Saatchi & Saatchi

Associate Director

Saatchi & Saatchi$97K — $155K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of full-cycle paid social media experience, preferably in an agency environment
  • Experience with social marketing for brand-building and direct response initiatives
  • Demonstrated team management and leadership skills
  • Knowledge of syndicated research tools
  • Familiarity with third-party ad serving technologies
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication capabilities
  • Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines
  • Desire to work in a fast-evolving industry

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement paid social campaign strategies for clients
  • Leverage social best practices across all tactics
  • Ensure timely campaign billing updates and follow-up on finance queries
  • Analyze campaign performance against client KPIs and report insights to stakeholders
  • Participate in ongoing training and skill development
  • Support new business pitches and related efforts
  • Manage social team workflow and guide career progression

Benefits

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

The Associate Director requires the ability to apply social knowledge and expertise to actionable insights and recommendations. The Associate Director will partner with the Social Manager in driving strategic social expertise within the team, helping to develop innovative strategies to meet and exceed client business objectives, and leading tactical execution and optimization of social programs. They will be responsible for optimizing, implementing, and analyzing paid social activities.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement paid social campaign strategies (including budget management) for assigned clients for branded and direct response campaigns
  • Leverage social best-practices across all social tactics
  • Ensure all campaign billings are up to date and finance queries are followed up in a timely manner
  • Analyze paid social performance against client KPI's and report on trends and insights to key stakeholders
  • Continuously expend and develop skills by participating in ongoing training, workshops, etc.
  • Support any new business pitches and related work as required
  • Responsible for managing and developing social team in day-to-day workflow and career progression

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of full-cycle paid social media experience, preferably in an agency environment
  • Experience applying social marketing to brand-building and direct response initiatives
  • Demonstrated team management experience and leadership capabilities
  • Knowledge of syndicated research tools
  • Familiarity with third-party ad serving technologies
  • Strong quantitative skills, including analytical abilities and math proficiency
  • Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities
  • Solid verbal and written communication skills
  • Polished presentations skills are a must
  • Ability to work successfully with teams on multiple projects under tight deadlines
  • Desire to work in an industry which is constantly evolving and presenting new and unique challenges
  • Ability to sell ideas clearly and deliver value
  • Self-driven to meet and exceed revenue and goals for our clients

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.

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Compensation Range: USD $97,375.00 - USD $155,961.00/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 9/28/2026.

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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