Senior Digital Strategist (Life Science)

USA (On-site)

$90K/yr – $115K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 13 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and lead digital strategy engagements for Life Sciences accounts, translating client needs into strategic directions and deliverables across a fast-moving portfolio.

  • Own discovery, research, and strategic direction across projects
  • Mentor junior strategists and collaborate with cross-functional teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build a deep, working understanding of each client's needs, business, sector (diagnostics, CDMO, life science equipment, etc.), and market quickly enough to be seen as a knowledgeable, trusted strategic partner from the first engagement, and maintain that understanding across gaps between projects
  • Lead discovery and research in early project stages: conduct stakeholder interviews, guide primary and secondary research, review analytics and other materials to distill findings for project teams
  • Define marketing direction for strategy projects across a varied and fast-moving portfolio of clients, including leading brainstorming meetings with the internal team to come up with fresh ideas that can be used to create strong strategic plans for our clients
  • Develop recommendations for project direction in support of the assigned business unit based on research, industry knowledge, digital best practices, collaboration with creative teams, and established client goals
  • Create or contribute to various documents and presentations such as creative briefs, , brand ecosystem maps, digital communication plans, research plans, social media strategies, customer journeys, digital strategy roadmaps, and measurement plans
  • Provide ongoing strategic and tactical advice to clients on a wide range of digital marketing topics, serving as a consistent, trusted point of strategic continuity across projects and continuing to highlight CG Life’s value in the digital marketing space
  • Advise clients and CG Life teams in driving strategic cohesion across all related tactics and projects in service of big-picture business goals, serving as the connective thread for clients even between active engagements
  • Lead project-based digital strategy/planning activities across a portfolio of assigned Life Sciences accounts in partnership with account and other team members, bringing continuity of strategic thinking to each client relationship
  • Maintain a passion for and a strong POV on the evolution of digital marketing. Sharing these perspectives and insights with internal team members and clients
  • Experiment with new tools and techniques to constantly improve our strategic processes and output

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in a client-facing role at a digital marketing agency, or within a digital marketing role on the client/brand side
  • Experience marketing to B2B, scientific, or technical audiences required
  • In-depth knowledge of brand & product marketing, multi-channel marketing, data-driven digital marketing and related technologies, web analytics, social media, and B2B lead-generation and lifecycle marketing techniques
  • Relentless problem-solving skills and the ability to assess and resolve complex challenges for varied client needs
  • Willingness and ability to travel (1-2 times per quarter)
  • Ability to create professional-looking documents and presentations coupled with strong presentation and speaking skills
  • Strong analytical abilities and the ability to carefully manage details
  • Ability and desire to collaborate effectively with a wide range of team members, including colleagues and clients with varying professional backgrounds and specialties
  • Proven ability to quickly build confidence-inspiring client relationships that create a sense of strategic continuity, even across intermittent or project-based engagements
  • Energized by a fast-paced, widely variable set of professional challenges, with the ability to work across multiple projects and client sectors at once in a self-driven environment

Preferred

  • Life sciences, diagnostics, CDMO, or medical/lab equipment marketing experience strongly preferred

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance. We cover a generous portion of employee contributions
  • 401K plan. We invest in present and future you, which is why we offer a generous match and immediate vesting on our plan
  • Parental Leave. Generous paid time off for parents to bond with their newest addition
  • Professional Development. Each employee has an annual budget to allocate to professional development opportunities. Employees are encouraged to take a workshop, attend a webinar, join associations, and do anything else that will help them grow in their careers.
  • And more! We offer flexible time off, life insurance, LTD, a robust employee assistance program, and more!
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CG Life

CG Life is a different breed of agency, built for the unique challenges of bringing precision medicine to market. Biopharma companies advancing therapies for rare and hard-to-treat diseases face a commercialization gap. They need a partner who has been there before, fluent in complex science, deeply attuned to rare disease ecosystems, and capable of orchestrating every step of commercialization. CG Life is more than an agency—we are defining a new class of partner that understands the full journey. We’re the locals, with expertise in scientific translation and market shaping, omnichannel activation, and patient/HCP engagement, all underpinned by data, AI, and deep domain expertise in rare and complex therapies.Let’s get to extraordinary. Together. Expert capabilities in:Brand StrategyPublic RelationsSocial MediaCreativeScientific CommunicationsOmnichannel Strategy & EnablementMedia PlanningAnalytics & Insights

Founded in 2003
Chicago, Illinois, USA
203 employees (49 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$90K/yr – $115K/yr

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Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2023
    Private Equity

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$19.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.8%
Direct
51.2%
Referral
6.8%
Social
8.8%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~203