Associate Director, Search and Social

PHD; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom is seeking a seasoned media leader in New York to drive strategy and execution across paid search and paid social. You’ll turn client goals into impactful plans, stay ahead of platform updates, and build strong relationships with senior stakeholders.

You will mentor a team across multiple campaigns and ensure tight alignment with internal teams, while overseeing budgets and QA processes. In this in-office role, you’ll participate in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, coaching

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in paid search and paid social.
• Strong working knowledge of major biddable platforms (Google Ads, Search Ads 360, Bing, Meta Ads Manager, X Ads, or similar).
• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with ad serving, tagging, and media billing tools is a plus.
• You’re a clear and confident communicator—equally strong in writing, presenting, and leading conversations with clients and teammates.
• You thrive in fast-paced environments, staying flexible and adaptable when timelines shift.
• You take a proactive approach to problem-solving, using critical thinking to find smart solutions.
• You’re comfortable coaching teammates and contributing to a collaborative, supportive team culture.
• You bring strong presentation skills and know how to engage an audience with a compelling story.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and execution across paid search (Google, Bing, YouTube) and paid social (Meta, X, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest).
• Turn client goals into clear, effective search and social plans that align with broader paid media strategies.
• Stay on top of platform updates, media consumption trends, and emerging technologies; bring POVs to clients and teams.
• Build and manage strong relationships with senior client stakeholders.
• Oversee and mentor a team across multiple live campaigns.
• Ensure alignment across internal teams by clearly communicating timelines, priorities, and project status.
• Manage campaign budgets.
• QA team outputs to ensure accuracy, consistency, and quality.
• Optimize content calendars and media plans to drive clean, actionable data.
• Support team growth through coaching, feedback, and development.

Skills

Paid search

Paid social

Client communication

Team leadership

Budget management

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience

Tools

Google Ads

Bing Ads

YouTube Ads

Meta Ads Manager

X Ads

Excel

PowerPoint

Search Ads 360

Job description

Agency

PHd

Job Function

Media

Job Subfunction

Media Planning and Buying

Job Description

What You’ll Do:

• Lead strategy and execution across paid search (Google, Bing, YouTube) and paid social (Meta, X, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest)


• Turn client goals into clear, effective search and social plans that align with broader paid media strategies


• Stay on top of platform updates, media consumption trends, and emerging technologies; bring POVs to clients and teams


• Build and manage strong relationships with senior client stakeholders


• Oversee and mentor a team across multiple live campaigns


• Ensure alignment across internal teams by clearly communicating timelines, priorities, and project status


• Manage campaign budgets


• QA team outputs to ensure accuracy, consistency, and quality


• Optimize content calendars and media plans to drive clean, actionable data


• Support team growth through coaching, feedback, and development

You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience


• 4+ years of hands‑on experience in paid search and paid social


• Strong working knowledge of major biddable platforms (Google Ads, Search Ads 360, Bing, Meta Ads Manager, X Ads, or similar)


• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint


• Familiarity with ad serving, tagging, and media billing tools is a plus


• You’re a clear and confident communicator—equally strong in writing, presenting, and leading conversations with clients and teammates.


• You thrive in fast-paced environments, staying flexible and adaptable when timelines shift.


• You take a proactive approach to problem‑solving, using critical thinking to find smart solutions.


• You’re comfortable coaching teammates and contributing to a collaborative, supportive team culture.


• You bring strong presentation skills and know how to engage an audience with a compelling story.


• You can simplify complex ideas and turn them into clear, actionable recommendations.

$70,000 - $125,000

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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$70,000 - $125,000