Senior Vice President, Social Strategy
Boston, MA - USA
Job Summary
Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data technology creative media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences Integrated Media Addressable Relationships Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year U.S Campaigns Brand Experience Agency of the Year Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner Digitas serves the worlds leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.
SVP Social & Content Strategy Lead
Overview
This is not a traditional social role.
As SVP Social & Content Strategy Lead you will define and shape what social and content mean for one of the most influential brands in the world. Sitting at the center - you will lead the evolution of an always-on insight-driven culturally relevant content ecosystem that connects brand business and audience in meaningful ways.
This role requires a rare blend of strategic leadership category expertise client partnership and hands-on craft. You are as comfortable advising senior clients as you are shaping the work. You see social and content as inseparableand as a growth engine for the business.
You will lead a multidisciplinary team of 20 strategists partnering across creative media data and platform teams to deliver integrated future-forward solutions.
What Youll Do
Define the Vision
- Architect a modern always-on social and content ecosystem - one that is audience-first insight-led and culturally fluent
- Champion a unified view of content and social as a single connected discipline
- Set the strategic direction across brand campaign and real-time initiatives
Lead at the Highest Level
- Serve as a senior client confidante and trusted advisor building relationships that extend beyond briefs into business partnership
- Bring a strong informed POV on the landscape identifying opportunities for differentiation and growth
- Represent leadership in key client forums shaping decisions and influencing outcomes
Drive Strategic Excellence
- Lead the development of breakthrough social and content strategies grounded in audience insight platform behavior and business objectives
- Elevate the teams thinking across content development distribution engagement and measurement
- Push the boundaries of whats possibleintroducing new formats platforms partnerships and ways of working
Build & Lead a High-Performing Team
- Oversee a team of 20 spanning VP/Group Director through junior strategists
- Foster a culture of collaboration curiosity and continuous improvement
- Balance and elevate diverse leadership strengths across:
- Holistic social/content strategy and innovation
- Operational excellence team development and staffing
- Deep social platform expertise and best-in-class execution
- Act as a mentor and coach developing the next generation of leaders
Be a Hands-On Leader
- Stay close to the workguiding key briefs shaping outputs and elevating quality
- Operate as both thinker and doer stepping in where needed to unlock progress
- Build new frameworks processes and ways of working that enable speed quality and innovation
Integrate Across GroupeConnect
- Partner seamlessly with strategy creative media data and production teams
- Ensure social and content strategies are fully integrated into broader marketing ecosystems
- Help define what Power of One looks like in practice - connected cohesive and client-centric
What Were Looking For
Experience & Expertise
- 1215 years in social content and/or integrated strategy
- Financial services category experience with a strong understanding of the landscape
- Proven experience leading large multidisciplinary teams
- Track record of building and scaling modern content ecosystems for major brands
Strategic & Creative Leadership
- A holistic view of social and contentseeing them as interconnected not siloed
- Strong instincts for culture audience behavior and platform evolution
- Ability to turn complex business challenges into clear compelling strategies
- Equal strength in long-term vision and day-to-day execution
Client Partnership
- Gravitas and presence at the C-suite level - clients seek you out and trust your perspective
- Exceptional communication and storytelling skills
- Ability to navigate complexity and drive alignment across stakeholders
Operational & Organizational Leadership
- Experience building teams developing talent and creating scalable ways of working
- Strong understanding of agency operations staffing and growth pathways
- Ability to balance multiple workstreams while maintaining quality and momentum
Mindset
- Builder mentalityyoure excited to shape evolve and redefine what this role can be
- Collaborative by nature with a belief in integrated cross-functional solutions
- Curious optimistic and energized by change
- Passionate about creating work that is not just effective but meaningful
Our Publicis Groupe motto Viva La Différence means were 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.
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Required Experience:
Senior Exec
About Company
Publicis Media is one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40], alongside Publicis Communications, Publicis.Sapient and Publicis Healthcare. Led by Steve King, CEO, Publicis Media is powered by its five global brands, Starcom, Zenith, Spark ... View more