Director, Investment, Social

Chicago, IL (Remote)

$110K/yr – $130K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 12 days ago

Job Summary

Own and scale a center of excellence for paid social, leading strategy, governance, and client outcomes across campaigns.

  • Lead cross-functional teams and measure impact against predefined success criteria.
  • Drive innovation through data-driven insights and AI-enabled optimization.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Establish a center of excellence that efficiently executes paid social initiatives while driving innovation aligned with business goals.
  • Develop and execute social strategies for evergreen and event-based campaigns, working closely with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Provide strategic guidance to clients; anticipate and address client needs and challenges; and plan and develop measurable programs that are on strategy, remain within budget, and exceed client objectives. Establish clear success criteria and benchmarks before and after each campaign.
  • Develop social strategies using industry knowledge, experience, and strong analytical skills to extract insights from campaign data and provide well-developed, quantitatively based recommendations that support client goals and objectives.
  • Optimize targeting, segmentation, and performance across product categories, audiences, personas, and industries by continuously analyzing data and recommending improvements.
  • Drive digital marketing innovation by harnessing AI-driven automation, emerging technologies, and leading industry practices to position Rise as a leader in social media.
  • Manage financial performance, including budget allocation, client billing, team billability, and account profitability.
  • Deliver insightful and persuasive presentations to clients and prospects.
  • Maintain accountability for executional accuracy across all team members.
  • Manage a team of direct reports working remotely and across Rise locations, with responsibility for all aspects of team oversight, including employee onboarding, training, performance, accountability, behavior, and retention.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, advertising, business, or a related field.
  • Ability to speak, read, and write in English.
  • At least 10 years of relevant experience in digital or social marketing. Agency experience is preferred.
  • At least five years of experience tactically managing campaigns within advertising platforms.
  • Experience with or familiarity with additional digital channels, such as programmatic advertising, SEO, affiliate marketing, or paid search, is preferred.
  • Expert proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite, with a strong emphasis on Excel.
  • Experience building media plans and determining annual and monthly budget allocations using different forecasting methodologies.
  • Demonstrated experience developing, managing, and leading high-performing teams.
  • Strong relationships with publisher and technology partners.
  • Expert knowledge of the role and importance of social media within a media plan and how to leverage its strengths.

Benefits

  • medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement savings
  • paid time off
  • holidays and additional benefits
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Rise, a Quad agency

With a history in digital media, analytics, and customer experience, Rise proudly joins Quad, a global Marketing Experience company, to challenge the status quo and redefine the future of integrated marketing, together. As a full-service media agency, we move at the speed of opportunity with passion, inclusion, and understanding. We foster a culture of positivity and perseverance to usher in the future of media and challenge the status quo.At Rise, we create omnichannel experiences using our proprietary tech stack and advanced analytics capabilities to help solve the unique struggles brands face today. This approach, with transparency at its core, specializes in omnichannel media, commerce and retail media, advanced in-home media, as well as content and creator marketing.Please note: Rise will never ask you to install an app or send money as part of the hiring process.

Founded in 2004
Chicago, Illinois, USA
386 employees (132 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$110K/yr – $130K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
124 (32% of company)
Median Career Experience
5 years
Median Tenure
4.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Total Funding
$12.3M
Last Raise
$12.3M
Series Unknown, 9 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2016
    Venture Round • $12.3M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
8K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$6
Traffic Source Mix
Search
35.1%
Direct
45.4%
Referral
8.6%
Social
9.2%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~386
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Director, Investment, Social

Rise, a Quad agency · Chicago, IL · Remote