Senior Director, Paid Social

Company Description

We deliver growth through fully integrated solutions and are powered by Dentsu Group’s best-in-class media, data, technology and content capability. Across the world we work hand in hand with our clients’ other agencies, and tap into our vast landscape of innovators, from tech giants to upstart startups.

Job Description

The Senior Director for Paid Social provides strategic planning and direction for dentsu’s paid social clients and is focused on growing revenue and capability on the Paid Social team. The role will report to the VP of Paid Social.

The Senior Director will manage and direct a team of paid social practitioners and be accountable for maintaining accurate program forecasts and hitting contractual revenue and performance goals. Proven account management and team leadership experience is essential, along with deep expertise in paid social, and experience onboarding clients in the financial services vertical.

Responsibilities:

• Develop key client strategies and ensure that the team is aligned on strategy
• Develop relationships with partners at all relevant social media platform partners
• Work with the client services team to manage client relationships as related to paid social strategy, team and performance
• Ensure best practices and innovation in all activities; ensure knowledge sharing across teams
• Keep leadership team aware of client opportunities, risks and stay on top of the overall health of the account and/or brand portfolio
• Actively lead a large team, implementing process, inspiring excellence and creative solutions and serving as a point of escalation
• Establish new programs, grow client revenue and up sell capabilities
• Partner with other channels
• Contribute to new business development
• Exhibit leadership across teams and the broader agency

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in digital marketing, including historic success building and growing accounts and teams in performance marketing, with an emphasis on Paid Social
• Demonstrated history of onboarding financial services clients, and growing accounts incrementally by presenting credible campaign opportunities to clients that drive their goals
• Create and manage a social media discipline within an agency or business
• A history of serving as a point of escalation within a channel team for clients, teammates and colleagues
• Experience growing business incrementally and leading conversations with senior clients on blue-chip accounts
• Experience collaborating across teams, clients, peers, partner agencies and vendors to guide great work
• Proven ability to think strategically, making credible recommendations to clients that drive measurable results

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Additional Information

The anticipated salary range for this position is ($113,000-$182,000). Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com.

About dentsu 
Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society www.dentsu.com. 

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in th