Saatchi & Saatchi

Vice President Director, Social Creative

Saatchi & Saatchi$129K — $177K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Four-year degree and 5-7 years of experience as a creative director with a focus on social media.
  • Experience managing diverse teams of creatives, including designers, writers, and content makers.
  • Industry experience in the automotive sector, supported by a relevant portfolio.
  • Ability to articulate a unique perspective on engaging social media content to high-level stakeholders.
  • An avid interest and knowledge in current social media trends and internet culture.
  • Experience collaborating with influencers and creators, highlighting a network in the field.

Responsibilities

  • Develop impactful social-first creative work that drives engagement and results.
  • Collaborate with a social strategy team to transform cultural insights into innovative content.
  • Lead storytelling efforts that resonate with niche audiences and reflect current trends.
  • Encourage brands to engage purposefully within the social space rather than simply maintaining a presence.
  • Stay updated on changes in algorithms, platforms, and emerging trends in creator behavior.
  • Reinvent traditional campaign structures by thinking in terms of moments and community-driven formats.
  • Guide and mentor a small team of creative professionals, fostering their growth and development.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
  • Generous parental and family care leave policies.
  • Tuition reimbursement for ongoing education.
  • Flexible time off to promote work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Overview

We are seeking a social media creative leader to help our client find its authentic place and purpose in the social sphere. This is a role for a person who lives and breathes social and has helped major brands transform their approach through breakthrough content across platforms. Someone who is curious and takes the time to educate themselves on the latest creative techniques and formats. Who can even break down the latest celeb beef; explain the backstory of every meme; and might even be a content creator themselves.

Your portfolio reads like an epic FYP. You9ve helped clients become famous in the feed. You can chat it up with CMOs like it9s NBD.

As Vice President Director, Social Creative, you will help scale and lead a dynamic team of content creators and social-first talent. We9re seeking a leader skilled at turning insights into meaningful ideas, deeply attuned to niche subcommunities, quick to recognize cultural trends, and immersed in the conversations(comment sections) shaping emerging social platforms.

In short, we9re looking for an out-of-the-box creative leader prized to break the internet and trades.

Responsibilities

  • Develop social-first creative work that earns attention, drives conversation, and delivers measurable business impact
  • Partner with a robust social strategy and intelligence team to turn cultural signals, audience data, and trend velocity into breakthrough creative
  • Lead culturally literate storytelling rooted in subcommunities, comment sections, and creator culture
  • Push brands to show up with purpose, not just presence
  • Stay ahead of algorithm shifts, platform updates, and emerging creator behaviors
  • Challenge traditional campaign models-thinking in moments, series, drops, and community-driven formats
  • Manage, mentor, and help grow a small team of creators and social-first creatives
  • Lead teams9 conceptual and strategic thinking across multiple platforms
  • Build relationships with agency capabilities including strategy, media, data and analytics and tech
  • Appreciate and advocate for craft across capabilities, including production and tech
  • Build trust with clients, understanding their business to find opportunities
  • Work with HR and Creative Operations to manage direct reports9 daily workload and career development
  • Help drive our creative culture both inside and outside of the agency

Qualifications

  • Four-year degree and 5-7 years of experience as a creative director, with specific expertise in social media creative
  • You have managed and scaled teams of creatives with hybrid expertise from art directors, copywriters, editors to makers and creators.
  • Experience in the automotive industry with work samples to show for it.
  • You have a clear POV on what makes for standout creative in the social feed that you could confidently share with Fortune 500 CMOs
  • You9re excited and inspired by the world of social media - the first to share among colleagues and friends the latest trends, effects, tracks, etc. on TikTok
  • You9re obsessed with internet culture, the latest memes and trends, online subcultures and communities
  • You9re a storyteller who can create captivating insights that range from educational to aspirational and everything in between
  • Have a skillset for and are interested in content creation on social. You have a hands-on, get it done, make cool sh*t mentality
  • You have vast experience working with creators and influencers
  • Collaborative and a team player
  • You have a social-centric portfolio

Additional information

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: USD $129,485.00 - USD $177,200.00/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 1/1/2027.

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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