Associate Director, Search and Social

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $125K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 7 days ago

Job Summary

Own and drive cross-channel paid media strategy, connecting client goals to actionable search and social plans while leading a growing team and guiding senior stakeholder relationships.

Job Description

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

Requirements

  • 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
  • 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.

Preferred

  • Familiarity with ad serving, tagging, and media billing tools is a plus
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Welcome to PHD.Powered by our next-generation network, PHD’s advanced thinking - Intelligence. Connected. - combines data, technology, and human expertise collaboratively to achieve greatness.This is how we are one of the world’s most awarded media agencies, and currently ADWEEK’s Global Media Agency of the Year.We have around 6,500 people in 81 offices across 74 countries, all connected in one platform, Studio. Studio, which launched in 2018, allows our account teams, planners, and strategists worldwide to collaborate to create online campaigns, producing 70,000 unique ideas from across the agency, together.This is how we transform experiences.This is how we move brands and businesses forward.www.phdmedia.com

Founded in 2006
London, England, GBR
5K employees (1,376 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$70K/yr – $125K/yr

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Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
95.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.8%
Direct
40.3%
Referral
8.8%
Social
3.8%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~5.1K
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Associate Director, Search and Social

PHD · New York City, NY · Hybrid