Director, Strategy

Company description

CoLab is a fully integrated, cross-discipline team that provides best-in-class services in a fluid and modular way. With our clients at the center, we create brand movement at the speed of people’s lives by connecting real-time data with world-class creative, content, and media in service of growth and Return on investment.

CoLab is a “power of one” solution, encompassing data, media, and production. By drawing from across the vast Publicis Groupe network, we are uniquely positioned to deliver innovation and specialized skills to our clients, as well as enriching opportunities and inclusive benefits to our employees. We pride ourselves on combining the atmosphere of a startup company with the stability and experience of a global leader.

The Director, Strategy leads the development of integrated brand and experience strategy across portfolios, franchises, or therapeutic areas. This role directs brand positioning, messaging, and narrative development, and ensures those foundations are translated into cohesive, high-performing customer experiences across channels and touchpoints. The Director serves as senior strategist to clients and internal partners, guiding teams to deliver data driven, insight-led strategies that drive growth and differentiation.

• Direct development of strategic imperatives, critical success factors, brand positioning, value propositions, messaging frameworks, and brand architecture. [Emma Gild
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• Champion the impact of brand building for the clients – reinforcing CoLab’s role as a commercial partner and ensuring proactive strategic support to clients.
• Define and guide integrated brand and experience strategy, ensuring alignment between brand intent, customer needs, and business objectives.
• Translate brand strategy into experience principles, journeys, and omnichannel engagement frameworks that guide execution.
• Serve as day to day strategist to clients, shaping go-to-market direction and facilitating key strategic decisions.
• Partner with Creative, Media, Data, and Technology leadership to ensure brand and experience strategy inform execution from concept through activation.
• Ensure consistency and stewardship of brand meaning, tone, and expression across experiences, touchpoints, and engagement moments.
• Contribute and potentially lead high-stakes presentations, workshops, and working sessions with senior client stakeholders.
• Contribute to agency thought-leadership and big ideas thinking
• Mentor and develop strategy talent, setting standards for strategic rigor, clarity, and integrated brand + CX thinking.

• 5+ years of experience in brand strategy, experience strategy, or integrated planning.
• Demonstrated ability to lead positioning, messaging, and experience strategy for complex brands.
• Strong leadership, facilitation, and storytelling skills; comfort influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong desire to work within a healthcare agency culture where creativity is viewed as everyone’s responsibility.
• Curiosity and adaptability in applying AI to improve workflows.
• Deep experience[Dora Rive
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Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

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.

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