VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award‑winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate‑Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca‑Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization.

In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.

We unite cutting‑edge media intelligence and data solutions, world‑class creativity, next‑generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.

Hudson

Rouge is an integrated luxury boutique marketing and communications agency within WPP that works solely on luxury brands and is the exclusive agency of record for the Lincoln Motor Company business across all channels. We combine brand strategy, media strategy, activation, digital, social, earned media, production,



and analytics to provide exquisitely crafted creativity. We are a small group of people, spread across several offices — Recent York, Detroit, Shanghai, Toronto, Mexico City — and we care for each other as much as we care for our clients.

Associate Strategy Director

Brings positive energy to everything they do - collaborating with other groups to identify and bring to life holistic, people-focused strategies across the entire audience journey

Writes and delivers inspiring written and visual creative briefs

Influences and challenge co-workers, partners and clients to help build better work

Is adaptable, able to set a long-term vision, and pivot when needed

Confidently and thoughtfully facilitates workshops and meetings to get the best from people

Loves the energy and excitement of new business

6+ years’ experience in a field related to strategy, insights, or planning (not necessarily brand planning)

Digital & social experience

Ideally, experience working with auto brands The Associate Strategy Director works closely with all teams at Hudson Rouge, across Canada and the US. help define our strategy and tactics; help assess effectiveness; and recommend how to optimize, targeting, messaging, content creation and distribution. Ideally, this strategist is someone who can work across multiple kinds of strategy, including brand, CX, data & analytics, influencer strategy, platforms and digital marketing, content creation, and social.

90,000—$140,000 CAD

That’s why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. For more information, please visit our website, and follow VML on our social channels via Instagram, LinkedIn, and X. #

📌 Associate Director Of Strategy - Media Planning (Toronto)
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