Senior Integrated Strategist
Envisionit, Chicago, IL, United States
We are Envisionit, an award-winning digital marketing agency based in Chicago, and we’re seeking a
Senior-level Integrated Strategist
to join the team. The Sr. Integrated Strategist is the strategic engine behind our client programs. You sit at the intersection of creative, media, and measurement and you are equally fluent in all three. You use that fluency to turn business problems into clear, unified direction. You know how to take raw research and hone it into insights that actually move people to act. And you are the early warning system: scanning the landscape for external signals that could shape or threaten a client’s program, and bringing that intelligence to the table before it becomes a problem.
This role sits within the Insights, Data & Analytics practice and works across account, channel, and creative teams to ensure strategy drives everything we do.
What You’re Accountable For:
Research is Done
Lead primary and secondary research efforts that ground strategy in real audience, market, and competitive intelligence.
Synthesize research into clear, actionable inputs. Not data dumps. Distill what matters and why.
Monitor the external landscape continuously: competitor moves, market shifts, M&A activity, regulatory changes, external factors that could impact a client’s program performance. Flag it early. Bring it with a point of view.
Strategy is Developed
Build integrated marketing strategies that span the full funnel (awareness, consideration, conversion, retention) and define how each channel plays its role.
Develop measurement frameworks at program onset: define the right KPIs, establish a shared glossary, and set the baseline for how success will be evaluated. Ongoing performance tracking is not part of this role.
Lead scenario modeling and budget-to-outcome thinking. Help clients and internal teams understand tradeoffs before committing.
Translate business goals into marketing strategy that informs media strategies, creative ideation, tactical planning and test roadmaps with clarity on direction for cross‑functional teams.
Insights are Actionable
Turn data and research into recommendations, not summaries. Every insight should have a “so what” and a “now what.”
Identify optimization opportunities across media mix, messaging, audience targeting, and channel sequencing.
Stay current on marketing technology, channel innovation, and analytics advancements. Bring relevant trends into planning proactively.
Client is Confident
Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to cross‑functional teams and to the client. They should feel like you understand their business, not just their campaign.
Present complex strategy clearly to senior stakeholders by translating data and frameworks into compelling, decision‑ready narratives.
Build confidence through proactive communication with account teams: flag risks, surface opportunities, and never let clients be surprised.
Teams are Enabled
Partner with account, channel leads (paid social, search, CRM, programmatic), creative, and analytics teams to ensure strategy is understood, shared, and executable.
Write briefs and strategy documents that actually enable great work. No templates filled with jargon.
Manage governance across integrated programs: timing, messaging consistency, brand voice, and operational alignment.
What You Bring:
8 years in integrated marketing strategy, performance strategy, or brand planning at an agency or brand‑side.
Proven ability to build multi‑channel strategies that span paid, owned, and earned media.
Strong analytical mindset. You can work with data, spot what matters, and build a point of view from it. You’re not purely descriptive.
Experience developing measurement frameworks, KPI hierarchies, and attribution thinking across channels.
Sharp written and verbal communicator. You can present a complex strategy to a CMO and make it feel simple.
Comfortable operating across ambiguity. You’re a self‑starter who doesn’t wait to be told what to look for.
Familiarity with modern ad platforms, analytics tools, CRM systems, and attribution frameworks.
How We Measure Success:
Measurement frameworks are in place at the start of every program. KPIs defined, glossary shared, baseline set.
External intelligence is consistently surfaced before it impacts client programs. Not after.
Clients view you as a strategic partner, not a vendor. They feel informed, advised, and confident.
Teams can execute from your briefs and strategies without repeated clarification.
Research and insights are actionable. They shape decisions and “speak the creative and media team’s language.”
Who You Work With:
You report into the Insights, Data & Analytics practice and work day‑to‑day with Account Management, Project Management, Channel Leads (Paid Social, Search, CRM/Email, Programmatic), Creative, and Analytics.
Perks, Salary & Benefits: The salary range for this position is $110,000 – 125,000 USD. This is a good‑faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and any potential offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process.
Our benefits include:
A hybrid office model, with the option to WFH 2 days/week
A minimum of 20 days off yearly 12 company holidays summer hours
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability Insurance
Employer‑matched 401k
Transit benefits, corporate discount programs, free fitness center membership
Career pathing, dedicated budget towards opportunities for professional growth
A culture focused on collaboration, curiosity & support, with regular events, volunteerism, and an employee‑led recognition program
Due to the high volume of applicants, we are not currently accepting phone calls about employment opportunities or application status. In addition, we cannot pay for relocation expenses or act as an immigration sponsor at this time. Please peruse our website and socials to learn more about us: http://www.envisionitagency.com
At this time, we can only consider candidates from the following U.S. states: FL, GA, IL, IN, MI, MN, NV, OH, SD, TN.
Envisionit is an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with diverse strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for the work we do. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employee’s points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone’s responsibility. Envisionit is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact HR Manager, Ali Aguilar at ali.aguilar@envisionitagency.com or 312‑262‑6602.
