Senior Strategist, Social & Influencer

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$81K/yr – $117K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the social and influencer narrative for multiple brands by shaping strategy, calendars, and briefs, while steering influencer programs and editorial thought leadership across platforms.

  • Social and Influencer Strategy: Own channel roles, content calendars, briefs, and the end-to-end plan for 2–3 brands.
  • Partnership & Influence: Build relationships with content providers and partners; lead influencer programs and events with cross-team alignment.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Align with production, media amplification, and analytics to ensure delivery maps to strategy and meets performance goals.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Developing smart social and content strategies for clients
  • Sourcing, planning and executing social and content programs
  • Helping create and execute influencer strategies
  • Developing thought leadership pieces and other editorial material
  • Keeping a firm pulse on pop culture, entertainment events and other opportunities for our clients to make waves in social
  • Building strong relationships with third party content providers and website in professional networking arenas - attending/speaking at relevant events
  • Lead cutting-edge trends and best practices across social and influencer strategies, helping to uplevel the clients’ social thinking and execution.
  • Will build the social and influencer strategies for 2-3 brands, overseeing and collaborating with the Community Manager on the brand
  • Manages social and influencer strategy and planning and content across social platforms to drive conversation and performance.
  • This includes outlining the social and influencer strategy, channel roles, content calendars, and briefs.
  • This role will also include client management for social and influencer workstreams, interfacing directly with the client around influencer programming updates and social strategy deliverables.
  • Collaborates with production, media (amplification/boosting) and analytics teams to ensure consistent work maps to strategy.

Requirements

  • 4 to 8 years of digital agency experience
  • Experience living in the social media universe—you’re in-the-know on all social platforms
  • Excellent research and writing skills—and the ability to create smart content quickly
  • The ability to develop strong relationships with internal and external partners
  • A nose for new technology, new content solutions, social media events and developments—plus a strong connection with entertainment and pop culture
  • An ear for consumer insights—you get what makes people tick
  • The ability to back up great creative ideas with sound analytical reasoning
  • Willingness to travel—you’re open to new places, new faces and new ideas

Preferred

  • Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Benefits

  • our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
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Founded in 1926 by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, today Publicis Groupe is the second largest communications group in the world and a leader in marketing, communication, and digital business transformation, led by Arthur Sadoun, the third CEO in its history. Publicis Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner in its clients’ transformation to enhance personalisation at scale. The Groupe relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid organisation, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals. Website: www.publicisgroupe.com X: @PublicisGroupe Instagram: @publicisgroupe YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/publicisgroupe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/publicisgroupe

Founded in 1926
Paris, Ile de France, FR
34K employees (11,817 in marketing)
75% recommend to a friend
84% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
526.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.4%
Direct
38.4%
Referral
11.8%
Social
15.8%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~40.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8,687 (22% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
3.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
104

Funding

Total Funding
$1.4B
Last Raise
$1.4B
Post IPO Debt, 10 months ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $1.4B

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