Consultant, Marketing Advisory
Job Description
Location: Bay Area (Hybrid - 3 days onsite)
About The Role
The Consultant role on Sia's Marketing Advisory team blends marketing strategy support with hands-on program management for client marketing teams. Our clients span a range of industries, with a strong concentration of enterprise level tech and innovation companies. As a Consultant, you will support clients with marketing strategy planning while also keeping the operational side of engagements, timelines, meetings, and deliverables, running smoothly. AI fluency is central to this role, as Sia's marketing advisory work is built around helping clients adopt and get real value from AI tools inside their marketing function.
Impact
Your work helps keep engagements organized, on track, and moving forward, while giving you exposure to both strategic thinking and hands on execution.
In this role, you will:
Help identify where AI tools can improve marketing efficiency or decision making, and support translating those ideas into practical workflows
Support the development of marketing strategy recommendations, including research, competitive analysis, and synthesis of findings into clear client facing insights
Build and refine client ready decks and presentations that tell a compelling, well structured story
Support project management for marketing initiatives, including building roadmaps, tracking timelines, resourcing, dependencies, and risks
Help organize and prepare for client meetings and working sessions, including agendas and follow up
Maintain trackers, dashboards, and reporting materials that keep client stakeholders informed on progress
Partner with Sia team leads to ensure deliverables are polished and ready for client review
What Success Looks Like
Clients feel supported by a sharp, dependable Consultant on their team, and trust grows because needs are anticipated and priorities are adapted to quickly
Clients gain a clearer, more current point of view on how AI is changing marketing operations
Deliverables are timely, organized, and require little rework because the right questions get asked early
Engagements stay on track even through ambiguity, because there is comfort operating with clear direction and comfort operating independently
Client scopes expand and new business is easier to win, because clients associate Sia's brand with sharp, AI forward marketing consultant talent
The Sia team runs smoothly and confidently, because there is a collaborative Consultant that teammates want staffed on their engagements
This job description is not intended to be all inclusive. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be added, deleted, or modified at any time based on business needs.
Qualifications
1 to 3 years of experience in consulting, marketing, marketing operations, or a related client service environment
B.S./B.A. degree from a 4 year accredited college or university in any discipline
Any AI certifications and/or experience contributing to AI driven projects or outcomes preferred
Demonstrated ability to gather research, synthesize findings, and communicate clear, actionable conclusions
Experience or strong aptitude for building polished presentations and client ready materials
Comfort supporting or managing timelines, meeting logistics, and cross functional coordination
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong business writing competency
Ambitious, assertive, and self directed Consultant, with the ability to work independently while staying easy to manage
Advanced MS Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Foreign language skills preferred but not required
Compensation & Benefits
Sia invests in total rewards that support how our people work, live, and grow.
Compensation
Base Salary: $93,000–$116,000 Actual compensation within this range will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by applicable law.
Annual Performance Bonus
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision; company-paid life and AD&D; voluntary supplemental insurance and EAP
401(k) with company match and immediate vesting; HSA and FSA options
College savings and student loan repayment programs
Paid parental leave; generous PTO, nine company holidays, and one floating holiday
Cell phone stipend; well-being and professional development programs
Benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements.
Workplace
Sia values in-person collaboration. When serving clients, consultants may be required to work onsite at a client location based on engagement needs. Between client engagements, consultants are expected to work from a Sia office or approved coworking location at least three days per week. Candidates should reside within a reasonable commuting distance of a Sia office or approved coworking location. Sia maintains offices and coworking arrangements across multiple U.S. markets, including New York City, Charlotte, Greater Seattle, San Francisco Greater Bay Area, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Washington D.C.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout their employment. This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.
At Sia, we believe in fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where our employees and partners are valued and thrive in a sense of belonging.