Senior Strategist, Social Marketing & Strategy

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $115K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own day-to-day client strategy and content leadership, guiding multi-disciplinary teams to translate trends and insights into actionable social and content plans aligned with brand objectives.

  • Own day-to-day client strategy and content leadership
  • Guide multi-disciplinary teams on social strategy, content briefs, and editorial governance

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary day-to-day strategic contact for the client and build strong relationships across client and agency teams.
  • Develop social and content strategies that connect business objectives, audience insights, and creative opportunities.
  • Lead internal and client-facing meetings, presenting recommendations and strategic POVs with confidence.
  • Partner with creative teams to ensure ideas are rooted in insight and aligned to the overall strategy.
  • Translate social, cultural, category, and consumer trends into actionable recommendations and creative inspiration.
  • Create and refine creative briefs, content frameworks, and strategic recommendations.
  • Act as a content steward across channels, evaluating where content should live and how it should be activated across owned and paid environments.
  • Oversee a high-volume content ecosystem, helping prioritize and optimize approximately 40 pieces of content per month from multiple stakeholders and content sources.
  • Function as an "editor-in-chief" for the business, ensuring content is relevant, effective, and aligned with brand objectives.
  • Collaborate with media, analytics, creative, and production teams to maximize the impact of content investments.

Requirements

  • 6 years minimum experience in strategy, social marketing, content strategy, digital marketing, or a related field.
  • Passion for the outdoors and outdoor lifestyles, and/or experience working on outdoor, active lifestyle, food and beverage, or CPG brands.
  • Experience within an advertising, marketing, media, or creative agency environment.
  • Experience serving as a primary client contact and managing day-to-day client relationships.
  • Strong understanding of social platforms, content ecosystems, and channel strategy.
  • Experience developing strategic and creative briefs grounded in consumer insights.
  • Ability to synthesize data, trends, and cultural insights into compelling strategic recommendations.
  • Experience collaborating across multiple agency partners and disciplines.
  • Experience mentoring, managing, or coaching team members.
  • Strong presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • 401k
  • Flexible paid time off
  • At least 15 paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick and safe leave
  • Paid parental leave.
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Senior Strategist, Social Marketing & Strategy

dentsu · New York City, NY · Hybrid