Director, Paid Social

DEPT®; United States; À distance; USD 108 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Healthcare, Dental, and Vision

Résumé du poste

DEPT® is seeking a Director of Paid Social to lead high-performing, cross-functional teams and drive client growth. You will own full-funnel social strategies across Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest, and LinkedIn, mentoring leaders and ensuring career path development.

You will orchestrate multi-disciplinary collaboration, manage executive-level client presentations, and push innovative, data-driven ideas that meet client goals while delivering measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of paid social experience and 3 years in a client-facing marketing role.
• Experience managing a team of 3+ direct reports and mentoring staff.
• Deep knowledge of platforms like Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Snap, Reddit, LinkedIn and similar.
• Ability to audit accounts and present actionable client insights.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage client expectations.

Responsabilités

• Developing the social expertise of direct reports, providing mentorship, feedback and coaching on paid social best practices.
• Maintaining a strong understanding of the holistic business for each client in their portfolio with insights on competitors and business goals.
• Orchestrating multi-discipline collaboration for full-funnel, cross-channel campaign strategy and activation.
• Developing deep working knowledge of major platforms and growth services and how they work together.
• Staying up-to-date on agency best practices and testing recommendations prioritized by the agency.
• Serving as escalation point for clients and guiding teams through process improvements.

Connaissances

Paid social

Team leadership

Mentorship

Client-facing

Cross-channel strategy

Description du poste

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

THE ROLE:

Director, Paid Social are ultimately responsible for building and managing high-performing, efficient and effective teams to best service their clients. Their top priorities are strong client growth/retention and employee growth/retention.

Directors, Social should be able to lead cross-functional teams to deliver excellent paid social strategy and performance recommendations for their clients based on DEPT’s best practices. They are effective communicators who can inspire and motivate teams to achieve and exceed client goals based on their deep understanding of the ins and outs of their clients’ businesses (not just digital) and they proactively bring innovative strategy, holistic ideas, and leadership to help clients meet their overarching business goals.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Developing the social expertise of your direct reports, providing mentorship, feedback and coaching on paid social best practices.
• Maintaining a strong understanding of the holistic business for each client in their portfolio - with insights on their competitors, overarching business goals, engagements with other agency partners, performance priorities, etc.
• Orchestrating multi-discipline collaboration and implementation for flawless execution of full-funnel, cross-channel campaign strategy and activation. Serves as the holistic account leader responsible for managing client expectations and effectively setting CS and GS teams up for shared success.
• Developing a deep working knowledge of Facebook/Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest, LinkedIn, as well as a core understanding of Growth Services (Programmatic, Decision Sciences, Creative, SEO/CRO). They should have a strategic perspective on how/when to utilize various channels and how they work together to help meet client business goals.
• Staying up-to-date on all information disseminated across the agency to ensure their track is adopting best practices and testing recommendations prioritized by the agency.
• Serving as a point of escalation for all clients within your portfolio - understanding when to step-in with a client, coach the team on any processes/next steps to mitigate issues, determine what ancillary services/teams should be pulled in, or navigate solutions with legal/finance, etc.
• Managing all major deliverables and presentations for your client portfolio (executive presentations, FBRs/QBRs, annual review, in-person strategy meetings, etc) to ensure activation teams across the board (media and growth) are delivering high-quality, innovative strategy - with a consistent storyline to push the client’s business and goals forward.
• Ensuring successful onboarding of all new clients within your track - overseeing initial overarching strategy, account management/collaboration process is set up for success, and client interactions and performance are off to a healthy start.
• Successfully scaling layers of management and ensuring career pathing/goals are being established for every member of your team.
• Identifying succession plans for your team and cultivating talent development for upward mobility.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• A minimum of 8 years’ paid social experience and a minimum 3 years of experience in a client-facing marketing role
• Proven prior work experience managing a team of 3+ direct reports / team members and demonstrated ability to mentor and develop direct reports into more senior roles
• A deep understanding of paid social platforms such as Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Snap, Reddit, LinkedIn, etc and be skilled at effectively communicating paid social goals, targets, and direct-response tactics to clients and can get into the weeds when necessary.
• The ability to audit an account and present actionable insights to a client
• The ability to participate whether it is behind the scenes or client facing for business pitches representing paid social
• The ability to provide feedback and strategic guidance to all paid media channels (search, social, shopping, display, mobile, native and video)
• Experience acting as an escalation point for clients, evaluating team services levels and proposing improvements

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
• PTO
• Paid Company Holidays

WE SUPPORT YOU BEING YOU:

DEPT® is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We believe our work is its best when our people feel safe and free to be themselves. We’re committed to an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment and selection process and workplace, regardless of anyone’s identity, background, beliefs, lifestyle, or disabilities. So tell us about any accommodations you need. It’s totally confidential and only used to make sure you feel fully supported at every step.

DEPT® participates in E-Verify, meaning your Form I-9 information will be sent to the federal government to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S.

We are a B Corp-certified company passionate about purpose-driven work . Our hope is that you can feel good about the contributions DEPT® is making to the world and we always have an open door for your ideas in making the world a better place.

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Coach, eBay, and OpenAI.

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.

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The anticipated salary range for this position is listed below. Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, expertise, physical location, and organizational impact. This is based on a 40-hour workweek and leveling. Keep in mind, we’re flexible.

US Remote Range

$108,000 - $130,000 USD