Senior Strategist – Digital Shelf Content

Senior Strategist – Digital Shelf Content

Marks, part of the Propelis Group, is a consumer experience agency creating engaging moments across the entire brand spectrum—from brand design and packaging, to content and consumer connections. We are a collaborative global network of 1,900+ team members across 25+ studios and 20+ countries, partnering with some of the world's most recognized brands to solve complex business challenges through design, strategy, and craft.

Leads e-commerce content strategy for digital shelf environments, translating brand, consumer, and search insights into high-performing product content across retailer platforms.

Hybrid role out of Chicago, NY, or Cincinnati

• Develop digital shelf content strategies aligned to business goals
• Craft SEO-informed frameworks across PDP copy, ATF imagery, and BTF content
• Translate client briefs into actionable strategies across Amazon, Walmart, Target, Kroger and others
• Integrate keyword and search data into natural, human-first content
• Apply retailer content guidelines and constraints
• Lead insight-to-creative translation

• Make data-backed recommendations to improve performance
• Analyze content effectiveness and refine messaging
• Partner with Search teams to improve discoverability
• Continuously evolve strategies based on platform changes

• Collaborate with Search, Creative, and Client teams
• Lead content work streams
• Present strategies and insights clearly to stakeholders

• Stay current on retailer AI tools (e.g., Rufus, Sparky)
• Track content trends and evolving requirements
• Contribute to thought leadership

Leads commerce search strategy and optimization, turning data into actionable insights to improve discoverability, ranking, and performance across retailer platforms.

• Develop commerce search strategies aligned to client goals
• Translate complex data into actionable insights
• Conduct keyword research, competitor analysis, and share-of-search
• Identify growth opportunities from search behavior

• Optimize discoverability across Amazon, Walmart, Target, Instacart, Kroger
• Improve ranking, visibility, and share of search
• Drive optimization via keywords, taxonomy, and content alignment
• Partner with Content teams to improve PDP quality

• Collaborate with Content and Creative teams
• Present insights and recommendations clearly
• Lead search strategy work streams

• Stay current on AI-driven search and retailer algorithms
• Apply forward-looking approaches to discoverability
• Contribute to thought leadership

Propelis is a portfolio of global marketing services and technology companies with a combined legacy of 150+ years, 2,000+ clients, 9,000 employees, and operations across 30 countries. Propelis provides the scale and support of a global organization while preserving the unique culture and identity of each company in its portfolio.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $80,000 USD - $90,000 USD annually. Ultimately, in determining pay, we will consider the successful candidate's location, experience, and other job-related factors. Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage, dental plan, vision plan, basic and supplemental life insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection, short/long term disability and 401(k) Savings Plan.