Director, Brand & Experience Strategy

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$119K/yr – $150K/yrDirector/Executive5+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

Job Summary

Own and shape creative performance strategy from briefs to measurement, leading cross-functional workstreams in strategy, creative, media, analytics and tech to drive measurable performance.

  • Own test strategies and roadmaps and translate insights into actionable optimization
  • Coordinate with creative, media and analytics teams to ensure distribution-aware, data-driven recommendations

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop creative test strategies and roadmaps, coordinating with creative and media teams to ensure sound execution and measurement of recommendations.
  • Author creative briefs that bring together audience insight, channel context, and message direction and working alongside creative teams through to execution
  • Build strategic deliverables beyond the brief, including things like learning agendas, content frameworks, messaging hierarchies, competitive analysis
  • Establish always-on campaign listening practices: tracking creative assets in market, identifying what's working, and translating performance into clear optimization recommendations to guide decisioning
  • Organize and analyze data from multiple sources, surfacing actionable insights and communicating next steps clearly to clients and internal teams.
  • Partner with brand and media strategy teams to ensure creative is built with distribution logic and audience segmentation in mind from the start.
  • Operate as connective tissue across strategy, creative, media, analytics, and technology.
  • Maintain a working understanding of DCO platforms and apply that knowledge where appropriate for client needs.
  • Stay current on emerging tools and technologies shaping performance marketing, bringing that knowledge into strategic recommendations proactively.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience as a creative performance strategist working in digital, ideally across programmatic video, display, and multiple social platforms, or with significant depth in at least one of these areas.
  • At least 5 years of total experience in performance marketing, with a demonstrated ability to connect creative decisions to measurable performance outcomes.
  • Experience developing a range of strategic deliverables: creative briefs, test strategies, content frameworks, etc, as well as the judgment to know what the moment calls for.
  • Strong analytical thinking with the ability to organize data from multiple sources, pull meaningful insight, and translate findings into clear, confident recommendations for clients and internal teams.
  • A track record of collaboration with account, creative and media teams.
  • Strong client and internal communication skills, with experience leading discussions, presenting recommendations, and identifying opportunities.
  • Comfortable managing across multiple accounts and client challenges simultaneously.
  • Some experience with DCO platforms; deep expertise not required, but familiarity with how and when to apply them is expected.
  • Genuine enthusiasm for the latest tools, platforms, and technologies shaping performance marketing.
  • Bachelor's degree in a business-related or equivalent field.

Preferred

  • B2B2C experience and fluency in marketing research methodologies are a plus.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
  • Life insurance,
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
  • 401k,
  • Flexible paid time off,
  • At least 15 paid holidays per year,
  • Paid sick and safe leave, and
  • Paid parental leave.
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