily learning journal throughout probation, including holidays.
Required strategy reading: Super Sign Is Super Creativity, The H&H Method, Principles of Super Signs, Million-Yuan Awards Casebook, Brand Marketing with Sam Hua and Hua & Hua official WeChat articles.
Required design reading: Super Sign Is Super Creativity, The Purpose of Design, The H&H Method, Kashiwa Sato's Ultimate Method for Problem Solving, Principles of Super Signs and Hua & Hua official WeChat articles.
Half-day professional-skills training every Friday, team learning assignments and the annual Million-Yuan Creativity Awards.
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At Hua & Hua, Talent Is Identified Through Exams and Reviews
Closed-book written exams are required for confirmation, promotion and year-end assessment.
Formal review presentations are required for confirmation, promotion, salary adjustment and year-end evaluation.
