Job Title: AI Strategist
Contract Duration: 3 months, possible extension
Location: Chicago, IL
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Work Hours: 9am-5pm
Summary
The contractor will provide immediate, short-term backfill support within the Strategy Department. They will step in to own and maintain momentum on the Agentic AI Strategists ("Ghosts") initiative, freeing up the current strategist to support a new high-priority brand project.
This role will manage the build, train, and trial stages of the project, including gathering first-party (1P) data and establishing the contractor project plan. The contractor will collaborate with Brand, R&D, Creative, and WoW Studios leaders, while partnering with the Enterprise Gemini team.
Top 3 Must-Have Skills
- AI Product / Agentic Strategy: Experience setting up, training, or managing AI-driven personas/agents, specifically utilizing 1P data and segmentation frameworks to build synthetic consumers.
- Data & Insight Scoping: Ability to gather, structure, and utilize 1P consumer data, behavioral inputs, and audience segments to guide high-fidelity AI outputs.
- Agile Project Management (Build/Trial Phase): Proven capacity to manage a project plan through development, testing, and piloting stages across cross-functional teams (Creative, Brand, R&D).
Required Experience
- 5-8 years in strategic planning, with specific experience running AI implementation, innovation pilots, or data-driven audience strategy.
- Education Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Strategy, Data Analytics, Marketing, Cognitive Science, or equivalent practical experience.
Technical Knowledge
- Familiarity with AI development lifecycles, generative AI tools, and LLM frameworks, specifically agentic AI and synthetic research concepts.
- Standard enterprise collaboration tools (Google Workspace).
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