Jobs at Havas Chicago

Lead global media planning for Havas Media Network pitches, coordinating full-funnel, multi-market responses from written submissions through client presentations. Develop integrated brand, performance, commerce, and retail media strategies tied to business outcomes. Own planning quality control, global frameworks, transformation roadmaps, local-market connectivity, innovation, capability development, and partner relationships. Collaborate across strategy, activation, creative, analytics, data, e-commerce, and AI teams while identifying opportunities for organic client growth.

Lead social-first strategy across client work, new business, and agency initiatives. Develop audience- and culture-led insights, strategic recommendations, creative briefs, platform and creator strategies, trend analysis, success frameworks, and KPIs. Collaborate across client, creative, data, and insight teams; manage strategic workstreams, support client growth, contribute to thought leadership, and coach junior team members.

Lead social, creator, and integrated communications strategy for major client relationships. Develop culture-led campaigns, consumer journeys, messaging frameworks, briefs, and success metrics. Advise senior clients, lead workshops and pitches, collaborate across creative and specialist teams, mentor strategists, support new business, and strengthen agency capabilities in social, influencer, culture, and AI-enabled strategy.

Develop bold, culturally resonant designs and integrated campaign concepts for major brands. Create polished work across online and offline formats, present ideas, collaborate with creative and account teams, and contribute throughout agency production workflows. The role requires strong layout, typography, storytelling, and Adobe Creative Suite skills, with motion design and After Effects experience beneficial. Designers will also guide peers, challenge briefs constructively, and help deliver award-quality creative work.

Develop digital strategies for existing clients and new business opportunities. Lead discovery workshops, interviews, roadmaps, strategic recommendations, business cases, presentations, and proposals. Translate business and customer objectives into viable solutions spanning people, processes, experience design, data, AI, and technology. Build senior stakeholder relationships, identify growth opportunities, support consultative selling, and collaborate with agency, Havas network, and technical teams.

Leads the agency’s omnichannel paid media activation function across search, social, programmatic, ABM, content syndication, video, audio, and emerging channels. Establishes activation standards, oversees campaign strategy and execution, drives measurement and optimization, develops scalable processes, and leads a geographically distributed team. Provides senior client counsel, supports new business, manages platform partnerships, and advances agency capabilities, profitability, and innovation.

Lead biddable media strategy and execution for luxury LVMH accounts, covering paid social and programmatic planning, trading, investment, audience and platform strategy. Manage and develop biddable specialists, oversee client relationships, create roadmaps and strategy documents, recommend technology and media partners, and drive innovation and business growth. Collaborate with planning, analytics, and investment teams while presenting capabilities and coaching team members.

Manage paid social and programmatic media planning, buying, campaign delivery, reporting, optimization, and post-campaign analysis for luxury-brand clients. Develop biddable strategies, present capabilities, support innovation projects, collaborate with planning and trading teams, and ensure client satisfaction. The role also manages and develops junior staff, contributes to training programs, and helps establish best practices across digital activation teams.

Lead Paid Social and Programmatic teams for luxury clients, design integrated biddable strategies, drive commercial outcomes, implement best-practice processes, mentor staff, and support new business pitches.

Lead user research, discovery and end-to-end UX/UI design for complex digital products. Produce wireframes, prototypes and high-fidelity designs, maintain design systems, ensure accessibility (WCAG), mentor junior designers, run stakeholder workshops, and translate qualitative and quantitative insights into product strategy and measurable outcomes.

Open invitation to register interest with Havas Media Network across multiple disciplines (media planning, digital, data, strategy, client leadership, content, activation, operations). Submit your CV; Talent Acquisition will review profiles and contact strong matches for permanent opportunities within the agency network.

Proactive search for creative art/copy or hybrid teams (junior to midweight) with tested shared work. Candidates must show a body of work and be able to work in London (in-office ~3 days/week). This is an exploratory contact to join the Havas Creative Network for future opportunities, not an active vacancy.

Lead end-to-end SEO & GEO strategy for client accounts, coordinating technical, content and digital PR teams. Use data (Search Console, Google Analytics) and proprietary AI to identify opportunities, deliver roadmaps, report performance, manage client relationships, mentor junior staff, ensure QA, and support new business and profitability tracking.

Manage assigned accounts and support ABM and partner marketing efforts. Produce monthly HubSpot performance reports, coordinate co-funded partner campaigns and live events, create marketing copy, and deliver market and buyer insight research to improve campaign engagement and lead quality.

Responsible for revenue recognition, monthly reporting and quarterly forecasting for a creative agency; manage client WIP, billing and reconciliations; produce profitability reports; train client teams on commercial matters; maintain Kimble system and support implementation of a new financial system.

Lead global digital media strategy and governance for international clients, oversee ad-tech and data processes (particularly GMP), coordinate global/local teams, deliver measurable campaigns, translate technical data into clear client guidance, and train teams on best practices.

Support planning and delivery of integrated marketing campaigns and events. Manage digital channels, website updates, CRM lists, content, social and basic SEO. Coordinate event logistics and on-the-day support, draft external communications, prepare pitch materials, and track performance across website, social, email and events to inform optimisation.

Partner with People team and managers to run payroll, benefits and reward processes. Manage payroll instructions, benefits providers, pay review and bonus schemes, benchmarking and legislative compliance. Analyse payroll and people metrics, submit data to third parties, support group reward projects and line-manage junior C&B staff.

Support Inviqa's Intelligence Hub through desk research, copy-editing, content support, webinar and event assistance, CRM upkeep, social and email campaign support, and campaign reporting. Gain hands-on experience in B2B marketing, content creation, HubSpot CRM, and event activation while working with the Marketing Manager.

Lead and support global digital strategy and execution for a major brand, coordinating local teams and channel specialists. Introduce AI solutions, oversee implementation, partner with media owners, ensure best-practice digital planning, activation, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration to drive client outcomes.