Senior Associate, Paid Social

Publicis Health Media; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 61,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Disability insurance

401K

Paid time off

Job summary

Publicis Health Media seeks a Paid Social Senior Associate to plan and manage paid social tactics for assigned clients. You will align with client goals, monitor campaign quality, and proactively pursue opportunities to improve performance.

You will handle platform data, reports, budgeting, and collaboration with client teams, vendors, and internal creatives. This role emphasizes growth, mentorship, and effective cross-functional communication.

Qualifications

• Integrity and trust in client work.
• Adherence to agency procedures and processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and basic tech.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3 years biddable social media campaign management experience.
• Healthcare industry knowledge a plus.
• Meta Blueprint Certification desired.

Responsibilities

• Understand the relationship between paid, owned, and earned social media tactics.
• Monitor platforms like Meta, Twitter, LinkedIn, and TikTok.
• Assist with Excel functions and PowerPoint.
• Track budgets, invoices, and pacing to plan budgets.
• Prepare client reports and campaign analyses.
• Support client meetings and deliverables.
• Develop partnerships with key vendors.
• Mentor junior associates and support career progression.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Time management

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's degree

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 Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

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.

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 $60,800.00 - USD $84,000.00/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 11/1/2026.