Senior Vice President, Social Strategy

New York City, NY (On-site)

$180K/yr – $300K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and elevate Digitas social business strategy at scale by turning audience insight into a differentiated, platform-aware ecosystem with cross-functional leadership and growth mindset.

  • Strategic ownership: develop breakthrough integrated social strategies grounded in audience insight, platform behavior, and business objectives.
  • Leadership & partnership: act as senior adviser to clients and lead a multidisciplinary team across social, influencer, and earned, aligning with c-suite and driving growth.
  • Team & execution: build, mentor, and hands-on lead to raise output quality and accelerate progress.

Job Description

  • Define the Vision and lead a modern, integrated social business with audience-first, insight-led thinking.
  • Champion social as a driver of business with c-suite leadership.
  • Represent leadership in key client forums, shaping decisions and outcomes.
  • Lead the development of breakthrough integrated social strategies grounded in audience insight, platform behavior, and business objectives.
  • Elevate the team’s thinking across social strategy, influencer and earned, content development, distribution, engagement, and measurement.
  • Build & lead a high-performing team of social, influencer, and earned practitioners; mentor the next generation of leaders.
  • Be a hands-on leader, guiding briefs, shaping outputs, and elevating quality.
  • 12–15+ years in social, content, and/or integrated strategy
  • CPG category experience with a strong understanding of the landscape
  • Proven experience leading large, multidisciplinary teams
  • Track record of building and scaling modern social ecosystems for major brands
  • Strong instincts for culture, audience behavior, and platform evolution
  • Ability to turn complex business challenges into clear, compelling strategies
  • Equal strength in long-term vision and day-to-day execution
  • medical coverage
  • dental
  • vision
  • disability
  • 401K
  • parental and family care leave
  • family forming assistance
  • tuition reimbursement
  • flexible time off
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Digitas North America

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Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

Founded in 1980
Boston, Massachusetts, US
2.8K employees (892 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
82% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
67.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.7%
Direct
42.7%
Referral
6.8%
Social
6.2%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
673 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
3.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
30

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