Manager, Audience Strategy

Chicago, IL (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableManager3+ years exp

Posted 8 months ago

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Job Summary

Own a data driven audience strategy for clients, turning tools into actionable audience picks and proving impact through campaign results.

  • Audience Strategy Ownership: Define and segment audiences using MRI, GWI, EPC, and other tools to meet client goals.
  • Analytics & Insights: Translate device, content, and media interactions into actionable recommendations and campaign improvements.
  • Client Engagement & Collaboration: Deliver results, present audience analytics, and contribute to client-facing materials and testing of new audience tools.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Assists Director with all aspects of data driven audience strategy development
  • Able to use platform tools (EPC, GWI, MRI etc.) to define & segment new audiences based on client goals & industry trends, combined with researching & identifying valuable data driven insights to improve overall audience strategy product.
  • Ability to analyze & illuminate how consumers interact with devices, content & media through rigorous data analysis
  • Develop a strong overall understanding of the client’s business objectives to provide audience recommendations to deliver against these objectives and demonstrate through campaign results how data targeting can help them achieve their business goals
  • Extract insights from data and effectively communicate to clients in relation to their goals and objectives; share results from audience analytics reports with clients when available
  • Innovation & Testing: Participate in testing new audience tools and methodologies, providing critical feedback to enhance performance and user experience.
  • Assist in the development of client-facing materials, including data presentations and audience performance reports
  • Participate in team meetings and knowledge sessions to share new strategies for targeting campaigns and to provide feedback on platform and data performance
  • Delivers and sets expectations with the client
  • Makes concrete attempts to add value and enhance client relationships

Requirements

  • 3+ years’ experience in media planning/strategy (emphasis on digital), &/or ad technology (including previous agency side experience)
  • Familiarity with data visualization using tools such as Tableau, R, and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Strong understanding of audience tools (MRI, GWI, Epsilon)
  • Strong understanding of digital marketing, CRM, and audience segmentation
  • Understand Web analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics)
  • Understand Identity Solution tools (eg. Epsilon, Liveramp, Neustar)
  • Strong analytical skills, technical know-how, and strategic thinking
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to present insights clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Strong understanding of Online Display, Video and Mobile campaigns, as well as knowledge of Ad Tech platforms
  • Familiarity / experience with third-party ad serving platforms, DSPs, CDPs, 3rd Party data, pixels and Ad Servers
  • 3+ years’ experience in media planning/strategy (emphasis on digital), &/or ad technology (including previous agency side experience)
  • 2+ years’ experience coordinating projects or leading junior team members
  • Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets
  • Role Objectives: A passion for data-driven advertising and insights, with hands on keyboard experience in audience tools such as Epsilon Discovery (propriety tool to Publicis), MRI, and GWI

Preferred

  • SQL, SAS, or Python a plus
  • Familiarity with data visualization using tools such as Tableau, R, and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Client Details

  • Media design and audience strategy at Publicis Groupe, using Epsilon Identity and data-driven insights to drive client growth.
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Publicis Groupe

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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

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: ~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)
103

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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