Director, Content

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$129K/yr – $186K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own cross portfolio content strategy and upstream learning, shaping creative direction with planners and producers to drive channel-ready, platform-aware branded content.

  • Content Strategy: Turn industry trends into actionable learning agendas and learning plans.
  • Creative Collaboration: Identify content opportunities with creatives and extend concepts through Experience Planners and Production.
  • Content Governance: Establish best practices, influence on shoot capture, and partner-level content roles with strategists and investors.

Job Description

Responsibilities - Content Strategy: Maintain up-to-date media industry knowledge to inform upstream initiatives. - Portfolio Thinking: Elevate strategic thinking across the portfolio and set learning agenda elements. - Creative Collaboration: Collaborate with creatives to identify content opportunities within today’s landscape. - Content Extension: Extend creative ideas with Experience Planners to produce additional content. - Best Practices: Establish content best practices to improve advertising effectiveness. - Plan-Level Content: Identify the role of content at platform, target or partner level within the Experience Plan with Brand Strategist. - Execution Quality: Ensure lead creatives execute in ways that drive effectiveness based on consumer behavior and channel best practices. - Content Capacity: Recommend content quantity and reach sufficiency with Investment team. - Production Alignment: Collaborate with Production on shoot capture, sourcing, and fit-for-purpose executions. - Influencers & Publishers: Work with Influencers or Media Publishers on branded content. - Priority Alignment: Participate in priority brand meetings and implement learnings with creative teams. - Team Collaboration: Facilitate collaboration and project management to ensure timely execution. - People Leadership: Provide vision, direction, and support to team members to align with mission and goals.
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Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V

Publicis Media harnesses the power of modern media through leading agency brands Dysrupt, Infinite Roar, Publicis Collective, Publicis Health Media, Spark Foundry, Starcom and Zenith, as well as global accelerator PMX; immersive experience group PMCI (inclusive of Picture Motion and RDL Worldwide); and access to integrated platform-based technologies and offerings from CJ, Epsilon and Influential. A key business solution of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40]), Publicis Media’s digital-first, data-driven global solutions deliver client value and drive growth in a platform-powered world. It is present in over 100 countries with over 23,000 employees worldwide.

London, England, United Kingdom
11K employees (3,008 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
526.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.4%
Direct
38.4%
Referral
11.8%
Social
15.8%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2,719 (25% of company)
Median Career Experience
13.5 years
Median Tenure
4.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
215