Associate Director, Brand Strategy

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$110K/yr – $130K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 14 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and lead brand strategy across assigned accounts from discovery through execution, turning research into actionable insights, narratives, and plans.

  • Lead research, insight development, and strategic storytelling for client brands
  • Define business and brand problems, opportunity spaces, and annual planning
  • Mentor teammates and contribute to thought leadership while guiding new business efforts

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop clear, provocative insights grounded in qualitative and quantitative research
  • Design and synthesize research approaches that move beyond summarizing findings to uncover actionable opportunity
  • Translate audience understanding into positioning, messaging architecture, and narrative frameworks
  • Develop inspiring creative briefs that maintain a clear strategic throughline from insight to execution
  • Define the right business and brand problems before solving them, pressure testing assumptions and identifying whitespace opportunities
  • Build and evolve customer journey maps grounded in belief and behavior change
  • Maintain a thorough understanding of key client accounts, including therapeutic areas, audiences, and competitive set, and apply that understanding to brand strategy
  • Own strategic input into annual brand planning and roadmap development for assigned accounts, not just participate in it
  • Lead new business efforts through research, insight development, and strategic storytelling
  • Represent Pivot's strategic point of view directly to senior client stakeholders, with the composure and credibility to be trusted without a more senior strategist present

Requirements

  • Healthcare agency experience with Patient and HCP marketing experience required
  • Experience working in a strategic role for rare disease is a plus
  • Appropriate academic/research training (social science, marketing, communication, statistics, strategic planning)
  • Must be willing to work in the office a minimum of two days per week
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Pivot Design

Pivot Design is a creative agency that leverages the power of design to make health more compelling. We bring a unique vision for what healthcare brands can be, from trusted global leaders to pioneering startups. At every stage of work, we’re shaping emotional impact to create brands that break barriers and boldly break through.• Market research• Competitive analysis• Persona & journey development• Brand positioning• Brand architecture• Corporate identity• Messaging & content strategy• Omnichannel campaigns• Digital strategy• Websites• Social• Video & animation• Environmental branding• Event design• Employer brand

Founded in 1992
Chicago, Illinois, USA
98 employees (44 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$110K/yr – $130K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
18 (18% of company)
Median Tenure
3.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$8.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
22.8%
Direct
24%
Referral
3.2%
Social
9.2%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~98
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Associate Director, Brand Strategy

Pivot Design · Chicago, IL · Hybrid