Nilay Gandhi

VP, Digital Strategy | CX, Content, & Experience Transformation

Role
VP, Digital Strategy at Manifest
Location
Chicago, IL, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Nilay Gandhi

My career is built on a simple idea: digital experiences should make people feel understood. For 20 years, I’ve helped brands tell sharper stories, create more intuitive journeys, and build digital strategies rooted in empathy and truth.As a VP of Digital Strategy, I guide organizations through messy, human problems—translating customer insight, data, and creativity into experiences that inspire action. I’ve led the development of websites and apps, omnichannel content programs, campaigns, and transformation initiatives across healthcare, premium retail, finance, and tech, always with a focus on clarity, quality, and trust.I’m at my best when working across disciplines—brand, content, CX, product, design, and tech—to connect the dots and shape a narrative teams can rally around. My work blends strategic rigor with craft, helping companies communicate authentically, differentiate meaningfully, and deliver experiences customers actually value.Specialties: Digital strategy · Brand narrative · Customer insight · Content & storytelling · UX thinking · Experience design · Agile leadership · Research & testing · Executive communications · Marketing strategy · SEO · Creative collaboration

Experience

  1. VP, Digital Strategy

    Manifest

    Jul 2025 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

Education

  • The Second City Training Center

    Improv A, B, C, D, E | Writing 1, 2 | Solo Performance

    2015 — 2016

  • Under the Gun Theater

    Apprentice Program

    2016 — 2016

  • General Assembly

    User Experience Design

    2017 — 2017

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    B.A., English, Rhetoric

    2000 — 2003

Skills

  • Advertising
  • Wine
  • Website Development
  • Food
  • Creative Writing
  • Cms
  • Copywriting
  • Corporate Communications
  • Journalism
  • Css
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Editorial
  • SEO
  • Editing
  • Online Marketing
  • Content Development
  • Sketch Comedy
  • Web Content
  • B2b
  • Html
  • Marketing Communications
  • Copy Editing
  • Marketing
  • Content Strategy
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Personal Finance
  • Feature Articles
  • Wordpress
  • Marketing Copy
  • Press Releases
  • Digital Media
  • Content Management
  • Digital Marketing
  • Brochures
  • Social Media
  • Strategy
  • Improvisation
  • Email Marketing
  • Blogging
  • Start-Ups

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