Paid Social Campaigns Lead

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k)

Job summary

Spark Foundry’s Manager, Paid Social leads campaign development, activation, and innovation for assigned brands in Chicago. You will guide strategy with the Associate Director, oversee Social Analysts, and drive cross-team collaboration to meet client goals.

The role requires mastery of social platforms, strong Excel skills, and proven leadership. A collaborative, proactive approach with excellent communication is essential for success in this fast-paced agency environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of paid social media experience, ideally in an agency environment.
• Mastery of social platforms.
• Strong MS Excel skills: vlookup, pivot tables, data visualization.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Presentation skills are a must.
• Demonstrated leadership ability.
• Collaborative approach/attitude.
• Certifications in social platforms (Twitter Flight School (X), Facebook Blueprint) highly preferred.
• Experience in social SAS (e.g. 4C) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to account strategy including annual budget development, KPIs, partner selection, new tactics, and tracking industry developments.
• Gather the research and data needed to formulate tactical plan development and recommendation for client delivery.
• Lead client relationship with day to day contact and partner agencies by ensuring a seamless communication process.
• Provide direction to Analysts to conduct research necessary to build a new campaign.
• QA and oversee trafficking of approved plan into social platforms.
• Maintain oversight of budget and billing activity (pacing, Prisma management, draft billing, accuracy of budgets vs. strategy flowcharts).
• Oversee Analyst management of campaign budgets, pacing, and bid adjustments.
• Develop and recommend optimizations and/or testing plans.
• Pull data and research components needed for new business pitches.
• Contribute to development of agency level POVs on industry happenings.
• Primary party responsible for customization of agency POVs for individual clients.

Skills

Paid social

Excel functions

Communication

Project management

Leadership

Collaboration

Tools

Facebook Blueprint

Twitter Flight School (X)

4C SAS

Job description

Spark Foundry’s Manager, Paid Social leads campaign development, activation, and innovation for assigned brands in Chicago. You will guide strategy with the Associate Director, oversee Social Analysts, and drive cross-team collaboration to meet client goals.

The role requires mastery of social platforms, strong Excel skills, and proven leadership. A collaborative, proactive approach with excellent communication is essential for success in this fast-paced agency environment.