Seraj Bharwani, Chief Strategy Officer

Meet Seraj!

Seraj is currently the Chief Strategy Officer at illumin, where he is responsible for advancing the state of omnichannel journey marketing.

He previously co-founded Digitas, a global digital advertising agency that he took public and later sold to Publicis, and Visible Measures, a third-party digital video measurement company acquired by illumin in 2017.

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Over the past 25 years, Seraj has completed extensive research on video viewership trends across major social and digital platforms and is an authority on consumer trends and insights guiding the future of consumer marketing. Seraj has delivered keynote speeches at major conferences (CMO Collective, CMO Insight, IAB Annual Summits in US & Canada, and others), conducted digital trends forums for major marketers like P&G, General Mills, Unilever, GM, Ford, American Express, and other global marketers, and moderated dozens of marketing leadership panels at Advertising Week, Ad Age, Brand Innovators Summits, Ad Tech:NY, London & San Francisco, and major public forums.

Seraj is a graduate of MIT Media Lab.

In the news

Seraj is a trusted source and thought leader in topics of brand transformation and journey marketing. Here are some of his most recent pieces and appearances in some of the industry’s most trusted publications.

AdAge – Cookieless Transition Planning: How to Save Your Half-Baked Privacy Transition Plan
Adweek
Erasing the Line Between Paid and Owned Media Can Transform Your Marketing
AdAgeFive Priorities For Marketers in 2022
AdExchangerThere’s No Single Solution For Privacy-Protected Advertising
Marketing BrewThe 2023 podcast advertising landscape
Programmatic DigestIs Media Value Based On Currency or Measurement?
Authority MagazineHow To Effectively Leverage Data To Take Your Company To The Next Level

journey insider

Seraj speaks with Julia Fitzgerald

On this episode of Journey Insider, Seraj explores the significance of size with Julia Fitzgerald, CMO of the American Lung Association and author of the new book “Midsize.” In this talk, Julia explains why midsized organizations find themselves in a unique marketing position, able to take advantage of some of the benefits that large organizations have in terms of reach and budget, without all of the ramifications that large businesses often face.

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