Nick Strauss
Planning Director
Nick Strauss is an expert in strategic planning, consumer trends, market research, and communications planning. He routinely advises top managers in corporate C-Suites as well as decision makers in small businesses and local government. With Chart, Nick facilitates group workshops for organizations and management teams and helps us craft branding and communications strategies. Nick is a frequent speaker and panelist on topics of management, marketing, branding and communications strategy, at venues ranging from Emily Carr University, the World Foresight Forum in The Hague, the Ernst & Young Forum in Tel Aviv, the UK’s Institute of Directors, the Cap Gemini/E&Y European Summit, or the International Advertising Week in Barcelona. He has held high-level management positions in global communications agencies such as Ogilvy and Mather, Young & Rubicam, Cossette, and Saatchi & Saatchi. He holds an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, a B.S. in Civil Engineering from MIT and a B.S. in Psychology from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).