Vice President, Social

Paid Social Vice President

Spark Foundry was built during the most transformative time in the history of advertising and marketing. We deliver everything a traditional media agency has to offer and have grown into one of the world's most successful agencies by helping brands evolve their marketing by leveraging identity, commerce, artificial intelligence, and more to connect with people. Transformation is part of our DNA. Spark Foundry's start-up spirit delivers high-touch approaches and a never-ending desire to challenge the status quo. Combined with Publicis Media's powerhouse soul leveraging connected data assets, advanced AI applications, and investment clout, we "Bring HEAT to Brands." No other agency possesses the expertise that we do to address today's most pressing challenges to drive business transformation through media.
Responsibilities

Overall control of workflow and assigned responsibilities within their group. They will oversee the progress of all projects and provide assistance, where necessary, to assure timely completion of projects.
Ensure projects are produced completely, correctly, and efficiently.
Set strategic principles for client social initiatives based on objectives
Develop action plans for achieving and measuring campaign success including determining key metrics and processes for measurement and optimization
Evaluate and recommend full spectrum of social alliances, including all appropriate partners, social platforms, bid and campaign management tools
Work with strategic planning, digital planning and outside ad agencies to ensure paid social complements all client marketing activity
Keep clients and agency counterparts informed on latest developments in the industry
Grow agency paid social business through new business wins and organic client growth
Involved in client and inter-agency education of paid social and will be responsible for developing intellectual capital, including best practices, case studies, and official agency points-of-view.
Stimulate team productivity and growth
Establish and foster a corporate culture that inspires talent
Allocate assignments to leverage each person's individual skills, as well as motivating their interests and challenging their minds
Encourage thorough evaluation of paid social marketing strategies, finding opportunity for competitive advantage
Develop careers by providing ongoing feedback and conducting employee evaluations
Recruiting and retain top talent, growing the social team to deliver on client and agency goals
Serve as the senior point of contact for assigned brands, and must be able to provide effective long-term strategic counsel
Master, identify, and communicate trends in paid social and in client industries
Be familiar with all Spark Foundry/Publicis paid social initiatives and be able to introduce other client experiences with similar goals and targets to existing or potential partners
Establish appropriate account staffing, scope of services, and fee proposals
Qualifications

10+ years of paid social experience in an agency environment
Several years of demonstrated leadership and management skills
Experience using multiple social marketing platforms, bidding technology, and/or publisher side self-serve platforms
Demonstrated business acumen and a track record of success in the media/marketing services profession
Ability to lead new business development process, demonstrated ability to win new clients
Ability to build and strengthen client relationships
Excellent verbal and written skills
Solid interpersonal and teamwork abilities
Proficiency in Microsoft office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Experience analyzing the financial implications of strategic recommendations and the effect on the company
Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Diffrence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.
Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
Compensation Range: $149,340 - $214,620 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 07/20/2026.
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