Social Strategy Director | Droga5 Sydney

Sydney - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 20 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

As a Social Strategy Director at Droga5 Sydney youll lead the charge on social media strategically within the agency helping Droga5 ANZ unlock the full potential of social to build brands in a modern culture-first way.

Were looking for an experienced and versatile Social Strategy Director who lives and breathes social media culture and technology is passionate about creativity and also understands the fundamentals of brand building and marketing effectiveness. Youll work as part of the broader Strategy team but itll be your job to lead on all things social.

If you believe social is an ecosystem for human connection rather than just a distribution channel for content we want to meet you.

THE GOAL

As a Director you will lead the charge on social media strategically within the agency. Your mission is to help Droga5 ANZ unlock the full potential of social to build brands in a modern culture-first way. You arent just managing a team; you are building a market-leading capability and upskilling an entire agency.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As our Social Strategy Director your influence starts within our walls. You are the go-to expert the person who inspires our strategy creative and production teams to see social not as a checkbox but as a playground for legendary work. Youll also be a a visionary client partner and industry authority who cements Droga5 ANZs reputation by translating culture-led social strategy into measurable commercial success for the worlds most iconic brands.

The Cultural Magpie: You think culture-first not channel-first. You find whats interesting and unexpected not just whats best practice.
The Strategic Planner: At your core you are a great Planner. You develop robust creative briefs anchored in deep consumer competitive and cultural insights.
The Tech-Humanist: You are tech curious. You understand that AI is changing how we work and produce creative and youre excited to embrace that opportunity.
The Creative Collaborator: You love big ideas. Youll get hands-on with creatives producers and media teams to amplify social-first ideas that get the world talking.
The Client Whisperer: You are a confident engaging presenter who earns the respect of CMOseven those who arent yet social-literate.

REPORTING

Youll sit within the Droga5 Sydney Strategy team reporting into our Head of Strategy and ultimately our CSO but youll partner directly with creative leadership to shape the work from the agency.

Cross-functional collaboration is key to our success so were looking for someone who loves working closely with creative media and business management teams.

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU

Flexible hybrid working ie 2 days at home 3 days a week in our Barangaroo office

Be part of a supportive close-knit strategy team with access to world-class creative media and production capabilities

Learn from the best at one of Droga5s most highly awarded agencies for effectiveness and creativity with the opportunity to work on some of the nations most iconic brands

Internal and external training opportunities

Great package of Accenture benefits

ABOUT DROGA5

Originally born in Sydney as The Monkeys in 2006 we became part of Accenture Song in 2017 and part of the Droga5 international network in 2025.

Creatively Led

Ambition for the best creative leads all of us. We care about the quality and integrity of our work above all else.

Strategically Driven

We believe the path to world-class work is through rigorous creative strategy that has clear and measurable objectives and is rooted in Brand Purpose.

Systems Thinkers

From product innovation to performance marketing we believe all our work needs to work in concert to connect every element at every phase of the customer journey.

Humanity Obsessed

We strive to create work that adds value to peoples lives not noise. We believe our industry needs to be transformed to create things people actually want and welcome.

#LIGM #LI-GM

About Accenture

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