Temporary Associate Director, Paid Social

Description

This is a temporary Associate Director role in paid social, sitting in the Media function under Performance Media at an agency.

You will hold the advertising function for a book of clients, with responsibility for paid media strategy, growing each client's business, and team delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage every advertising team member on your client teams.
• Run hiring for the advertising staff on your client teams.
• Identify training and development gaps across your client team and the wider function.
• Build processes, methods, best practices and frameworks for your client team and the wider function, and check that people use them well.
• Advise individual client teams when needed on best practice and on new ways to reach client goals.
• Oversee onboarding of new clients in your office location.
• Make sure your work connects with other functional teams.
• Work out how to grow and widen paid social services for your clients.
• Find and test new channels and products, then share the results inside the company and beyond it.
• Align advertising strategy with each client's wider business goals.
• Support business development in building and presenting pitches, guiding junior staff who help.
• Act as the main contact for paid social partners.
• Oversee terms, IOs and similar documents, including legal review and team communication.
• Serve as the escalation point for paid social issues.
• Manage logins and ensure compliance.
• Make sure every client team hears about new products and enhancements.
• Arrange provider presentations for the advertising team or the wider agency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising or communications.
• 5+ years managing accounts that deliver and optimize social or search marketing, or other interactive advertising campaigns.
• Advanced knowledge of direct marketing principles and strategies.
• Strong presentation, communication and listening skills.

Conditions

This is a temporary role.

Pay range: 70,000 - 125,000.

Work in the office at least 3 days a week where local law allows, and more if your agency or manager directs.