VP, Influence & Social Strategy

New York, USA (On-site)

$100K/yr – $230K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive strategic social and influencer programs for Ogilvy Health, leading cross-functional teams and regulatory-compliant campaigns for healthcare brands.

  • Own end-to-end social strategy, influencer programs, and cross-channel integration for top health clients.
  • Must-have: 8+ years leading healthcare social media or PR/advertising with strong analytics.
  • Standout: Experience in FDA/FTC regulatory compliance and multidisciplinary leadership.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Executive Strategic Leadership: Serve as a thought leader and strategic architect, driving seamless, cutting-edge integration between social media innovation, overarching brand strategy, and comprehensive engagement planning for Ogilvy Health's top clients.
  • Senior Client Partnership: Cultivate and expand deep, trust-based relationships with senior client stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor to proactively address complex challenges and deliver incisive strategic counsel that drives measurable business outcomes.
  • Advanced Campaign Orchestration: Lead the end-to-end strategy, development, and flawless execution of multiple, large-scale, and complex campaigns, encompassing executive oversight of budgeting, strategic resource allocation, critical timeline management, and sophisticated performance analytics.
  • Influencer Marketing Prowess: Champion the strategy, development, and execution of groundbreaking influencer marketing programs (both branded and unbranded). This includes identifying and securing top-tier influencers, skillfully negotiating high-value contracts, fostering enduring relationships, and crafting compelling content briefs that inspire exceptional, compliant content.
  • Next-Gen Social Channel Expertise: Define and implement robust, data-driven content strategies for both product and corporate social media channels, ensuring the creation of engaging, relevant, and deeply resonant content that captures target audiences.
  • Creative Content Vision & Direction: Provide executive oversight for the development of premium creative content, delivering clear, concise, and inspiring strategic briefs to creative teams. Collaborate intensively with copywriters, designers, and video producers to ensure all content epitomizes brand guidelines and achieves campaign objectives.
  • Integrated Cross-Functional Leadership: Architect seamless collaboration across PR, Advanced Analytics, Creative, and Paid Media teams, as well as external partner agencies, to ensure unparalleled campaign execution and maximized impact.
  • Regulatory Foresight & Compliance: Maintain an exhaustive and current understanding of all FDA and FTC regulations pertinent to social media and influencer marketing within the healthcare industry. Implement proactive compliance strategies and expertly mitigate potential risks.
  • Strategic Measurement & Insight: Rigorously track, analyze, and interpret complex campaign performance data, delivering executive-level, insightful reports to clients and internal leadership. Identify pivotal insights and drive continuous, data-driven optimization of strategic approaches.
  • Pioneering Innovation & Best Practices: Actively scan the horizon for the latest social media trends, emerging platforms, and disruptive technologies. Identify transformative opportunities to push boundaries and implement innovative strategies that redefine campaign performance and industry benchmarks.
  • Empowering Team Leadership & Mentorship: Provide inspiring guidance and cultivate exceptional talent within the team, fostering a high-performance, collaborative, and growth-oriented environment.
  • Strategic Business Development: Play a critical role in new business initiatives, including leading compelling RFP responses, developing proactive pitches, and expanding the agency's footprint in the healthcare sector.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of progressively responsible experience leading healthcare client engagements, ideally within a top-tier PR or advertising agency or in-house marketing leadership role.
  • Deep Domain Mastery: Extensive and demonstrated experience leading both unbranded and branded pharmaceutical social media programming at a senior level.
  • Omnichannel Integration: Proven expertise in integrating social media as a cornerstone of sophisticated omnichannel marketing strategies.
  • Regulatory Command: A comprehensive and current understanding of FDA and FTC regulations and guidelines specifically related to social media and influencer marketing within the healthcare industry.
  • Omnichannel Social Program Management: Extensive experience leading social media channels for major healthcare brands, including strategic utilization of advanced third-party scheduling, monitoring, and listening platforms.
  • Influencer Marketing Authority: A distinguished track record of successfully conceptualizing, developing, and managing highly impactful influencer programs for healthcare clients, spanning both branded and unbranded initiatives.
  • Exceptional Analytical & Strategic Acumen: Superior analytical capabilities to interpret complex data, accurately forecast and track campaign performance, and generate strategic, actionable insights and recommendations.
  • Agile Leadership: The ability to thrive in a high-pressure, rapidly evolving environment, expertly managing multiple concurrent executive-level projects, and demonstrating exceptional adaptability to shifting strategic priorities.

Benefits

  • We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed.
  • We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network.
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Ogilvy has been producing iconic, culture-changing marketing campaigns since the day its founder David Ogilvy opened up shop in 1948. Today, Ogilvy is an award-winning integrated creative network that makes brands matter for Fortune Global 500 companies as well as local businesses across 131 offices in 83 countries. The company creates experiences, design and communications that shape every aspect of a brand’s needs through six core capabilities: Brand Strategy, Advertising, Customer Engagement and Commerce, PR and Influence, Digital Transformation, and Partnerships. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NASDAQ: WWPGY). For more information, visit http://www.ogilvy.com/.

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