Resume

Assistant Professor @EM Strasbourg Business School

Academic Education

2016 - 2020
University Jean Moulin Lyon 3

Ph. D. in Marketing

Research stay at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
(invited by Prof. Dr. Nathalie Dens)
Title of the dissertation: Identification-based personalization effects in recruitment advertising
Dissertation advisor: Prof. Dr. Sébastien Soulez
Lyon, France
2013
Haute-Alsace University

Master's degree in Law, Economics, and Management

Specialized in Marketing and Sales
1 semester @University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Colmar, France
2011
Haute-Alsace University

Bachelor's degree in Law, Economics, and Management

Specialized in Marketing
Colmar, France

Academic Positions

2020 - Current
EM Strasbourg Business School

Assistant Professor in Marketing

Head of the Digital Marketing major in the PGE Master’s program
Head of the Marketing & Digitalization research team at HuManiS Research Center
Strasbourg, France
2019 - 2020
University Jean Moulin Lyon 3

Research & Teaching Assistant in Marketing

Lyon, France
2016
University Jean Moulin Lyon 3

Research Assistant in Marketing

Lyon, France

Awards

Teaching Activities

QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS

This course introduces students in the 3rd year of the Programme Grande Ecolest satistical thinking in managing business problems. The students learn and implement the entire cycle of the marketing research procedure, from translating a management question into research questions, to designing an appropriate study, analyzing the data, reporting the results, and interpreting them to provide managerial conclusions.

ONLINE ADVERTISING THEORY

This course provides students in the 2nd year of the Programme Grande Ecole with detailed and current explorations of key theories in the advertising discipline. The course gives a working knowledge of the primary theoretical approaches of advertising, offering a comprehensive synthesis of the vast literature in the area.

ADVERTISING DESIGN AND EYE TRACKING

This course allows students in the 2nd year of the Programme Grande Ecole to explore key concepts in eye-tracking research and help them integrate it into their study. The course help students to design advertising and experimental stimuli and test their visual artwork using the eye-tracking technology, allowing them to turn eye-tracking data into valuable insights.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This course introduces and discusses experimental design, data collection, and data analysis methods relating to research in the advertising field. Students in the 2nd year of Programme Grande Ecole consider how to select the appropriate theories, manipulate stimuli, use measurement scales, and analyze results. This course elucidates the requirements for academic work, considering aspects related to language, writing style, and layout.

MASTER'S THESIS SUPERVISION

I am actively involved in Master's thesis supervision as part of my daily responsibilities. Because I teach Research Methodology and Online Advertising Theory, students have the keys to coming up with a great Master's thesis! In 2022, Pauline Giraudeau, a student from EM Strasbourg Business School, got accepted at the French Marketing Association annual conference with an average grade of 9/10 given by the two anonymous reviewers.

Publications in Academic Journals

Pfiffelmann, J., Pfeuffer, A., Dens, N., & Soulez, S. (2023). Unique… like everyone else: Effects and mechanisms of personalization appeals in recruitment advertising. International Journal of Advertising.

Pfiffelmann, J. & Pfeuffer, A. (2022). Understanding personalized recruitment ads' effectiveness: The role of personalization type and message involvement. Journal of Interactive Advertising, 22(3), 311-326.

Pfiffelmann, J. & Soulez, S. (2021). Persuasive effect of potential employees' names and photographs in a recruitment advertisement. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 38(3), 303-317.

Pfiffelmann, J. (2020). Campagnes publicitaires de recrutement sur Facebook et LinkedIn : À quel niveau de personnalisation vaut-il mieux recourir ? Décisions Marketing, 99, 17-36.

Pfiffelmann, J., Dens, N., & Soulez, S. (2020). Personalized advertisements with integration of names and photographs: An eye-tracking experiment. Journal of Business Research, 111, 196-207.

Member of the Editorial Review Board

International Journal of Advertising (since 2023)

Reviewer for Academic Journals

Journal of Advertising Research (since 2023)

Journal of Advertising (since 2023)

International Journal of Advertising (since 2023)

Journal of Interactive Advertising (since 2023)

Frontiers in Neuroscience (since 2022)

Electronic Commerce Research (since 2020)

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences (since 2020)

Journal of Business Research (since 2020)

Reviewer for Academic Conferences

International Conference on Research in Advertising (ICORIA)

American Marketing Science (AMS) conference

Colloque Européen Innovation et Commerce

American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI)

American Academy of Advertising (AAA)

Colloque Etienne Thil

Association Française du Marketing (AFM)

Journée de Recherche sur le Marketing des Ressources Humaines

My Research in the Media