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Director, Strategy (Global Tech Client)

Publicisgroupe
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 2/2/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/2/2025

Company description

Spark Foundry is a global media agency that exists to bring HEAT – Higher Engagement, Affinity, and Transactions – to brands. By combining flawless media fundamentals with aggressive innovation, Spark inspires consumers to pay more attention, to care more about our clients’ brands, and to buy more products and services from them.

Balancing the nimble spirit of a startup with the powerhouse soul of Publicis Media, Spark Foundry delivers the best of both worlds to a client roster that spans some of the world’s best and most beloved brands and companies. We combine boutique-caliber insights and service with the buying clout and first-look access of a global leader, bringing the heat to challenger brands that want to act like giants, and to giant brands that want to act like challengers.

With a bottom-up culture that celebrates diversity and aims for all voices to be heard, Spark has become a magnet for the industry’s best talent, with one of the best retention rates in the industry. And by applying a whole-person approach to professional and personal development, Spark develops a workforce that is well prepared for today’s challenges, and also poised to create meaningful careers in the years to come.

Because we know that heat arises at the intersection of complementary forces, our professionals come from myriad disciplines and backgrounds : data, analytics, and insights, content and creative production, communications and strategy, finance and marketing, and sociology, psychology, and other liberal arts disciplines.

Overview

Reporting to the Global Strategy EVP, the Global Strategy Director will lead strategic initiatives for one of the world’s most innovative and highly connected global accounts. You will play a critical role in developing transformative strategies that connect data, creativity, and media to deliver impactful solutions for the client’s business across regions. This role sits at the heart of our global operations, focusing on aligning market strategies, driving innovation, and ensuring seamless communication across local and central teams.

Success Criteria :

  • Delivery of innovative and measurable strategies that achieve client’s global business objectives.
  • Help establish the account as a benchmark for excellence within the Publicis Groupe and the wider industry.
  • Empowerment of local teams through clear guidance, training, and best practices.
  • Requires occasional international travel

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership :

  • Design and implement integrated global communication strategies that align with client’s global business objectives.
  • Leverage advanced data and insights to create frameworks that optimize marketing investment and drive ROI.
  • Develop full-funnel strategies that balance brand growth with performance outcomes.
  • Client Partnership :

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to client’s leadership across media and marketing, providing forward-thinking insights and strategic direction.
  • Lead planning workshops, creating cohesive strategies across client’s product ecosystem (proprietary apps, AI, and augmented reality).
  • Drive alignment across internal teams, partners, and stakeholders to ensure a unified approach.
  • Innovation and Transformation :

  • Integrate cutting-edge digital and technological solutions into client’s strategic planning processes.
  • Pioneer initiatives in data utilization, personalization at scale, and measurement to deliver tangible business outcomes.
  • Champion the adoption of emerging trends in consumer behavior, technology, and media.
  • Global and Local Coordination :

  • Support the SVP Business leads who oversee the implementation of global strategies across regions, providing guidance to local teams to ensure consistency and effectiveness.
  • Offer training and support to markets for local activation of strategic plans.
  • Act as the bridge between client’s central and local teams, fostering collaboration and efficiency.
  • Thought Leadership :

  • Bring “currency to clients” through new trends, research, data, and Groupe capabilities while championing innovation and testing in thinking.
  • Qualifications

  • 5-8 years of experience in media, creative, or digital strategy with a proven track record in global account management.
  • Deep understanding of digital ecosystems, data-driven marketing, and full-funnel strategies.
  • Exceptional analytical and creative thinking with a strong ability to communicate complex ideas with clarity and simplicity.
  • Experience leading global and cross-regional teams, fostering alignment, and ensuring strategic consistency.
  • Strong presentation and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence client stakeholders.
  • Passion for client’s mission and the role of media and marketing in driving its growth.
  • Additional information

    Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

    Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

    Compensation Range : $119,510 - $171,675 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

    All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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    Salary : $119,510 - $171,675

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