Director, Paid Social

New York City, NY (On-site)

$150K/yr – $160K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the social media insight and cross-channel storytelling for client work, combining measurement rigor with a bias for testing and learning to drive business impact.

  • Growth/Performance Analytics: Turn paid social results into client-ready narratives and recommendations, bridging data, story, and outcomes.
  • Team leadership: Mentor a social team, balance workloads, and build career paths while integrating across channels to avoid silos.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Judge and quantify results of media efforts placed on behalf of our clients (i.e., understand/describe impact of results, compare actual results to needs of client) and the ability to translate this data into a story
  • Utilize online performance tracking and measurement tools
  • Represent company philosophies and expertise to external parties, including clients and partner agencies
  • Continued enthusiasm towards the medium and the desire to constantly educate oneself on the latest information
  • Drives the social process for client teams and across the craft, ensuring integration across channels and avoiding channel silos.
  • Encourages exploration and a “test and learn” approach to identify new opportunities and improve business outcomes.
  • Applies agency POVs and partnership opportunities to client needs.
  • Assist with new business pitches, including research, paid social recommendations, and potentially presenting to new prospects.
  • Directly manages Associate Directors and Managers and ensures all junior team members stay on track developing skills for their level, receive actionable feedback and support their goals and growth. Identify new opportunities for team members outside of the day-today client work.
  • Manage, develop, and inspire internal social teams; foster an environment that enables action

Requirements

  • Very strong experience in developing robust, creative, and innovative paid social / native advertising / content marketing programs – in excess of $1mm annually
  • 2+ years’ experience managing a client and 2+ direct reports and providing feedback and performance reviews.
  • Strong understanding of cross channel planning, demonstrating strong coordination of digital and offline media efforts.
  • Proficient in Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), Snap, LinkedIn and Pinterest; Mastery of said social platform capabilities across campaign type, platform research tools and understanding of third-party partnerships and capabilities such as shopping platforms, influencer, product feed management, mobile measurement partners, etc.
  • Extensive experience writing and presenting relevant information; Ability to prepare presentations and maintain a level of professionalism suitable for senior client leadership, including executive and C-Suite
  • Understanding of marketing and communications process, and ability to execute streamlined processes across clients, media partners, and other agencies.
  • Understand implications of data and privacy regulations and when to consult with experts across the organization
  • Strong analytics skills, thorough understanding of paid social measurement and experience utilizing multiple native measurement tools.
  • Demonstrated ability to grow junior talent and help develop team skills / careers
  • Solid organizational skills, attention to detail, and accuracy when working with numbers
  • Strong interpersonal skills including clear communication skills and positive attitude
  • Software: Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)
  • Strong organizational skills, ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment, and oversee a team.

Preferred

  • 7+ years of experience in media, social agency, advertising agency, or similar media environment.
  • Extensive experience in digital media planning, including 3+ years management experience.
  • Agency experience preferred.
  • Knowledge of Asana or other project management platforms a plus.
  • Proven ability to collaborate and work well with others in a high-pressure environment.

Benefits

  • We offer a Total Rewards package that includes medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, flex spending, life insurance, disability, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and paid family benefits to support you and your family.
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KINESSO is the technology-driven performance marketing agency that sits at the very heart of IPG Mediabrands, providing actionable growth for both our agency partners and clients. We turn ‘action’ into ‘outcome’ for our clients, leveraging our unique optimization, analytics, AI, and experimentation capabilities. KINESSO has brought together the collective power of what was formerly Matterkind, Reprise, and Kinesso under one collective entity that will serve as the most powerful delivery engine in the industry. We have extensive offerings spanning across performance marketing and data and technology. Fueled by a deep understanding of consumer behavior, we offer an end-to-end engine of planning and optimization while also delivering on data-driven strategy for social platforms, actionable growth in e-commerce, and creating curated marketplaces specific to each client's function and needs. The company has more than 6,000 employees operating in more than 60 countries. Learn more at KINESSO.com.

Founded in 2009
New York, New York, USA
3.4K employees (872 in marketing)
71% recommend to a friend
71% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
39.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40%
Direct
44.9%
Referral
9.2%
Social
3.7%
Paid
1.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
791 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
4.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
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