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VP/SVP, Integrated Client Strategy – NOVUS Media LLC

Position Summary: The VP/SVP, Integrated Client Strategy serves as a trusted, strategic adviser to C‑suite clients. They focus on achieving client business objectives and goals through integrated and innovative media, data, measurement, and customer‑intelligence strategies. The role leads holistic media strategy, integrated planning, and advanced marketing transformation, ensuring that NOVUS drives measurable value across the entire customer journey. This leader brings exceptional fluency in digital media, data, analytics, insights, marketing technology, personalization, and AI, and can translate complex concepts into strategic recommendations that inspire confidence at the highest levels.

Primary Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & C‑Suite Advisory

• Serve as the senior strategic voice for key accounts, functioning as a boardroom‑ready advisor who can address complex business challenges with authority and clarity.
• Translate clients’ business objectives into integrated media strategies that leverage the full capabilities of data, technology, analytics, personalization, local intelligence, and AI‑driven insights.
• Guide clients through high‑impact decisions across brand, performance, customer experience, and local‑market strategy.

Integrated Strategy Development

• Lead the creation of holistic, full‑funnel media strategies that drive near‑term performance and long‑term brand and business growth.
• Ensure all strategies are grounded in rigorous quantitative and qualitative insights, and that they apply industry‑leading digital, programmatic, and tech‑enabled approaches.
• Champion the integration of advanced analytics, modeling, automation, and personalization frameworks to elevate planning and performance.

Client Relationship Leadership & Revenue Growth

• Own senior‑level client relationships, building deep trust through proactive guidance, strategic rigor, and operational excellence.
• Protect, retain, and grow organic revenue by identifying whitespace opportunities, elevating client engagement, and introducing innovative solutions that expand NOVUS’ value.
• Partner with clients to develop multi‑year roadmaps that improve marketing effectiveness, operational maturity, and data sophistication.

Team Leadership & Orchestration

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a high‑performance team of strategists, fostering mastery in digital, data‑driven planning, and consultative client partnership.
• Orchestrate cross‑functional expertise across Activation, Analytics, Technology, Local Strategy, and Business Intelligence to deliver integrated solutions.
• Cultivate a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning aligned with NOVUS’ values.

Business Development & Industry Leadership

• Deliver aggressive organic revenue growth goals by assessing client needs and opportunities and persuasively selling agency solutions.
• Collaborate with other Offering Leads (Investment, Data & Insights, Technology) to envision and design new solutions, based on market demand.
• Serve as a key member of the business development team, playing a central role in RFP responses, thought leadership, pitch strategy, and high‑profile presentations.
• Represent NOVUS as an industry leader, bringing forward provocative POVs on the future of media, privacy, AI, personalization, and measurement.
• Oversee account profitability and forecasting for key accounts.
• Ensure exceptional delivery quality, operational efficiency, and alignment between strategic ambition and executional excellence.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor or department head.

Operational & Financial Management

• Oversee account profitability and forecasting for key accounts.
• Ensure exceptional delivery quality, operational efficiency, and alignment between strategic ambition and executional excellence.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor or department head.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in media, marketing, or consulting roles, including extensive leadership at the VP/SVP level.
• Proven track record advising C‑suite executives and leading sophisticated, data‑led strategy engagements.
• Deep expertise in digital media, martech ecosystems, analytics, personalization, AI/ML applications in marketing, and measurement frameworks.
• Mastery in developing full‑funnel, integrated media strategies across all channels, emphasizing digital acceleration and innovative data applications.
• Demonstrated success protecting and growing major accounts and driving organic revenue expansion.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling capabilities—adept at synthesizing complex data into compelling, actionable decision frameworks.
• Strong experience leading and developing high‑performing strategic teams.
• Outstanding pitch, presentation, and new business leadership skills.
• Fluency with industry research tools, measurement platforms, and advanced analytics methodologies.
• Highly collaborative, influential, and able to inspire confidence across internal teams and client organizations.

Location

Chicago, IL – Candidates must be located in or around the Chicago Metro area. No relocation assistance is offered.

Compensation

Salary range: $165,000 – $210,000, based on experience, qualifications, location, and internal equity considerations.

Benefits

NOVUS offers a full array of health care and wellness benefits: medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurances, short and long‑term disability, pre‑tax flexible spending accounts, a health savings account, legal services, identity theft protection, and an employee assistance program. Eligible employees are full‑time salaried or part‑time salaried employees working 30 hours per week or more. A group retirement savings plan is also available.

A Word on Diversity

Novus Media is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, marital or family status, age, gender identity or expression, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We embrace diversity in all its forms and strongly encourage people from a variety of backgrounds to apply.

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