Senior Digital Marketing Lead (Social Media, B2B)

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale ZS’s organic social program by leading strategy, editorial planning, and a small team to deliver on-brand, engaging social storytelling.

  • Own the organic social channel strategy, content mix, and publishing approach aligned to GTM priorities.
  • Must-have: 10+ years marketing with 7+ years in B2B social media and proven strategy.
  • Standout: Lead a small team and collaborate with design, content, and marcomm SMEs.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The Social Media Senior Lead will play a critical role in shaping and advancing ZS’s organic social media presence. This role is responsible for building the editorial plan, leading execution, and coaching a small team of social media talent to deliver high quality, consistent, and effective social storytelling.
  • Lead social media editorial planning
  • Partner with Marketing & Communications leadership to set goals, priorities, and success measures. This includes improving brand positioning, growing demand, and attracting talent
  • Drive the alignment of social promotions to GTM priorities/themes and audience strategies, ensuring content is relevant, timely and engaging
  • Own the organic social channel strategy, defining the role of each channel, content mix, and publishing approach as it evolves over time and in alignment with LLM strategies
  • Create, review and refine high quality social copy and creative to ensure it is engaging, clear, credible, on brand and in alignment with social media best practices
  • Manage and coach a small group of social media team members to ensure their work aligns with the strategy and goals set forth
  • Be the ‘go-to’ expert on organic social, working hand-in-hand with marcomm SMEs to plan and execute an effective social strategy in alignment with broader campaign goals
  • Work closely with design and content and teams elevate our organic social media presence. Align organic social with other channel strategies, including paid social and media
  • Monitor engagement on the platform, responding to posts in alignment with corporate brand and working in close collaboration with our communications team on any necessary escalations
  • Help establish repeatable processes, playbooks, and standards for social media execution that are shared and used across the team
  • Oversee community management, including building increased business followers, monitoring comments, mentions, and messages

Requirements

  • 10+ years of marketing experience with at least 7 years in B2B social media
  • Demonstrated success owning social media strategy, planning & execution
  • Experience coaching or informally leading other team members
  • Excellent writing and editing skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas, drive engagement and build demand for ZS
  • Strong understanding and experience working on social platforms for professional audiences
  • Sound judgment around brand voice, risk, and reputation
  • Recognized for applying emerging social media practices in practical, results‑driven ways
  • Proven experience using social media management and analytics tools
  • Collaborative and comfortable working in a matrixed, global organization
  • Organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities
  • Ability to flex schedule to work early morning hours to collaborate with team in India.

Benefits

  • Perks & Benefits: At ZS, your growth matters. We offer a comprehensive total rewards package that supports your health and well‑being, financial future, time away, and professional development.
  • We are committed to giving our employees a flexible and connected way of working. A flexible and connected ZS allows us to combine work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of our week.
  • Travel is a requirement at ZS for client facing ZSers; business needs of your project and client are the priority.
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ZS is a management consulting and technology firm that partners with companies to improve life and how we live it. We transform ideas into impact by bringing together data, science, technology and human ingenuity to deliver better outcomes for all. Founded in 1983, ZS has more than 13,000 employees in over 35 offices worldwide. To learn more, visit www.zs.com/At ZS, our mission is to inspire each other to bring our unique perspective and experience to work each day. When you join our firm, you have access to a wealth of community groups to support you, energize you and inspire you to bring your authentic self to work each day.

Founded in 1983
Evanston, Illinois, USA
20K employees (395 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
75% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
461.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$90K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.8%
Direct
45.6%
Referral
12.9%
Social
8.9%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~19.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
245 (1% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
5 years

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