Senior Associate, Paid Social

Publicis Health Media; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Health Media is seeking a Paid Social Sr. Associate to plan and manage paid social tactics for assigned clients. The role requires deep understanding of client goals, campaign quality, and proactive optimization to maximize performance.

The Sr. Associate will monitor budgets, provide client-ready analyses, and support cross-functional collaboration with creative and media teams. Responsibilities include managing platforms like Meta, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok, and more; training junior

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3 years biddable social media campaign management experience.
• Healthcare industry knowledge a plus.
• Meta Blueprint Certification desired.

Responsibilities

• Understand relationship between paid, owned, and earned social media tactics.
• Monitor and optimize campaigns across Meta, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok, and other platforms.
• Compile client-ready reports and insights from platform data.
• Monitor budgets, pacing, and invoices to align with plans.
• Lead and train Associate-level staff and coordinate workflow.

Skills

Paid social strategy

Campaign optimization

Client reporting

Vendor partnerships

People mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Company Description

PHM is the leading health media agency in the US, built for the modern healthcare experience. Here, industry depth meets media scale, where data becomes direction, where creativity and storytelling bring truth to life, and where orchestration replaces fragmentation.

Company Description

PHM is the leading health media agency in the US, built for the modern healthcare experience. Here, industry depth meets media scale, where data becomes direction, where creativity and storytelling bring truth to life, and where orchestration replaces fragmentation.

Dedicated to making brands discovered, PHM redefines what media can do through data, content, and creativity. Because in modern healthcare, the brands that are found are the ones that lead. And when brands lead, advantage follows. Go deeper. Be found.

Overview

The Paid Social Sr. Associate is responsible for planning and managing paid social tactics for assigned clients. The primary function of the Sr. Associate role is to have a deep understanding of client goals, monitor campaign quality, and consistently and proactively evaluate new opportunities to maximize performance.

Responsibilities

• Understands the relationship between paid, owned, and earned social media tactics
• Deep understanding of social media platforms such as Meta, Twitter, Linkedin, Snap, TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, etc.
• Intermediate level understanding of Excel functions (ie. VLook-up, Pivot Table, chart building) and PowerPoint
• Monitors the latest trends in social media, including advertising formats, channels and technologies in order to improve campaign performance and provide recommendations on how clients can best leverage new tools and services
• Familiarity of monitoring campaign financials, budgets, and processing invoices
• Drives decisions around campaign architecture and setup
• Proactively identifies optimization opportunities; tracks and analyzes results
• Pulls platform data & prepares reports for clients including campaign analysis
• Monitor and update pacing documents to planned campaign budgets while maintaining performance goals
• Participates in client and creative agency communications: attends meetings, produces high-quality client deliverables, fields questions as they relate to paid social media campaign details including performance
• Grows partnerships with key vendors
• Trains Paid Social Associate(s) & manages Associate-level delegation, workflows and timelines
• Partners with Supervisor to coach Associate-level employees and responsible for Associate’s career progression

Qualifications

• Exhibits integrity and trust
• Adherence to agency procedures and processes
• Proficiency in computer skills used to manage day-to-day workflow (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite)
• Ability to multi-task, manage one’s time, and demonstrate personal organization and ability to meet deadlines
• Bachelor’s degree required
• 3 years biddable social media campaign management experience
• Healthcare industry knowledge a plus
• Meta Blueprint Certification desired

Additional Information

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.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $60,000.00 - USD $67,000.00/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. 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 11/30/2026.