Associate Director, Paid Social

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$97K/yr – $140K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 7 days ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the coordination and execution of media, creative, ad ops and data to deliver complex, large-scale media campaigns.
  • Work with Director to review client deliverables for quality, ensuring that recommendations and work product are accurate and on strategy.
  • Exhibit strong brand and direct response expertise.
  • Lead the execution of media plans; provides analysis when necessary; helps interpret campaign results and analysis.
  • Ultimate responsibility for delivering the highest quality, flawlessly executed campaigns.
  • Support media strategy development and associated measurement and ad ops plans.
  • Support in the delivery of media tacticals and POV’s, coordinating with necessary teams to account for all relevant inputs, as well as oversee the translation of the investment strategy across activations.
  • Serve as primary day-to-day internal contact for operational elements of a campaigns
  • Work with project management and client service to support internal investment teams & deliver on client requests.

Requirements

  • 7-9 years of cross channel media management experience is required
  • Digital media agency experience is preferred
  • Strong analytical thinking skills
  • Excellent communication and writing skills
  • Strong project and time management skills
  • Strong desire to contribute to a team
  • Strong Proficiency in Microsoft Office solutions, specifically Excel and Microsoft PPT

Benefits

  • The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
  • Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
  • Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
  • Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
  • Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
  • Matching Gifts programs
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • 'Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
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Starcom

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With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the center of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With almost 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, Starcom partners with the world's leading marketers and brands, including Bank of America, Best Buy, Kellanova, McDonald's, Novartis, Samsung, Visa, WK Kellogg Company and more.

Founded in 1936
Chicago, Illinois, USA
6.1K employees (2,084 in marketing)
66% recommend to a friend
59% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$97K/yr – $140K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$57.1M
Last Raise
$43.2M
Series A, 1 months ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Series A • $43.2M
  • Aug 2025
    Series A
  • May 2025
    Series A • $13.9M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
20.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.1%
Direct
41.6%
Referral
9.1%
Social
4.6%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.1K

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Associate Director, Paid Social

Starcom · Chicago, IL · Hybrid