Senior Social Strategist

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$83K/yr – $90K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

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Job Summary

Own social strategy across owned, earned, and paid to drive engagement and business results, while leading a team and translating client challenges into social-first plans.

  • Own multi-channel social programs, turn business problems into social-driven campaigns, and measure impact with clear insights.
  • Lead and mentor the team and manage client relationships with ongoing strategic briefs and reviews.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends, audits, and platform dynamics to inform creative and channel choices.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • You're a collaborator who combines creative content ideas with smart social media strategies to achieve our goals.
  • You’ll manage and mentor team members, providing strategic guidance, fostering growth and leading internal and client meetings with confidence.
  • You’ll translate client business challenges into social-first strategies that drive engagement, brand growth and business results.
  • You'll deliver ongoing thought leadership to our teams and clients by identifying problems and finding solutions.
  • You know how to analyze performance across social channels, uncover actionable insights, and optimize creative, content and media strategies to drive measurable business impact.
  • You understand how owned, earned and paid social work together and can develop integrated social strategies that maximize the role of each.
  • You'll deliver briefs full of insights, inspiration and updates based on creative feedback and help translate that work into social creative.
  • You know how to find the insight and when to implement it.
  • You understand our client's industry and have a POV after auditing industry examples and trends, such as memes, formats, cultural insights, and new social platforms.
  • You'll partner with the creative team to push creativity and make sure it aligns with the strategy.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience developing social strategies across owned, earned and paid social, including experience at an advertising agency
  • Experience using social listening, analytics, and platform insights to measure performance and optimize creative and content strategies
  • Experience presenting strategic recommendations and performance insights to senior clients
  • Bachelors in Advertising , Marketing or related field, required ; in lieu of degree, equivalent experience in a relevant field required
  • Expertise in and love for the social space
  • Excited by the internet, love that it's ever-changing, and understand how to apply this to clients
  • Experience as the daily lead on client businesses and developing client relationships
  • Experience managing and mentoring junior team members
  • Only candidates in the New York City or Chicago area will be considered as some in-office time is to be expected.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • 401k
  • Flexible paid time off
  • At least 15 paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick and safe leave
  • Paid parental leave
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