Vice President Director, Social Strategy

New York City, NY (On-site)

$129K/yr – $207K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 12 days ago

Job Summary

Own social-first strategy and influencer programs, guiding cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders through culturally resonant, earned-first work.

  • Lead social-first and earned-media driven strategies
  • Collaborate with creative, brand, and partners to execute culturally informed programs

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Developing sharp, culturally informed social and content strategies that ladder into broader brand and business objectives
  • Helping define and uphold the earned-first standard across social ideas, programs, and executions
  • Owning the internal sell-in of social-first creative strategies by setting clear social and cultural POVs and aligning creative, brand, and cross-functional teams around them.
  • Leading influencer and creator strategies, including POV development, casting guidance, and deliverable frameworks
  • Collaborating closely with creative teams to build ideas and tactics that are socially native, culturally resonant, and built to earn attention
  • Maintaining a strong pulse on pop culture, internet behavior, entertainment moments, and emerging social formats
  • Building strong relationships with brand partners, agency collaborators, creators, and third-party platforms
  • Representing the team in key meetings, working sessions, and presentations, including with senior stakeholders

Requirements

  • 8-10+ years of experience in social, digital, PR, content, entertainment, publishing, brand, or advertising
  • Proven experience developing social-first and/or earned-media–driven creative strategies
  • A strong understanding of how content travels — including media planning, distribution, and amplification
  • Chronically online. Deep fluency across social platforms, creator ecosystems, and internet culture
  • Excellent research, writing, and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate strategic POVs
  • The ability to build strong, trusted relationships with internal and external partners
  • A deep understanding of consumer behavior and cultural insight — you understand what makes people care, share, and participate
  • The ability to back creative instincts with sound strategic and analytical reasoning
  • Comfort operating with autonomy, judgment, and accountability in a fast-moving, evolving environment

Preferred

  • Expertise in entertainment- and culture-driven social programming
  • A strong point of view on emerging technology, platforms, cultural trends, and content formats
  • Passion and/or excitement for Beauty and Personal Care.

Benefits

  • Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent. Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. 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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Digitas North America

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Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

Founded in 1980
Boston, Massachusetts, US
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$129K/yr – $207K/yr

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