Associate Director, Paid Social

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $115K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

Job Summary

Own and lead global paid social activation for a large Enterprise B2B client, shaping strategy and execution across LinkedIn, Meta, Reddit, and other platforms while coordinating cross-functional teams to drive performance.

  • Define audience strategy and campaign architecture
  • Lead client discussions on optimization and platform innovations
  • Ensure reporting shows business impact with data-driven insights

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the senior paid social activation lead for a global Enterprise B2B client, providing both strategic and operational leadership.
  • Oversee paid social activation across LinkedIn, Meta, Reddit, and other relevant platforms, ensuring alignment with client objectives, media strategies, and performance goals.
  • Provide guidance on audience strategy, campaign architecture, optimization, testing frameworks, measurement approaches, and platform best practices.
  • Translate business and marketing objectives into actionable paid social recommendations and activation plans.
  • Lead client discussions related to paid social strategy, campaign performance, optimization opportunities, and platform innovation.
  • Analyze campaign and market-level performance to identify trends, insights, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Ensure reporting communicates business impact, key insights, and data-driven recommendations in addition to campaign performance metrics.
  • Lead, coach, and support Managers and Associates through ongoing feedback, development opportunities, and clear prioritization.
  • Maintain effective activation processes, quality assurance standards, workflows, and team operating procedures.
  • Partner closely with strategy, client services, analytics, creative, ad operations, and other cross-functional teams to support successful campaign delivery.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience.
  • 6 years of experience in paid social, digital media, performance marketing, or a related field.
  • Experience leading paid social activation for B2B organizations; Enterprise B2B experience is strongly preferred.
  • Expertise with LinkedIn Campaign Manager and Meta Ads Manager, with experience using additional paid social platforms such as Reddit or similar channels.
  • Strong understanding of B2B audience strategy, campaign activation, optimization, measurement, and performance analysis.
  • Ability to translate business goals and performance data into strategic recommendations and actionable next steps.
  • Strong client leadership skills, with experience building relationships and presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Experience leading, mentoring, or developing early-career team members in a collaborative environment.
  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to identify trends and insights across complex datasets and campaign structures.
  • Effective communication, presentation, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred

  • Experience supporting global Enterprise B2B paid social programs across North America, EMEA, and/or APAC.
  • Experience developing and executing account-based marketing (ABM) strategies and tactics to support B2B demand generation initiatives.

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, and
  • Paid parental leave.
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