Associate Director Social Strategy

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$130K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 15 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and evolve social strategy across multiple platforms, guide execution, and drive thought leadership while mentoring the team.

  • Lead social strategy, cross-channel planning, and trend analysis to inform creative and communications.
  • Build client trust, manage platform capabilities, and support new business pitches.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop comprehensive social strategies defining when, where, and how brands should connect with patients and HCPs across channels (Meta, Reddit, TikTok, Pinterest, and YouTube, as well as HCP platforms like Sermo and Doximity)
  • Create social media concept briefs, decks, and tactical guides reflecting paid strategies and platform specifications
  • Manage Business Manager accounts across social platforms, enabling team members to mockup, stage, and test ad creative in a controlled environment
  • Analyze audience behavior on social media across devices, platforms, and content types to inform creative experience and design
  • Identify cultural and social trends that break through clutter and resonate with target audiences
  • Conduct ongoing social listening analysis to uncover insights that drive strategic planning and communications
  • Serve as the agency's social media expert, guiding best practices, and communicating evolving platform capabilities to clients
  • Maintain active relationships with platform representatives to stay current on product updates and opportunities to inform creative teams of changes to requirements and trends
  • Mentor junior strategists and elevate department output quality
  • Contribute to new business pitches and thought leadership initiatives

Requirements

  • 5+ years in social media marketing, including 3+ years in pharma/healthcare agency setting (DTC experience required)
  • Proven ability to build trust and influence with clients while fostering cross-functional collaboration
  • Strong grasp of social media platform mechanics and ability to manage Business Manager accounts for ad staging
  • Experience with social listening tools
  • Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects on deadline

Preferred

  • Oncology experience preferred
  • Brandwatch or Pulsar preferred
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Merkley + Partners

From QSR and fin tech to automotive and oncology, we’ve been helping brands navigate change to keep them ahead of the curve for over 30 years. It made us different in the past; it makes us ideal for the future.Unlike most agencies, we have never unbundled our media, digital, design, and CRM disciplines. They all live here in the same space and on the same P+L. Our approach gives us a full-angle view of the possibilities. Boundaries stifle success; removing them breed it. And we like to have a lot of fun in the process!

Founded in 1993
New York, New York, USA
310 employees (157 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$130K/yr – $150K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
93 (30% of company)
Median Tenure
2.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.5%
Direct
46.8%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.3%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~310
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Associate Director Social Strategy

Merkley + Partners · New York City, NY · Hybrid