Strategist, Social Marketing & Strategy

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$66K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive social strategy, thought leadership, and creative direction for client programs within Dentsu Creative, aligning research, trends, and production with measurable brand outcomes.

  • Own the end-to-end social strategy and briefs from insight to execution.
  • Must-have: 3+ years in social strategy with agency experience and tools like Sprinklr or Sprout.
  • Standout: Cross-functional collaboration translating trends into action for campaigns.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Deliver ongoing thought leadership to internal teams and clients by identifying challenges and developing strategic solutions
  • Develop insight-driven briefs that include inspiration, creative direction, and feedback, and translate strategy into effective social creative
  • Build a strong understanding of the client’s industry and category, forming a clear point of view through trend audits, cultural insights, and social content trends
  • Support community engagement across social channels, including audience interaction and moderation
  • Partner closely with creative teams to push ideas forward and ensure work aligns with strategic objectives
  • Serve as a primary point of contact for day-to-day client communication on assigned workstreams
  • Analyze social and audience data to uncover insights and inform content strategy and performance optimization
  • Identify actionable insights from social and audience data and apply them to inform strategy and creative direction
  • Manage timelines and coordinate with creators and internal teams to ensure work moves efficiently from brief through execution

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Marketing, or a related field required; equivalent relevant experience accepted in lieu of degree
  • Deep expertise in and passion for social media and digital culture
  • Strong understanding of internet culture and emerging trends, with the ability to apply them to brand strategy
  • Agency experience required
  • Experience supporting day-to-day client relationships and owning areas of business
  • Experience working with social analytics, audience insights, platform-native insights and third-party tools like Sprinklr, Sprout, YouGov, YouScan etc. to help with social content analysis, content optimizations and strategy/brief development
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