VML

Senior Experience Strategist

VML$90K — $130K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in CRM, customer experience strategy, or strategic planning roles, ideally with agency and client-side experience.
  • 2+ years working on CRM strategies for large-scale global clients.
  • Self-starter with proven impact and ability to identify opportunities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong communication skills for leading client meetings and workshops.
  • Proven ability to craft compelling, data-backed strategic narratives.
  • Collaborative experience working in client teams to maintain high-quality deliverables.

Responsibilities

  • Own and drive the development of integrated channel plans across various marketing touchpoints.
  • Lead cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment between customer experience, performance marketing, and creative strategies.
  • Synthesize research, facilitating workshops to translate insights into actionable strategies and customer journey blueprints.
  • Craft compelling narratives that resonate with clients, influencing senior stakeholders effectively.
  • Guide the integration of CRM strategies across critical digital ecosystems to enhance customer experience.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for personal and professional development in a dynamic international environment.
  • Collaboration with global specialists in technology, data, creative, and client leadership.
  • Access to a vast global client base spanning multiple industries, enhancing professional exposure.
  • Engagement in a hybrid work environment that supports flexibility and collaboration.
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Experience Strategist to drive the development and execution of omnichannel CRM strategies for one of our top- tier global clients. If you possess a proven track record of strategic thinking at the intersection of customer experience, data, and digital ecosystems, and thrive within a dynamic agency environment, then we would love to hear from you. What will your day look like? As a Senior Experience Strategist, you will: • Be working in a smaller client strategy team as part of a broader and growing Experience Strategy team at VML MAP with colleagues around the globe. • Own and drive strategic deliverables, leading the development of integrated channel plans that define the overarching strategy across diverse touchpoints and journey creation. Guide the integration of these strategies across critical digital ecosystems, including email, mobile apps, social media, and emerging platforms, ensuring cohesive and impactful customer experiences. • Lead and Influence Cross-Functional Teams, serving as the strategic bridge between CX, performance marketing, creative, media, and data teams. You will drive optimization of end-to-end customer engagement, ensuring strategic alignment and seamless execution. • Oversee and synthesize research and analysis. You will facilitate and lead strategic workshops, extracting insights and translating complex data into impactful, executable strategies, detailed personas, and comprehensive customer journey blueprints that inform strategic decisions. • Craft compelling narratives and elevate our th Who are you going to work with? At VML MAP, you will become part of a dynamic and international environment with strong opportunities for both personal and professional development. You will collaborate closely with specialists across the wider VML MAP organization - including experts in technology, data, creative, and client leadership - across our global offices. You will also work directly with client stakeholders across multiple functions, including marketing, sales, digital, and technology. Our global client base spans industries such as FMCG, retail, fashion, automotive, and financial services. In addition, you will be working with our clients, both management and specialists, across many of their functions including marketing, sales, digital, and technology. Our global clients span across multiple industries including FMCG, retailers, fashion, automotive, and financial services. What do you bring to the table? • 5+ years of experience in CRM, customer experience strategy, or strategic planning roles. Both agency and client-side experience are welcomed. • Global outlook: 2+ years of experience working on and delivering CRM strategies and communications for a large-scale global client. • Self-Starter: the ability to make an impact quickly, identify the opportunities and become a trusted expert in the team and by the client. • Strong communication skills: ability to present confidently and lead client meetings and workshops. • Storytelling prowess: Proven ability to craft compelling, data-backed strategic narratives that inspire, influence, and secure buy-in from senior clients and internal stakeholders. • Collaborative energy: Experience working as part of a wider client team to deliver work to a high standard collectively. A leader in personalized customer experiences VML MAP is a world-leading Centre of Excellence that helps businesses humanize the relationship between the brand and the customer through hyper personalization at scale, marketing automation and CRM. With the brain of a consultancy, the heart of an agency and the power of technology and data, we work with some of the world's most admired brands to help them on their transformation journey to becoming truly customer-centric. Together, we are 1000 + technology specialists, data scientists, strategic thinkers, consultants, operations experts, and creative minds from 55+ nationalities. A global network We are part of the global VML network that encompasses more than 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 60+ markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we've adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

About VML

VML is a global marketing and advertising agency. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. VML provides a wide range of services including brand strategy, creative design, social media, and e-commerce. The company has worked with several high-profile clients including Ford, PepsiCo, and Wendy's. VML has won numerous awards for its innovative marketing campaigns and has been recognized as one of the top advertising agencies in the world.
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