Saatchi & Saatchi

Associate Director, Paid Social

Saatchi & Saatchi$75K — $107K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in paid social media campaign management
  • Team management experience
  • Meta Blueprint Certification preferred
  • Integrity and adherence to agency processes
  • Knowledge of the healthcare industry is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of Paid Social specialists
  • Oversee planning, development, and management of paid social strategies
  • Ensure campaign quality and performance alignment with client goals
  • Cultivate strong vendor partner relationships
  • Communicate platform changes and best practices to clients
  • Identify improvements in processes and operational efficiencies
  • Serve as the primary escalation point for clients

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off
Full Job Description
Overview

The Paid Social Associate Director is responsible for leading a team of Paid Social specialists for a client or group of brands. In this role, the Associate Director will be responsible for overseeing the planning, development and management of paid social strategy and campaigns across assigned brands/clients. They will work closely with the media and platform activation teams to maintain campaign quality, and drive performance against client goals.

The Associate Director will be accountable for ensuring strong vendor partner relationships and communicating platform changes and best practices to clients. They will assist in staffing, revenue projections, Points-of-View, and process development.

Responsibilities

Knowledge
  • Strong understanding of the digital landscape
  • Strong knowledge of all media functions (digital & offline Media, technology, and analytics)
  • Extensive knowledge of the role of social as part of a holistic media plan including strengths and weaknesses of variety of media channels
  • Expert knowledge of social media landscape and new and evolving product offerings
  • Expert-level understanding of Excel (Vlookup, Pivot Table, chart building) and PowerPoint functions
  • Mastery of native social buying platforms
  • Mastery of Meta Pixel and other technical paid social platform solutions
  • Stays on the forefront of paid social product offerings, vets and oversees implementation as appropriate
  • Understands and manages scope of work and flags scope creep on assigned accounts
  • Ability to proactively solve problems, improve processes, and create operational efficiencies
  • Provides consistent team leadership, driving team education and goals-setting
  • Key point of contact and primary social escalation point for the assigned client(s)
  • Ability to translate and communicate campaign success to clients

Qualifications

  • Exhibits integrity and trust
  • Adherence to agency procedures and processes
  • 7 years biddable paid social media campaign management experience
  • Experience in managing a team
  • Meta Blueprint Certification desired
  • Healthcare industry knowledge a plus

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: $75,050 - 107,835 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 07/20/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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