Logic is hiring a Marketing Manager in Chicago, IL (onsite) to lead the identification, development, governance, and activation of high-impact client and enterprise stories. In this role, you will combine investigative, editorial, and AI-enabled content leadership to shape narratives that align with business priorities and elevate the brand across channels.
As the Story Strategist Manager, you will help teams discover strategic insights through client interviews, craft executive-ready messaging, and ensure stories are delivered with clarity and measurable impact. You will also partner with senior stakeholders to adapt narratives for high-profile moments while advising leaders on story selection and positioning.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the identification, shaping, and delivery of external-facing stories aligned to enterprise-wide business priorities, with Gen AI to accelerate development and scale impact.
- Conduct in-depth investigative interviews with client account teams, collaborating with leadership to develop messaging and guide conversations toward strategic insights.
- Set story tone and narrative direction, and lead writing, editing, and oversight for high-impact content across priority campaigns, media moments, and executive platforms.
- Stay current on relevant research, including Accenture updates and news affecting storytelling context.
- Drive data-driven storytelling by defining success metrics, analyzing audience insights, and optimizing narrative strategies to maximize results.
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders across brand, media relations, and executive comms to align messaging and guide activation.
- Advise on the use of AI tools to accelerate editorial workflows while maintaining quality, brand alignment, and responsible integration.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to team members by sharing storytelling and editorial expertise and helping establish best practices.
- Adapt stories for executive communications, earnings support, investor relations, media engagements, client events, leadership speaking opportunities, and other high-profile moments.
- Translate client success into stories that support reputation, growth, thought leadership, and market differentiation.
- Advise leaders on story selection and positioning for executive moments.
- Stay at the forefront of storytelling innovations, industry trends, and digital media evolution, applying new approaches to improve relevance and impact.
- Lead or support strategic storytelling initiatives, piloting new formats and testing emerging tools to evolve narratives and scale storytelling.
What You Bring
- Minimum 6 years of experience in strategic communications, editorial leadership, marketing, or journalism.
- Exceptional writing, editing, and message framing skills with executive-level polish.
- Proven ability to lead impactful storytelling with global brand impact.
- Expertise in audience segmentation, content governance, and message development.
- Strong stakeholder management skills across executive and cross-functional teams.
- Critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, leadership agility, and strong problem-solving abilities.
- Experience conducting in-depth interviews and synthesizing insights into compelling, business-aligned narratives.
Technologies
- Gen AI
- AI tools
- AI-enabled content
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Life
- Long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Bonus opportunities
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
Salary Range
USD 87,400 - 224,600 per year (Illinois rate: $87,400 to $194,100 listed). Additional location ranges include: California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, and Washington.
How Success Is Defined
- Builds a high-quality portfolio of differentiated stories aligned to business priorities.
- Influences senior leaders to invest in the right narratives on a committed timeline.
- Creates executive-ready stories that support growth, reputation, and leadership positioning.
- Increases reuse, discoverability, and business impact of storytelling assets.
- Uses AI and automation to improve storytelling operations and scale impact.
- Serves as a trusted advisor on narrative strategy, storytelling governance, and content innovation.
