Director, Paid Social

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Build and oversee high-performing, efficient, and effective teams that serve clients.

• Lead cross-functional teams to provide strategic recommendations and performance insights for paid social initiatives.

• Foster the growth of direct reports through mentorship, constructive feedback, coaching, career development, and talent enhancement.

• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of clients, competitors, business objectives, agency partners, and performance priorities.

• Facilitate collaboration across multiple disciplines to devise and execute full-funnel, cross-channel campaign strategies.

• Acquire a working knowledge of platforms including Facebook/Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest, and LinkedIn, as well as Growth Services such as Programmatic, Decision Sciences, Creative, and SEO/CRO.

• Keep abreast of agency updates, best practices, and testing recommendations.

• Act as the escalation point for portfolio clients and coordinate issue resolution with relevant teams, including legal and finance.

• Oversee major client deliverables and presentations, including executive summaries, FBRs/QBRs, annual reviews, and strategy meetings.

• Manage the successful onboarding of new clients and establish effective account management and collaboration processes.

• Scale management layers and identify succession planning opportunities.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in paid social and a minimum of 3 years in a client-facing marketing role.

• Demonstrated experience managing a team of 3 or more direct reports, with a proven ability to mentor and develop team members into more senior positions.

• In-depth knowledge of paid social platforms such as Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Snap, Reddit, and LinkedIn, with the ability to effectively communicate paid social objectives, targets, and direct-response strategies to clients, while also being detail-oriented when necessary.

• Ability to conduct account audits and provide actionable insights to clients.

• Capable of participating in business pitches, whether in a supporting role or client-facing capacity, to represent paid social.

• Proficient in providing feedback and strategic direction across all paid media channels (search, social, shopping, display, mobile, native, and video).

• Experience serving as an escalation point for clients, assessing team service levels, and suggesting enhancements.

• Authorization to work in the U.S., as DEPT® participates in E-Verify.

🏝️ Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage.

• 401K plan with matching contributions.

• Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Paid Company Holidays.

• Parental Leave.