Senior Strategist, Integrated Strategy

About Dentsu

We are businessdriven and creatively obsessed helping clients grow throughTransformative Creativitycreativity that solvesreal businessproblems challenges convention and creates meaningful impact.

About the Team

• Proactive leaderswho set the agenda and bring energy to every engagement

• Questionaskerswho pushbeyond the expected to findwhatsinteresting

• Makers and doerswho turn thinking into actionable outputs

• Growth-minded teammates who seek out what theydontknow as much asthey do

• Radical collaboratorswho work fluidly across disciplines

Role & Responsibilities

This is a rare strategy role that keeps you sharp across two genuinely different businesses one fast and cultural one built on trust and considered decision-making.The ideal candidate thrives on variety and can toggle between fast cultural work and deeper strategic thinkingwhile championing meaningful brand impact.You will:

• Lead qualitative research from quick cultural inputs to deeper exploratory studies.

• Develop clear inspiring creative briefs and guide others in doing the same.

• Build digital architectures brand frameworks and consumer journeys across categories.

• Synthesize signals across data culture and category to give creative and client teams a clear point of view not just information but interpretation

• Surface new growth opportunities and strategic value for creative and brand teams.

• Guide multidisciplinary teams in measurement and learning work.

• Provide thought leadership on culture human behavior and category dynamics.

• Build strong knowledge of each clients industry and competitive landscape.

• Thoughtfully apply AI to sharpen strategy speed insights and improve output qualitywhile preserving a strong strategic POV and human judgment.

• Help shape awards submissions by crafting compelling case studies defining the strategic idea and impact and collaborating across teams to tell the story effectively.

WhatSuccessLooks Like

• Seamless ability to shift between impulsedriven and longerconsideration consumer contexts

• Brings clarity to complexity without oversimplifying

• Stays steady and constructive when client priorities shift or briefs change mid-stream

• Builds strong trusting relationships across diverse client styles

• Helps creative teams understand not just the strategy but how it flexes by category

Qualifications

• 4yearsexperiencedeveloping digitalled and integrated brand strategies

• Proventrack recordof strong consistent strategic ideas

• Deep understanding of how brands earn attention and trust online

• High standard for clarity craft and detail

• Strong storytelling and presentation skills equally comfortable with creative teams and more conservative stakeholders

• Ability to simplify complex challenges for varied audiences

• Confident with both creative teams and more conservative stakeholders

• Curious culturally informed and insightdriven-seeks out what theydontknow as much as they build on what they do

• Experience with social listening trend analysis SEO UX and related tools

• Seen as a trusted partner to midsenior clients and a supportive mentor to juniors

• Werelooking for someone who will grow with the discipline as it evolves curious about what strategy looks like in two years not just today

• Crosscategory experience (retail CPG financial services) is a plus

Additional Information

Atdentsu we believegreat workhappens whenwereconnected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices currentlylocatedin Chicago metro Detroit Los Angeles and New York City areand expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu maydesignateother Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may bedesignated asremote depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients which may include attendance in an office.

The annual salary range for this position is$82500 - $110000.Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors including relevant experience knowledge skills and other factorspermittedby law.

Benefits available with this position include:

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.

Dentsu alsocomplies withapplicable state and local lawsregardingemployee leave benefits including but not limited to providing time offpursuant tothe Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Actin accordance withits plans and policies.For further detailsregardingDentsu benefits please visit.

To begin the application process please click on the Apply button at the top of this jobposting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be contacted fornextsteps.