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Jill Kelly

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Chief Executive Officer, North America at Assembly Global, a Stagwell Company
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Jill Kelly is the CEO of North America at Assembly Global, a marketing executive with over 25 years of experience in brand strategy and digital transformation. Known for driving transformational growth, she has held senior leadership roles at EssenceMediacom, GroupM, and Digitas. She attended Binghamton University.

As a Korean-American, Jill values perspective, empathy, and a constant desire to improve, principles she applies as a professional, ally, and parent. She recommends the memoir "Educated" by Tara Westover, a story of survival and strength, and mentions being a mother in her professional headline.

Jill is a recognized industry leader, honored as an AdAge Leading Woman in 2023 and an AdColor Legend in 2022 for her advocacy and contributions.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer, North America
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Jill shows up

Thorough Evaluator
Hard To Convince
Quality Focused

They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there

Priorities

Topics Jill cares about

Empathetic Leadership
Believes her upbringing gave her the gifts of empathy and perspective, which she considers vital for being a better professional, parent, and ally.
Diversity & Inclusion
As a Korean-American leader and an AdColor Legend, she is a vocal advocate for the AAPI community and multicultural marketing.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Chief Executive Officer, North America
Assembly Global, a Stagwell Company
8-2022 - 10-2024
CEO, EssenceMediacom US
WPP
4-2020 - 10-2022
Chief Marketing Officer, Global
GroupM
6-2019 - 4-2020
Chief Marketing Officer, U.S.
GroupM
3-2011 - 5-2019
Global Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Digitas North America
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1991 - 1995
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Binghamton University
Education details unavailable
University of North London
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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