Associate Director, Social

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit Ogilvy.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.

About The Role

As an Associate Director, Social Strategy you will launch and lead the day-to-day social strategy for a global brand(s) account within the Social division. This role is for a strong senior strategist with deep expertise in brand growth within the social space. You will be a key team member of a large integrated team driving strong strategic and creative evolution across a wide range of workstreams and projects.

What You’ll Do

• Own day-to-day social work streams under the guidance of the Sr. Director, Social
• Ability and experience managing up to senior leadership internally and externally
• Strategically grow and guide clients across multiple workstreams including social playbooks and strategies, always on and real time content creation, brand campaign planning, trend and platform research, and reporting
• Oversee briefs to meet modern marketing needs, ensuring seamless integration from concept to content hand in hand with creative teams
• Collaborate with creative leads to ensure high-quality social first creative work
• Integrate and advocate social with other disciplines: PR, Brand Strategy, Customer Engagement, Data & Analytics, and Media
• Develop, Innovate and implement key strategic social frameworks
• Manage, develop, and mentor junior social strategy team members
• Act as a trusted social strategic partner for major accounts and new business
• Partner with Account leads to strategically guide the business
• Proactively finding and upselling opportunities for stronger social excellence
• Continuously finding better ways to work efficiently and drive collaboration across agency teams
  
  

What You’ll Need

• 5-7 years of social experience in an agency environment
• Deep social expertise with an in-depth understanding of social platform best practices, specs, and functionality
• Demonstrated thought leadership in the social space beyond day-to-day account work
• Experience managing cross-disciplinary teams, leading with empathy and a focus on success for the team as a whole
• Eagerness to learn, explore, and reinvent
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a talent for persuasive presentations
• Strong analytical skills, capable of interpreting research and media reports to guide social media strategies
• An eye for award-winning opportunities that satisfy clients’ business objectives
• Confidence in ability to solve problems and come with solutions versus questions, strong accountability  
  
  

Nice-to-Have

• Experience in a brand focused on innovation and future-focused technology
  
  

How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.

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The compensation for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click here for more details.

Pay Range

$75,000—$180,000 USD

At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.

We believe in building powerful teams with purpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities – and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.

Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.