Envisionit. Enjoy your agency™ #J-18808-Ljbffr
Senior-level Integrated Strategist
to join the team. The Sr. Integrated Strategist is the strategic engine behind our client programs. You sit at the intersection of creative, media, and measurement and you are equally fluent in all three. You use that fluency to turn business problems into clear, unified direction. You know how to take raw research and hone it into insights that actually move people to act. And you are the early warning system: scanning the landscape for external signals that could shape or threaten a client’s program, and bringing that intelligence to the table before it becomes a problem.
This role sits within the Insights, Data & Analytics practice and works across account, channel, and creative teams to ensure strategy drives everything we do.
What You’re Accountable For:
Research is Done
Lead primary and secondary research efforts that ground strategy in real audience, market, and competitive intelligence.
Synthesize research into clear, actionable inputs. Not data dumps. Distill what matters and why.
Monitor the external landscape continuously: competitor moves, market shifts, M&A activity, regulatory changes, external factors that could impact a client’s program performance. Flag it early. Bring it with a point of view.
Strategy is Developed
Build integrated marketing strategies that span the full funnel (awareness, consideration, conversion, retention) and define how each channel plays its role.
Develop measurement frameworks at program onset: define the right KPIs, establish a shared glossary, and set the baseline for how success will be evaluated. Ongoing performance tracking is not part of this role.
Lead scenario modeling and budget-to-outcome thinking. Help clients and internal teams understand tradeoffs before committing.
Translate business goals into marketing strategy that informs media strategies, creative ideation, tactical planning and test roadmaps with clarity on direction for cross‑functional teams.
Insights are Actionable
Turn data and research into recommendations, not summaries. Every insight should have a “so what” and a “now what.”
Identify optimization opportunities across media mix, messaging, audience targeting, and channel sequencing.
Stay current on marketing technology, channel innovation, and analytics advancements. Bring relevant trends into planning proactively.
Client is Confident
Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to cross‑functional teams and to the client. They should feel like you understand their business, not just their campaign.
Present complex strategy clearly to senior stakeholders by translating data and frameworks into compelling, decision‑ready narratives.
Build confidence through proactive communication with account teams: flag risks, surface opportunities, and never let clients be surprised.
Teams are Enabled
Partner with account, channel leads (paid social, search, CRM, programmatic), creative, and analytics teams to ensure strategy is understood, shared, and executable.
Write briefs and strategy documents that actually enable great work. No templates filled with jargon.
Manage governance across integrated programs: timing, messaging consistency, brand voice, and operational alignment.
What You Bring:
8 years in integrated marketing strategy, performance strategy, or brand planning at an agency or brand‑side.
Proven ability to build multi‑channel strategies that span paid, owned, and earned media.
Strong analytical mindset. You can work with data, spot what matters, and build a point of view from it. You’re not purely descriptive.
Experience developing measurement frameworks, KPI hierarchies, and attribution thinking across channels.
Sharp written and verbal communicator. You can present a complex strategy to a CMO and make it feel simple.
Comfortable operating across ambiguity. You’re a self‑starter who doesn’t wait to be told what to look for.
Familiarity with modern ad platforms, analytics tools, CRM systems, and attribution frameworks.
How We Measure Success:
Measurement frameworks are in place at the start of every program. KPIs defined, glossary shared, baseline set.
External intelligence is consistently surfaced before it impacts client programs. Not after.
Clients view you as a strategic partner, not a vendor. They feel informed, advised, and confident.
Teams can execute from your briefs and strategies without repeated clarification.
Research and insights are actionable. They shape decisions and “speak the creative and media team’s language.”
Who You Work With:
You report into the Insights, Data & Analytics practice and work day‑to‑day with Account Management, Project Management, Channel Leads (Paid Social, Search, CRM/Email, Programmatic), Creative, and Analytics.
Perks, Salary & Benefits: The salary range for this position is $110,000 – 125,000 USD. This is a good‑faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and any potential offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process.
Our benefits include:
A hybrid office model, with the option to WFH 2 days/week
A minimum of 20 days off yearly 12 company holidays summer hours
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability Insurance
Employer‑matched 401k
Transit benefits, corporate discount programs, free fitness center membership
Career pathing, dedicated budget towards opportunities for professional growth
A culture focused on collaboration, curiosity & support, with regular events, volunteerism, and an employee‑led recognition program
Due to the high volume of applicants, we are not currently accepting phone calls about employment opportunities or application status. In addition, we cannot pay for relocation expenses or act as an immigration sponsor at this time. Please peruse our website and socials to learn more about us: http://www.envisionitagency.com
At this time, we can only consider candidates from the following U.S. states: FL, GA, IL, IN, MI, MN, NV, OH, SD, TN.
Envisionit is an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with diverse strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for the work we do. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employee’s points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone’s responsibility. Envisionit is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact HR Manager, Ali Aguilar at ali.aguilar@envisionitagency.com or 312‑262‑6602.
Envisionit. Enjoy your agency™ #J-18808-Ljbffr