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Daniel J Edelman Holdings

Marketing and communications agency for Microsoft

Brand Strategy Director

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/15/2026
No salary listed
Expert
Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
In Person
Growth & MarketingBrand & Creative Marketing

About the job

Requirements
  • Strong experience in brand, creative, communications, or integrated strategy.
  • Excellent strategic craft, from business challenge and insight through strategy, narrative, and creative opportunity.
  • Experience advising senior clients and influencing conversations beyond the communications brief.
  • Strong creative judgment and experience partnering with creative teams.
  • A commercial mindset, with experience growing client relationships and contributing to new business.
  • Experience leading people and working across multidisciplinary teams and markets.
  • Strong cultural intelligence, research instincts, and storytelling skills.
  • The ability to operate as both a regional leader and a hands-on strategist when needed.
  • Fluent English and Spanish.
Responsibilities
  • Lead strategy for major clients and opportunities across LATAM, connecting business challenges, culture, audiences, and communications.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior clients, bringing clarity to complex challenges and identifying opportunities beyond the immediate brief.
  • Turn research, cultural signals, audience intelligence, and business context into sharp insights and compelling strategies.
  • Inspire creative work through strong briefs, strategic direction, and close partnership with Creative teams.
  • Bring an earned-first perspective to how brands build relevance, trust, and influence.
  • Identify opportunities to grow client relationships and play a leading strategic role in new business.
  • Partner across Creative, Intelligence, Digital, Corporate, and Client Leadership to develop integrated solutions.
  • Lead and develop strategists while helping raise the quality and ambition of Strategy across the region.
  • Explore how AI, intelligence, and emerging technologies can make strategic work smarter and more impactful.

About the company

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Daniel J Edelman Holdings

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Assembly is a marketing and communications agency that works with Microsoft worldwide, blending strategy, creative, earned media and paid media to grow brand impact. It uses AI-powered processes to streamline collaboration and efficiency while guiding campaigns across brand social, Modern Life and Devices, Xbox, LinkedIn, and corporate communications. The team draws on brand and social strategy, integrated marketing, B2B marketing and tech to turn ideas into active brands from start to finish, across multiple channels. Its goal is to help Microsoft tell its story and empower people and organizations to achieve more by delivering clear, action-oriented campaigns that raise executives’ visibility and influence stakeholders.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Founded

2015

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What believers are saying

  • June 2026, Edelman appointed Kenny Gold to deepen creator and social offerings.
  • May 2026, Edelman reshuffled EMEA leadership and added Julian Payne and Justin Westcott.
  • August 2026, Edelman kept winning recognition, leading Asia-Pacific SABRE nominations with 23 entries.

What critics are saying

  • March 2026 layoffs cut about 300 Edelman employees and shut several brands.
  • Assembly’s Microsoft concentration creates catastrophic dependency if Microsoft rebids or in-sources work.
  • July 2026 exits of Mainardo de Nardis and Ed Williams signal unstable leadership.

What makes Daniel J Edelman Holdings unique

  • Assembly Media is Microsoft’s dedicated agency, serving Xbox, Surface, Microsoft 365, and Windows.
  • DJE Holdings combines Edelman, Zeno, UEG, and Ruth into one integrated network.
  • Edelman expanded creator marketing in 2026 with Kenny Gold as Global Chief Creator Officer.

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