Social Strategy Director

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$145K/yr – $155K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own social strategy and content ecosystems for top brands, turning platform-native ideas into scalable campaigns and clear briefs that enable creative teams. Surface cultural signals with social listening and translate data into human storytelling, while tying social results to brand and business outcomes for senior leaders.

  • Strategic Ownership: Lead social and content strategy across multiple accounts and define social's role in the brand architecture.
  • Platform Translation: Build platform-native concepts and ecosystems across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and emerging spaces.
  • Measurement & Influence: Create KPIs linking social to business goals and present insights to C-suite stakeholders.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead social and content strategy across multiple major accounts, defining the role of social within the broader brand and comms architecture, beyond the channel plan.
  • Translate brand platforms and campaign ideas into platform-native concepts, formats, and content ecosystems across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, and emerging spaces (Threads, BlueSky, TikTok Shop).
  • Write inspiring, single-minded creative briefs that give designers, creative teams, and creators clear strategic direction and genuine creative permission.
  • Oversee social listening programs to surface cultural signals, audience insights, and trending conversations that can unlock campaign platforms and reactive moments.
  • Build measurement frameworks and KPIs that connect social performance to brand and business objectives and present those findings clearly to senior and C-suite clients.
  • Partner with client leadership to embed social thinking into integrated campaigns, brand roadmaps, and long-term platform strategies.
  • Bring your passion for digital and social marketing to the wider agency through POVs, thought-starters, training, and frameworks that elevate our collective social craft.

Requirements

  • 8+ years in social and digital strategy, with a heavy emphasis on client-facing, agency roles and experience across multiple brand categories.
  • A proven track record of developing innovative social campaigns that generated cultural impact
  • Deep fluency in platform mechanics, content performance, and audience behavior, paired with the strategic ability to know when and why to break the playbook.
  • The ability to write persuasive, story-driven strategy decks and present creative recommendations with confidence to senior stakeholders.
  • Strong social analytics chops (Meta tools, Google Analytics, native platform data) and an instinct for turning data into sharp, human-centric insights.
  • Relentless curiosity about people, culture, technology, and brands
  • Location: reside in or be willing to relocate to the New York Tristate area unless otherwise agreed.
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We build brands that move people and markets through the radical creativity of Truth Well ToldTM.We don’t make campaigns, we build brands. We don’t follow trends, we uncover enduring human truths. That has been the promise of Truth Well Told since our founding in 1912 – a promise we renew every day as an iconic brand that builds the world’s most iconic brands through finding the truth and telling it well.Truth Well Told unites our 10,000+ people across 100+ countries, as does our commitment to Conscious Inclusion, which upholds the highest standards of bravery, integrity and generosity. Named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company in 2025 and 2024, McCann was the most awarded agency at Cannes Lions 2023 and ranked Most Effective Agency Network by the Global Effie Index 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

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