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With an understanding of marketing strategy, technology trends and the b2b customer, you'll help the team shape strategic solutions that solve our client’s biggest challenges during a critical period of growth and evolution.\nReporting directly to a senior member of the Strategy team, you’ll play a critical role supporting the strategic direction and ongoing delivery of work across multiple business units and product offerings.\nYou Will:\nSupport strategic work across multiple workstreams, adding strategic thinking and contributing insights, paired with a bias for action and execution\nIdentify insights based on findings from other disciplines and sources, prioritized for relevance and importance, to help uncover opportunities for the team and client\nSupport and contribute to the development of strategic inputs and assets including messaging direction, audience personas, and ongoing research that helpsinform both client strategy and ongoing creative development\nDig into category trends, competitor messaging and activities, and evolving market dynamics to inform briefs and keep the broader team engaged and aligned\nIdentify emerging industry trends, particularly in technology and AI, with relevance to the client's brand positioning and customer engagement strategies\nContribute to strategic workshops and working sessions with large, cross-functional client teams and internal agency stakeholders to align on strategy and creative direction\nEnable the success of the strategy and account teams through continuous contribution to deeper understanding of the category landscape and context\nCollaborate across disciplines (creative, media, marketing science, research, account and project management) to ensure high-quality strategic deliverables\nHelp the team adapt quickly to shifting priorities and emerging opportunities within a fast-moving, highly competitive industry landscape\nYou Have:\nApost-secondary degree in Business with a focus on Marketing. Any additional emphasis on social sciences (psychology, sociology orbehaviouraleconomics) is considered a strength.As an entry-level opportunity, prior agency or strategy work experience, or experience in B2B marketing, is an asset\nUnderstanding of, or experience in, one or more marketing disciplines (brand strategy, digital marketing, web/digital experience, performance marketing or marketing analytics)\nAnalytical and critical thinking skills with a data-driven approach\nAn inherent interest in consumer trends across culture, technology and media and their impact on brands\nCuriosity about emerging technology, particularly AI, and how it intersects with marketing and brand strategy\nA genuine commitment to continuous learning and self-development\nStrong teamwork and collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate and work effectively across distinct disciplines and personalities\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, with confidence presenting to groups\nA proactive, self-starting attitude balanced with a willingness to seek direction when needed\nExcellent attention to detail and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize multiple concurrent projects with tight timelines\nConfidential - Not for Public Consumption or Distribution\n\n$70,000-$75,000 CAD\nOmnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.\nOmnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us-we look forward to getting to know you. 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