Social Strategy Director

USA (Hybrid)

$140K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 10 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead social and content strategy across major accounts, translating brand ideas into platform‑native ecosystems, guiding creative briefs, social listening, and measurement to connect social activity with brand and business goals.

  • Owns strategy across platforms and campaigns
  • Shapes creative direction and client-facing storytelling
  • Integrates social thinking into broader brand plans and measurement

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead social and content strategy across multiple major accounts, defining the role of social within the broader brand and comms architecture, beyond the channel plan.
  • Translate brand platforms and campaign ideas into platform‑native concepts, formats, and content ecosystems across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, and emerging spaces (Threads, BlueSky, TikTok Shop).
  • Write inspiring, single‑minded creative briefs that give designers, creative teams, and creators clear strategic direction and genuine creative permission.
  • Oversee social listening programs to surface cultural signals, audience insights, and trending conversations that can unlock campaign platforms and reactive moments.
  • Build measurement frameworks and KPIs that connect social performance to brand and business objectives and present those findings clearly to senior and C‑suite clients.
  • Partner with client leadership to embed social thinking into integrated campaigns, brand roadmaps, and long‑term platform strategies.
  • Bring your passion for digital and social marketing to the wider agency through POVs, thought‑starters, training, and frameworks that elevate our collective social craft.

Requirements

  • 8+ years in social and digital strategy, with a heavy emphasis on client‑facing, agency roles and experience across multiple brand categories.
  • A proven track record of developing innovative social campaigns that generated cultural impactConfidential - Not for Public Consumption or Distribution
  • Deep fluency in platform mechanics, content performance, and audience behavior, paired with the strategic ability to know when and why to break the playbook.
  • The ability to write persuasive, story‑driven strategy decks and present creative recommendations with confidence to senior stakeholders.
  • Strong social analytics chops (Meta tools, Google Analytics, native platform data) and an instinct for turning data into sharp, human‑centric insights.
  • Relentless curiosity about people, culture, technology, and brands
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Adelphi Group

The Adelphi provides a wide range of strategic support services and consulting for global pharmaceutical clients. Adelphi is dedicated to the healthcare sector, providing services across strategic marketing, marketing and business intelligence, real-world observational research and disease-specific programmes, health and economic outcomes, market access, pricing and reimbursement, value insight, multi-channel health communications, scientific services, and strategic product development consultancy. Headquarters are located in Manchester, UK with offices in Europe and the US. Adelphi employs over 700 people worldwide.

Founded in 1986
Bollington, England, GBR
233 employees (19 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
15.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
59.9%
Direct
26.4%
Referral
9.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~233

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
13 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
140