Associate Director, Strategy
Position Summary & Responsibilities
VSA’s purpose is to design for a better human experience. As a strategy and design agency, we blend consumer insights and data with human-centered design to activate meaningful, motivating and measurable experiences in an increasingly noisy world. With offices in Chicago, New York and San Francisco, VSA offers a full range of fully integrated capabilities—branding, advertising, data science and technology—all under one roof. VSA is also a proud member of Meet The People, an international family of unified and independent agencies. For more than 40 years, we have delivered solutions for business and creative leaders at some of the world’s most respected brands and forward-thinking organizations, including Google, Nike and IBM.
Open role in VSA Office locations, including New York, and Chicago; Hybrid work schedule
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position, now or in the future. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without requiring employer sponsorship.
Role Summary
The Associate Director, Strategy is a senior strategy practitioner who helps turn complex client situations into clear, actionable direction. This role is expected to bring structure to ambiguous problems, build trust with clients and internal teams, and lead significant strategy workstreams with increasing independence.
Associate Directors help shape the work by clarifying the problem, organizing the inputs, developing strategic recommendations, and connecting the thinking to creative and design outcomes. That includes understanding how strategy informs brand identity, messaging, campaigns, experiences, content, and other forms of activation.
This role is often the connective tissue between senior strategy leadership, client teams, creative and engagement partners, and other collaborators. A strong Associate Director can move between analysis and storytelling, detail and synthesis, confidence and curiosity, while knowing when to take the lead and when to ask for guidance.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned)
Bring clarity to complex client challenges
Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights
Fusion of strategic brand thinking, modern digital design execution, and enterprise-level client storytelling.
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