Freelance Associate Director, Content Strategy

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$51/hr – $73/hrMid Level8+ years expTemporary

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the content architecture that turns structured inputs into scalable systems and AI-ready experiences, while coordinating across Search, UX/XD, Product, and Engineering to move work forward.

  • Define scalable content models, taxonomy, metadata, and entity frameworks to enable AI personalization and content reuse.
  • Shape brand presence across search, AI assistants, and emerging interfaces for clarity and authority.
  • Turn ambiguous inputs into clear strategies, client-ready deliverables, and cross-agency alignment.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Explore the digital ecosystem and customer journeys to uncover opportunities for more connected, discovery-driven experiences
  • Bring structure to complexity, defining scalable content models, taxonomy, metadata, and entity frameworks that make content work harder and smarter
  • Shape how a brand shows up across search, AI assistants, and emerging interfaces, strengthening clarity, structure, and authority
  • Establish the foundations for AI-driven personalization, content reuse, and automation
  • Turn complex inputs into clear strategies, frameworks, and polished, client-ready deliverables
  • Collaborate deeply across Search, UX/XD, Product, Engineering, and agency partners to move work forward and build alignment

Requirements

  • You understand content strategy for modern digital ecosystems, from structured content to scalable systems
  • You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and creating order where none exists
  • You can zoom out to see the system and zoom in to craft the details
  • You’re a strong collaborator who knows how to align cross-functional and cross-agency teams
  • You hold a high bar for quality and take pride in producing clear, thoughtful, and polished work
  • You’re equally comfortable thinking, making, and communicating
  • 8+ years of experience, ideally in an agency or consulting environment, with a focus on content strategy for digital products and ecosystems
  • A portfolio that showcases content systems, large-scale experience work, and solving real user problems
  • Experience translating data and inputs into clear, actionable strategic recommendations
  • Proven experience working across disciplines (UX/XD, Search, Product, Engineering)

Preferred

  • Familiarity with modern collaboration and design tools (Figma, Miro, and the like)
  • Experience in CPG, retail, hospitality, entertainment, or theme park ecosystems is a plus

Benefits

  • 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.
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Founded in 1926 by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, today Publicis Groupe is the second largest communications group in the world and a leader in marketing, communication, and digital business transformation, led by Arthur Sadoun, the third CEO in its history. Publicis Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner in its clients’ transformation to enhance personalisation at scale. The Groupe relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid organisation, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals. Website: www.publicisgroupe.com X: @PublicisGroupe Instagram: @publicisgroupe YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/publicisgroupe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/publicisgroupe

Founded in 1926
Paris, Ile de France, FR
34K employees (11,817 in marketing)
75% recommend to a friend
84% CEO approval

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

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~40.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8,687 (22% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
3.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
104

Funding

Total Funding
$1.4B
Last Raise
$1.4B
Post IPO Debt, 10 months ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $1.4B

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