Associate Director Social Media Strategy

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $110K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Lead and own the SRW | C.A. Strategy Social Media Team across multiple client accounts, shaping paid and organic social strategies, integrating with Paid Media, Influencer, PR and Creative, and driving client meetings, content development, and data-driven optimization.

  • Own development of social strategies and briefs into content calendars.
  • Drive data-driven optimization and stay ahead of platform updates.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • As part of the SRW | C.A. Strategy Department, lead the Social Media Team across a range of client accounts focused on paid and organic social.
  • Bolster strategic recommendations in audience insights, platform behaviors, cultural moments, and social listening/competitive data.
  • Lead the development of social strategies and briefs, translating strategic direction into content calendars and content development.
  • Partner with Paid Media, Influencer, PR, and Creative teams to ensure social strategies are fully integrated across every tactic in-market.
  • Lead key client meetings, brainstorms, and internal strategy reviews.
  • Contribute to content ideation and social content copy frequently.
  • Monitor social and campaign performance, translating data and insights into optimization recommendations for clients through monthly social reporting.
  • Serve as the agency’s social subject matter expert, staying ahead of platform updates, emerging channels, and industry trends, and translating them into timely recommendations for clients and internal teams.
  • Guide organic and paid social strategy in tandem, ensuring channel plans work together to support broader campaign and business goals.
  • Apply broader digital and marketing strategy expertise — client discovery, competitive analysis, and consumer insights — to help build comprehensive, integrated strategic plans beyond social alone.

Requirements

  • Strong communication and storytelling skills:
  • Ability to distill complex ideas into clear, actionable recommendations.
  • Knack for writing short, catchy copy in a social-friendly tone of voice.
  • Proven experience developing and leading social media strategy, including deep knowledge of TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube, and emerging platforms.
  • A deep understanding of organic and paid social nuances, and how they work together to support integrated campaigns.
  • Broader digital marketing strategy experience (paid media and integrated campaign planning).
  • Ability to manage multiple accounts and competing priorities at once in a fast-paced environment.
  • A collaborative, proactive, solutions-oriented approach.
  • Curiosity about people, culture, and what drives consumer behavior, with a finger on the pulse of what’s trending.
  • Experience supporting light content creation (copywriting, content ideas, occasional shooting/editing) when the need arises.

Preferred

  • A track record of growing client accounts and identifying new strategic opportunities within existing scopes of work.
  • Experience running brainstorms or creative planning sessions.
  • Ability to interpret social listening, competitive insights, and performance dashboards into strategic recommendations (using tools like Sprout Social).
  • Familiarity with influencer and creator partnerships and how content performs across profiles.
  • Hands-on content creation experience (shooting, editing, using tools like Canva, CapCut, or similar).
  • Experience managing or mentoring junior strategists, social media managers and content creators.
  • Experience working with CPG brands is preferred.

Benefits

  • PTO and sick days
  • 11 paid company holidays per year
  • 1 floating holiday
  • 2 paid volunteer days per year
  • Bonus eligible
  • 3 months fully paid parental leave (regardless of gender)
  • Medical, dental, and vision
  • Paid company life insurance
  • 401k with company match
  • Summer hours (half day Fridays from Memorial Day thru Labor Day)
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C.A. Fortune was founded in 1983 and later expanded under current ownership in 2013 to answer the need for a brokerage that could adapt with the changing consumer. In the past eleven years, through organic growth and strategic transactions, we’ve grown to serve clients nationwide across conventional and natural retailers in every channel - and added a suite of capabilities to support our clients at every step of the consumer journey. Our people are located across the country, and always happy to gather at our headquarters in Chicago’s vibrant West Loop.Our team is defined by passion, energy, hunger and drive. We’re a melting pot of expertise in sales, retail, e-commerce, marketing & advertising, and data & analytics. What these teams have in common is...you. We’re all highly motivated to help you win over customers and consumers.

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