Associate Director, Paid Social

New York City, NY (On-site)

$97K/yr – $156K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own the development and execution of paid social activation content, playbooks, and audits while shaping activation strategy, cross‑team collaboration, and client solutions across fast-paced campaigns.

  • Lead content creation for activation and training materials
  • Drive campaign audits and roadmaps to strengthen activation
  • Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and client-focused solutions

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to development of paid social activation content, including POVs, playbooks, training, and educational 101, 201, and 301 content pieces.
  • Deep understanding of the evolving paid social landscape – inclusive of Commerce, AI, and emerging social platforms – to deliver against business outcomes
  • Curate first-to-market solutions – inclusive of activation support, collateral development, and testing frameworks
  • Identify and document FAQs, automating responses to common agency questions
  • Contribute to development of ad hoc content based on custom requests from agency teams and/or reactions to relevant marketplace changes
  • Lead campaign audits to strengthen activation approach for Publicis Media account teams
  • Build relationships with Publicis Media agency counterparts and social channel leads
  • Execute roadmaps and build thought leadership collateral for social strategy and activation
  • Develop cross-functional relationships to collaborate on solutions priorities
  • Contribute to account planning and coordination with key SMEs across agencies to improve how we serve clients across Publicis Media

Requirements

  • 6+ years’ experience in paid social media, with an emphasis in activation
  • Bachelor's degree, preferably with a concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration, and communications preferred
  • Extensive familiarity and past experience with paid social media strategy and activation
  • Strong understanding of major social platform algorithms, ad products, optimization levers, and roadmaps also pertaining to broader industry developments
  • Extensive experience in campaign management and optimization across Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, X, Pinterest, Reddit, and LinkedIn
  • Social commerce experience involving native shops, product feeds, and media amplification
  • Advanced knowledge of 3P measurement capabilities and restrictions in the social space
  • Strong verbal, visual and written communication skills
  • Possess confidence, composure, and polished presentation skills to effectively attend and lead meetings
  • Passionate about working in a fast-paced environment
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Publicis Media

Publicis Media harnesses the power of modern media through leading agency brands Dysrupt, Infinite Roar, Publicis Collective, Publicis Health Media, Spark Foundry, Starcom and Zenith, as well as global accelerator PMX; immersive experience group PMCI (inclusive of Picture Motion and RDL Worldwide); and access to integrated platform-based technologies and offerings from CJ, Epsilon and Influential. A key business solution of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40]), Publicis Media’s digital-first, data-driven global solutions deliver client value and drive growth in a platform-powered world. It is present in over 100 countries with over 23,000 employees worldwide.

London, England, United Kingdom
11K employees (3,008 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$97K/yr – $156K/yr

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Associate Director, Paid Social

Publicis Media · New York City, NY · On-site