
Director, Paid Social
- New York City, NY
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Determine how to use Social resources most efficiently and succession plan for resources
- Effectively manage and lead all Social team members on particular client team(s)
- Identify training and development needs of client team and broader functional team
- Build training materials and determine how to effectively implement with the client team and broader functional team; receive consistent feedback on needs from teams
- Develop processes, methodologies, best practices and frameworks for client team and broader functional team; work with team members to ensure they are being used
- Consulting with individual client teams as needed to ensure best practices are being used and to brainstorm new approaches to achieving client goals
- Lead hiring process for Social team members on their client team
- Oversight for on boarding new clients within their office location
- Ensure integration with other functional teams
- Primary account contact with COE for agency-wide social knowledge sharing
- Determine how to increase and expand paid media services for their clients
- Help identify and test new channels and products, highlighting results and sharing across organization and externally
- Ensure Social strategy aligns with client's overall business goals and merchandise impact
- Help business development team develop and present pitches, including providing oversight and guidance to junior team members assisting with the process
- Product & Service Development
- Partner Relations
- Identifies and develops new processes, strategies, frameworks, etc.
- Meets with client teams regularly to identify new management approaches, processes, optimization techniques, etc. to determine if appropriate to leverage across all client teams
- Helps pilot new approaches with client teams to refine and ensure viability
- Meets with Content and Analytics functional leads to identify opportunities for integration, processes to leverage, etc.
- Alpha/Beta tests
- Ensures learnings and insights are captured and shared across client teams
- Provides oversight to client teams on testing approach, analyzing results and merchandising internally and externally
- POVs
- Leads development of POVs related to new products and enhancements related to existing Social products and services
- Identifies and evaluates new channels and products
- Recommends clients to test new channels and products
- Helps with product marketing for existing Social services
- Project manages development and testing of products and services
- Identifies new products/services being delivered by client teams and determines potential to provide at agency level
- Main point of contact for technology partners - competitive and campaign management
- Identify and evaluate new technology providers in the space
- Develop proposals for new providers recommended for the agency
- Update technology RFIs/comparisons on periodic basis
- Point of escalation for technology related issues
- Responsible to ensure all client teams are informed about new providers or updates to existing technologies
- Subject matter expert for client team questions, new business, sister agencies, etc.
- Main point of contact for social networks
- Point of escalation for engine related issues
- Responsible to ensure all client teams are informed of new products and engine enhancements
- Coordinate presentations from providers for Social team or broader agency
- Coordinate QBR from key engine partners
- Coordinate with training lead on related certifications
- Bachelor's degree or relevant post-secondary education, training, or equivalent experience
- 7+ years business experience including 5+ years building and/or managing accounts in the social marketing and/or interactive advertising space.
- Be a proactive self-starter
- Possess general knowledge of direct and brand marketing principles and strategies
- Have a deep understanding of the interactive marketing landscape
- Have polished presentation, communication, and analytical skills
- Have strong organizational skills, being able to manage multiple projects at once
- Have online media sales and/or interactive ad agency experience
- Know the difference between features and benefits and how to sell and deliver value!