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 currentlyranksas the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability todeliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities.Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visitOgilvy.com, and follow us onLinkedIn,X,Instagram, andFacebook.

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 astrongsenior 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
• Abilityand experiencemanaging 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 socialexpertisewith 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 abilitytosolve 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#LI-SL