Senior Vice President, Group Account Director

Digitas North America; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401K

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Digitas is seeking a Senior VP/Group Account Director in Chicago to lead strategic programs, deepen senior client relationships, and drive cross-functional teams across digital and media. You’ll shape integrated marketing strategies, mentor talent, and contribute to the agency’s growth while traveling as needed.

The role requires extensive experience in marketing leadership, MBA, and a track record of delivering high-impact campaigns across channels.

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree and MBA; 15+ years in marketing or digital leadership.
• Proven ability to lead integrated marketing programs and client growth.
• Strong analytical, communication, and executive presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-level strategic plans and guide cross-functional teams.
• Establish and grow senior-level client relationships based on trust.
• Develop cutting-edge, insight-driven integrated marketing programs across media and digital.
• Demonstrate leadership by mentoring team members and participating in leadership activities.
• Willingness to travel as needed to meet client and business needs.

Skills

Marketing leadership

Integrated marketing

Client relationship management

Strategic thinking

Analytics

Presentation skills

Digital marketing

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Company Description

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

Company Description

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries. The Digitas culture is made up of fearless, inventive and generous Unicorns of all kinds.

Overview

We’re looking for an outstanding Senior VP/Group Account Director who’ll lead the troops in driving this growth. It’s no small task, but it’s a fun and rewarding one. If you’re up for it, read on.

Responsibilities

Day to day, your role will include:

Role

You’ll develop high-level strategic plans, effectively utilize cross functional teams, and influence senior clients through your deep knowledge of the web and ability to pinpoint the smartest, most powerful strategies to solve client problems. Day to day, your role includes:

• Eloquently articulating our views on digital business philosophies, keeping clients up to date on industry context
• Actively establishing and growing senior-level client relationships based on trust, and leveraging these relationships in the development of business growth
• Developing cutting-edge, insight-driven integrated marketing programs, leveraging expertise across media
• Demonstrating strong corporate citizenship through involvement in company events, learning forums, and other activities, serving as a member of the Digitas Chicago Senior Leadership Team and Digitas Global Network
• Maintaining a strong understanding of changes in the client’s industry and how customer needs are adapting, and developing relevant case studies on client businesses
• Deliver strategic client presentations and providing recommendations that are concise, insightful, and on point
• Connecting to broader agency intellectual capital and bringing best practices to client engagements
• Owning client financials – including forecasts, budgets, and investments – and facilitating all legal contracts
• Developing team members through training and identifying areas for growth – you’ll demonstrate openness to hiring non-traditional talent and build a team bench by actively recruiting a best-in-class workforce
• Willingness to travel as needed – you’re open to new places, new faces, and new ideas

Qualifications

• A demonstrated powerful passion for marketing and proven success in bringing the best work to life
• Four years of college education, an MBA degree, and 15+ years of experience, including a strong, established history of interactive experience and client leadership in integrated marketing or a digital scope
• A refined understanding of how marketing, creative, planning, media, technology, and analytics integrate
• Superior analytical skills, strategic thinking, communication, and presentation skills
• Extensive marketing knowledge across media, including Mobile and Social
• An impressive, demonstrated ability to effectively grow existing client relationships
• Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Additional Information

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

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

Compensation Range: USD $180,215.00 - USD $268,905.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. 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. 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 1/1/2028.