Director of Social Strategy

Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)

$170K/yr – $190K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 10 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead the agency's social practice, shaping strategy, content, measurement, and cross‑functional collaboration for key client relationships and new business growth.

  • Define and evolve social strategy, governance, and best practices
  • Lead integrated planning across earned, owned, paid, and social channels for client campaigns
  • Advise senior clients on trends, opportunities, risks, and the evolving social landscape

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and lead the agency's social vision, philosophy, methodologies, and best practices.
  • Build and evolve a best-in-class social practice spanning strategy, content, community management, creator and influencer marketing, social commerce, paid social, social listening, and emerging platforms.
  • Establish standards, processes, tools, and technologies that drive excellence, innovation, and operational efficiency.
  • Identify emerging cultural trends, platform shifts, and technologies that create new opportunities for clients and the agency.
  • Ensure social is embedded in strategic and communications planning from the outset - informing audience, messaging, channel, and customer journey decisions.
  • Translate audience, cultural, and community insights into actionable strategies that shape campaigns, content, and brand experiences.
  • Lead social strategy and integrated communications planning for key client relationships.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior clients, providing proactive counsel on trends, opportunities, risks, and the evolving social landscape.
  • Present strategic recommendations, thought leadership, and performance insights to executive stakeholders.
  • Partner with brand strategy, creative, media, PR, influencer, analytics, and account teams to develop integrated marketing and communications solutions.

Requirements

  • 10-15+ years of experience in social strategy, digital marketing, communications planning, public relations, or integrated marketing.
  • Significant agency experience leading social strategy for major brands.
  • Proven success building, scaling, or leading a social practice, department, or capability within an integrated agency environment.
  • Experience advising executive-level clients and contributing to new business growth and agency development.
  • Bachelor's degree in advertising, marketing, communications, journalism, PR, or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
  • Deep understanding of social platforms, audience behavior, content ecosystems, creator marketing, community management, social commerce, and paid social.
  • Strong knowledge of communications planning, customer journeys, channel strategy, and integrated marketing.
  • Expertise in social listening, cultural intelligence, analytics, and performance measurement.
  • Understanding of how social integrates with creative, media, PR, experiential, and broader communications efforts.
  • Familiarity with social technologies, publishing platforms, listening tools, analytics solutions, and emerging AI-enabled marketing capabilities.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
341 employees (184 in marketing)

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