Dentsu America

Senior Social Strategist

Dentsu America$82K — $90K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in social strategy development across owned, earned, and paid media, particularly in an advertising agency setting.
  • Proficiency in social listening tools, analytics, and platform insights for measuring performance.
  • Experience presenting strategic and performance insights to senior-level clients effectively.
  • Bachelor's degree in Advertising, Marketing, or a related field; equivalent work experience may be considered.
  • Strong enthusiasm and expertise in the social media landscape and trends.
  • Receptive to the fast-changing nature of the internet and adept at applying insights to client strategies.
  • Proven track record of leading client accounts and establishing relationships.
  • Experience mentoring and managing junior team members.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate to merge creative ideas with effective social media strategies.
  • Mentor team members while providing strategic guidance and leading client meetings.
  • Transform client challenges into impactful social-first strategies.
  • Offer thought leadership by identifying problems and recommending solutions.
  • Analyze performance metrics across social channels for actionable insights and optimizations.
  • Develop integrated social strategies leveraging owned, earned, and paid media dynamics.
  • Create insightful briefs to guide creative efforts and strategy alignment.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
  • Life insurance,
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
  • 401k plan,
  • Flexible paid time off,
  • At least 15 paid holidays per year,
  • Paid sick and safe leave,
  • Paid parental leave.
Full Job Description
Job Description:

We're looking for a Senior Strategist, Social Marketing & Strategy to join our team. You'll report to the Director, Social Marketing & Strategy and will push social creative strategy for our high-profile Retail (grocery) client.

Only candidates in the New York City or Chicago area will be considered as some in-office time is to be expected.

  • You're a collaborator who combines creative content ideas with smart social media strategies to achieve our goals.


  • You'll manage and mentor team members, providing strategic guidance, fostering growth and leading internal and client meetings with confidence.


  • You'll translate client business challenges into social-first strategies that drive engagement, brand growth and business results.


  • You'll deliver ongoing thought leadership to our teams and clients by identifying problems and finding solutions.


  • You know how to analyze performance across social channels, uncover actionable insights, and optimize creative, content and media strategies to drive measurable business impact.


  • You understand how owned, earned and paid social work together and can develop integrated social strategies that maximize the role of each.


  • You'll deliver briefs full of insights, inspiration and updates based on creative feedback and help translate that work into social creative.


  • You know how to find the insight and when to implement it.


  • You understand our client's industry and category, and have a POV after auditing industry examples and trends, such as memes, formats, cultural insights, and new social platforms.


  • You'll partner with the creative team to push creativity and make sure it aligns with the strategy.


  • You'll build knowledge on the macro/micro forces that influence our client's business.


  • You're excited to wear multiple hats, including everything from client interaction to planning and calendars, to writing briefs, to helping create content.


Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience developing social strategies across owned, earned and paid social, including experience at an advertising agency


  • Experience using social listening, analytics, and platform insights to measure performance and optimize creative and content strategies


  • Experience presenting strategic recommendations and performance insights to senior clients


  • Bachelors in Advertising, Marketing or related field, required; in lieu of degree, equivalent experience in a relevant field required


  • Expertise in and love for the social space


  • Excited by the internet, love that it's ever-changing, and understand how to apply this to clients


  • Experience as the daily lead on client businesses and developing client relationships


  • Experience managing and mentoring junior team members


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Additional Information

The annual salary range for this position is $82,500 - $90,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include:
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
• Life insurance,
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
• 401k,
• Flexible paid time off,
• At least 15 paid holidays per year,
• Paid sick and safe leave, and
• Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

To begin the application process, please click on the "Apply" button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.

Location:
New York - 150 E 42nd

Brand:
Dentsu Creative

Time Type:
Full time

Contract Type:
Permanent

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