Sugino Corp Manufacturing

Senior Strategist

Chicago, IL Hybrid Full-time
  • Department: Client Strategy & Growth
  • Reports to: SVP, Client Strategy
  • Direct Reports: No management responsibility. Location: Hybrid (3 days in office) + client travel
  • Highly level of cross team collaboration

Role Overview

  • Senior Strategists at Scale Marketing operate as fractional CMOs for our portfolio of clients. They are responsible
  • for owning client strategy, performance, measurement, and ongoing optimization in partnership with our
  • Media, Data, and Creative teams.
  • Senior Strategists work and communicate directly with executive -level client stakeholders to understand their
  • business goals, translate those goals into performance marketing strategies, and ensure campaigns are driving
  • measurable outcomes across leads, sales, and revenue.

Key Responsibilities

Client Strategy

  • ●Serve as the primary strategy and communication lead for Scale Marketing’s client portfolio
  • ●Own ongoing performance analysis for your clients, identifying trends, opportunities, and risks
  • ●Deeply understand each client’s business, industry, competitors, and growth objectives
  • ●Lead the development of performance marketing strategies, growth plans, and budget allocation
  • recommendations
  • ●Partner with Media, Data Analytics, and Creative teams to design integrated, omni-channel strategies
  • ●Ensure measurement frameworks are defined upfront and tied to business outcomes (leads, sales,
  • revenue)
  • ●Monitor progress against client goals and make proactive recommendations
  • ●Translate data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for clients

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • ●Work closely with Media teams, Data Analytics, and Creative/Production to ensure strategies are
  • executed effectively
  • ●Ensure internal teams are aligned on client goals, priorities, and success metrics
  • ●Help prevent scope creep through clear planning, communication, and expectation -setting
  • ●Contribute to improving internal processes, frameworks, and strategic playbooks

What Success Looks Like

  • ●Achievement of client KPIs (leads, sales, revenue)
  • ●Client retention and relationship strength
  • ●Quality and effectiveness of strategic planning
  • ●Ability to identify and address performance challenges and opportunities early
  • ●Collaboration and contribution to team growth

Scale Marketing • 2026Experience & Qualifications

  • ●15+ years of marketing experience, agency-side or client-side
  • ●Proven ownership of strategy planning, performance measurement, and revenue growth
  • ●Strong background in performance marketing, with demonstrated success in Lead Generation and/or

DTC

  • ●Balanced omni-channel expertise (Paid Media, Search, Social, Traditional etc.)
  • ●Deep comfort analyzing performance data and translating it into business recommendations
  • ●Experience leading strategy conversations with senior client stakeholders
  • ●Ability to manage complex clients simultaneously without losing strategic depth

Who You Are

  • ●Strategic, analytical, and deeply performance-oriented
  • ●Confident, consultative, and prepared in client-facing situations
  • ●Comfortable making recommendations and standing behind decisions
  • ●Collaborative and team-first; values partnership over ego
  • ●Calm under pressure and solution-oriented when challenges arise
  • ●Takes pride in client outcomes and ownership of results

Why Join Us

  • ●This position presents an opportunity to leverage your experience and truly make an impact on the
  • clients and team you work with
  • ●Operate as true strategic partner-not just an executor
  • ●Work with aspirational clients who appreciate the work we do, and the business results we drive
  • ●Immerse yourself and upskill in the ever-changing marketing landscape.
  • ●Work for a company where culture is a priority
  • #LI-CL1

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