Group Strategy Director

Saatchi X; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Family Care for parents and careg

Job summary

Saatchi & Saatchi X in Chicago is seeking a Group Strategy Director to lead multiple accounts and shape strategic vision that drives growth and elevates our deliverables. You will guide insights, develop data-informed strategies, and foster innovation across our client portfolio.

This hybrid role requires four days in-office weekly. You will build strong client relationships, lead senior teams, and contribute to new business pitches while shaping agency-wide strategy and thought leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required.
• 10 plus years work experience as a leader in marketing, advertising, promotions, media, or digital, CPG and/or retail experience required.
• Knowledge of secondary research data sources; ability to navigate and extract baseline insights
• Creates aesthetically-pleasing, impactful presentations
• Experienced brainstorm and/or workshop facilitator
• Quickly able to master the agency’s processes and products
• Demonstrated excellence in strategically planning campaigns to align with clients' strategic goals and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Ability to anticipate and quickly assess continually changing client needs and adapt resources and strategies accordingly
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, organizational, interpersonal, and analytical skills
• Strong leadership skills to motivate and guide the team towards achieving results.

Responsibilities

• Influential Agency-wide strategic leadership, delivering valuable thought leadership to multiple clients and internal teams
• Drives best in class insight, data-informed strategy, and innovative thinking
• Acts as a catalyst to spark curiosity and innovation within the Strategy team and across all lines of business in the client portfolio
• Builds client relationships, identifying new ways to broaden offering, and grow existing relationships and revenue
• Participates in new business pitches
• Works collaboratively with senior management, agency partners and peers to successfully contribute to the success of the agency

Skills

Strategic leadership

Client relationship building

Presentation skills

Creative thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Company Description

We're a team of makers and dreamers, turning strategic ideas into flawless retail executions. We collaborate closely with our clients to elevate the expected and embrace the new, the next, and the complex.

Company Description

We're a team of makers and dreamers, turning strategic ideas into flawless retail executions. We collaborate closely with our clients to elevate the expected and embrace the new, the next, and the complex.

Nothing is impossible— If you can shop it, we can do it.

Overview

A Group Strategy Director serves as a part of the agency Extended Leadership Team, responsible for overseeing multiple accounts as well as contributing strategic vision and thought leadership that drives growth for their accounts. They are accountable for the continuously raising the bar on the quality of our strategic deliverables.

This is a hybrid role, requiring four days in-office each week. If you are contacted for an interview, your recruiter will discuss specifics with you, inclusive of any necessary reasonable accommodations.

Responsibilities

• Influential Agency-wide strategic leadership, delivering valuable thought leadership to multiple clients and internal teams


• Drives best in class insight, data-informed strategy, and innovative thinking


• Acts as a catalyst to spark curiosity and innovation within the Strategy team and across all lines of business in the client portfolio


• Builds client relationships, identifying new ways to broaden offering, and grow existing relationships and revenue


• Participates in new business pitches


• Works collaboratively with senior management, agency partners and peers to successfully contribute to the success of the agency

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required.


• 10 plus years work experience as a leader in marketing, advertising, promotions, media, or digital, CPG and/or retail experience required.


• Knowledge of secondary research data sources; ability to navigate and extract baseline insights


• Creates aesthetically-pleasing, impactful presentations


• Experienced brainstorm and/or workshop facilitator


• Quickly able to master the agency’s processes and products


• Demonstrated excellence in strategically planning campaigns to align with clients' strategic goals and key performance indicators (KPIs)


• Ability to anticipate and quickly assess continually changing client needs and adapt resources and strategies accordingly


• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, organizational, interpersonal, and analytical skills


• Strong leadership skills to motivate and guide the team towards achieving results.

Additional Information

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

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

We also offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance, transportation, and parking benefits, legal benefits, pet insurance, and auto and home insurance. You must be actively employed for 90 consecutive calendar days in order to be eligible for Publicis medical and voluntary benefits.

Saatchi & Saatchi X is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $129,485.00 - USD $168,340.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/1/2026.