Freelance Associate Director, Performance Content - Commerce, Retail Media Strategy & Activation

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$46/hr – $67/hrSenior LevelTemporary

Posted 10 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and optimize commerce discoverability and performance across retailer content, search, and retail media, translating GEO/AEO needs into actionable activation plans.

  • Drive discovery by aligning product content, taxonomy, and PDPs with retailer search and AI visibility.
  • Collaborate across commerce, media, and brand teams to implement practical activation steps.
  • Link AI learnings to measurable commerce performance and retail media planning.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Identify commerce and retail environments most relevant to each segment, including retailer.com, marketplaces, retail media networks, and product detail page ecosystems.
  • Evaluate how product content, retail taxonomy, reviews, availability, ratings, and merchandising may influence search, AI answer visibility, and consumer conversion.
  • Partner with commerce, retail media, SEO, and brand teams to recommend practical changes that improve product discoverability and downstream performance.
  • Translate GEO/AEO needs into commerce actions, such as improved PDP content, structured product information, retailer search optimization, marketplace presence, and retail media alignment.
  • Identify where teams have control versus where retailer or partner coordination is required.
  • Support activation planning across top priority retailers and marketplaces.
  • Help connect AI/search visibility learnings to commerce performance and retail media planning.
  • Retail / commerce opportunity assessment.
  • PDP and retailer search optimization recommendations.
  • Retail media activation inputs.

Requirements

  • Strong commerce, retail media, marketplace, or shopper marketing experience.
  • Understanding of retailer search, PDP optimization, marketplace content, retail media activation, and conversion drivers.
  • Ability to work across brands, retail partners, and internal commerce/media teams.
  • Experience with platforms such as Amazon, Walmart, Target, Kroger, Instacart, Chewy, PetSmart, or similar preferred.
  • Comfortable translating strategic AEO/GEO needs into practical commerce activation steps.

Benefits

  • The benefits offerings listed are available to U.S. based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.
  • If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMTTACompliance@publicis.com.
  • All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
  • The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include: - Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more - Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility - Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption - Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance - Tuition Assistance - Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more - Matching Gifts programs - Flexible working arrangements - 'Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility) - Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
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With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the center of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With almost 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, Starcom partners with the world's leading marketers and brands, including Bank of America, Best Buy, Kellanova, McDonald's, Novartis, Samsung, Visa, WK Kellogg Company and more.

Founded in 1936
Chicago, Illinois, USA
6.1K employees (2,084 in marketing)
66% recommend to a friend
59% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
20.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.1%
Direct
41.6%
Referral
9.1%
Social
4.6%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,983 (33% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
28

Funding

Total Funding
$57.1M
Last Raise
$43.2M
Series A, 1 months ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Series A • $43.2M
  • Aug 2025
    Series A
  • May 2025
    Series A • $13.9M

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