Associate Director of Creative Strategy

Publicis Groupe • New York, NY

260d

About The Position

As Associate Director of Creative Strategy, you ll be the cultural decoder who bridges strategic relevance with creative vision for our company. Working in close partnership with our taste-making Creative Director, you ll ensure our creative executions are not just visually exceptional, but culturally resonant and strategically sound. This role demands someone who can navigate the electric third rail of culture—identifying emerging signals, understanding their significance, and translating them into meaningful creative approaches. You possess not only sharp analytical skills, but also the rare intuition to recognize what will matter tomorrow, paired with the strategic rigor to make these insights actionable for our creative teams and valuable for our audience.

Requirements

• Exceptional cultural radar—ability to detect meaningful signals amid cultural noise
• Experience translating cultural insights into actionable creative strategies
• Deep understanding of how aesthetics, language, and narrative evolve across different communities
• Strategic thinking that connects cultural relevance with business outcome
• Talent for articulating complex cultural concepts in accessible ways for diverse stakeholders
• Background in strategic roles that interface between creative execution and business objectives
• Ability to develop frameworks that guide creative development without constraining creative possibility
• Natural curiosity that extends beyond typical industry research into unexpected domains
• Comfort moving between high-concept thinking and practical application
• A profound excitement and incorporation of the latest tools and technology into your workflow and process

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services