Paid Social Media Strategist

Chicago, IL (Remote)

$61K/yr – $75K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive paid social activation and online reputation management for an automotive-focused client portfolio with strong cross-platform execution and client advisory.

  • Primary ownership of day-to-day client contact and objective alignment
  • Must-have: 2-4 years of paid social experience across Meta, Reddit, X, Pinterest, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Snapchat
  • Standout: Experience managing large media budgets and coordinating with planning, analytics, and operations

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Paid Social Campaign Activation:
  • - Act as primary day-to-day client contact, working as the Most Trusted Advisor to support all client business needs and meet objectives and benchmarks month over month
  • - Work with planning and operations teams to ensure all campaigns are seamlessly executed
  • - Develop strategic paid social media recommendations in support of client requests that outline platform recommendations, implementation details (placements, formats), success measurement, and timelines
  • - Place social media advertising campaigns across Meta, Reddit, X, Pinterest, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Snapchat based on the approved campaign strategy
  • - Utilize advanced targeting strategies to execute complex campaigns, including custom audiences, third-party data, exclusion lists, lookalike audiences, and more
  • - Optimize campaign buys to ensure budgets are spent as effectively as possible each month
  • - Develop in-depth campaign reports in partnership with the analytics team that outline insights on media delivery, engagement, creative, website traffic, attribution, and key learnings
  • Online Reputation Management
  • - Monitor clients’ social media channels, initiate conversations with and respond to engagements and reviews based on established brand and client guidelines
  • - Monitor clients’ automotive reputation profiles and respond to all client feedback
  • - Engage clients for review resolution and provide recommendations on appropriate response
  • - Meet with client contacts to review reputation performance, consult on new social media capabilities, and provide recommendations on social media strategies to support business objectives
  • - Provide demonstrations of our proprietary social media online management platform and online reputation service packages

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising, Marketing, Communications, Computer Science or related field
  • 2-4 years of professional experience, with a minimum of 2 years of experience with paid social
  • Proficiency with Meta, Reddit, X, Pinterest, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Snapchat that includes a clear understanding of each platform’s core features, as well as a technical understanding of each network’s advertising capabilities
  • Proficiency with both Business Manager and Ad Manager dashboards for all core platforms, including ad placement, budget management, pixel creation, offline event sets, and advanced reporting
  • Experience handling large media budgets and developing insights based on campaign results
  • Have strong project management and organizational skills being able to manage multiple projects and campaigns at once
  • Experience campaign tracking and efficiency tools utilizing tools like Sprinklr, Adobe Analytics, Asana, Google Workspace, Monday.com, etc.

Benefits

  • 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.
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DSplus

DSplus is a Saatchi & Saatchi company. It was created 14 years ago around the idea of a “Digital Salesperson” who leads a customer through the entire lifecycle of their automobile ownership journey. Our clients are Toyota Motor North America, and Toyota & Lexus Dealerships across the country. DSplus is also proud to be an Agency of Record for Southeast Toyota Distributors, the world's largest independent distributor of Toyotas. Our mission is to merge the world-class branding efforts of our mothership, Saatchi & Saatchi, with the retail needs of our Dealerships. The result: an end-to-end customer experience that personifies the quality and integrity of the Toyota brand, and helps sell more cars. DSplus employs a powerful data-driven, integrated messaging platform that works across the sales and service lifecycle. This cross-tier, cross-channel system is fueled by the perfect mix of Artificial Intelligence, insightful media strategies, and stunning, high-performance creative. Always aligned to the Toyota brand and to each client’s unique value proposition, the system delivers sharp business results—while reaching the right target with the right message at the right time. Over the years, DSplus has grown from a three-person start-up to a diverse, agile team of 45, who dream big, solve tough problems, and have fun at work. Our culture values authenticity, transparency, and collaboration, while setting the bar high in the work we do. At DSplus, we recognize and reward success, always putting our employees first. If you bring inventive thinking, boundless enthusiasm, and tireless energy—with a passion for client service that fuels us into the future, this might be just the fit. Come join us.

Founded in 2010
Chicago, Illinois, US
70 employees (44 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
883
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.3%
Direct
41%
Referral
9.5%
Social
8.8%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~78

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
38 (49% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
3.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1