Paid Social Media Strategist
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
DSplus is a Saatchi & Saatchi company. It was created 14 years ago around the idea of a Digital Salesperson who leads a customer through the entire lifecycle of their automobile ownership journey. Our clients are Toyota Motor North America and Toyota & Lexus Dealerships across the country. DSplus is also proud to be an Agency of Record for Southeast Toyota Distributors the worlds largest independent distributor of Toyotas.
Our mission is to merge the world-class branding efforts of our mothership Saatchi & Saatchi with the retail needs of our Dealerships. The result: an end-to-end customer experience that personifies the quality and integrity of the Toyota brand and helps sell more cars.
DSplus employs a powerful data-driven integrated messaging platform that works across the sales and service lifecycle. This cross-tier cross-channel system is fueled by the perfect mix of Artificial Intelligence insightful media strategies and stunning high-performance creative. Always aligned to the Toyota brand and to each clients unique value proposition the system delivers sharp business resultswhile reaching the right target with the right message at the right time.
Over the years DSplus has grown from a three-person start-up to a diverse agile team of 45 who dream big solve tough problems and have fun at work.
Our culture values authenticity transparency and collaboration while setting the bar high in the work we do. At DSplus we recognize and reward success always putting our employees first.
If you bring inventive thinking boundless enthusiasm and tireless energywith a passion for client service that fuels us into the future this might be just the fit.
Come join us.
The Social Media Strategist is responsible for the day-to-day operational success of the paid social campaign activations specifically dedicated to planning and activating paid social advertising strategies for our automotive clients across the US. This person collaborates with planning operations and analytics to bring their clients innovative integrated social media campaign activations.
Paid Social Campaign Activation:
- Act as primary day-to-day client contact working as the Most Trusted Advisor to support all client business needs and meet objectives and benchmarks month over month
- Work with planning and operations teams to ensure all campaigns are seamlessly executed
- Develop strategic paid social media recommendations in support of client requests that outline platform recommendations implementation details (placements formats) success measurement and timelines
- Place social media advertising campaigns across Meta Reddit X Pinterest TikTok LinkedIn and Snapchat based on the approved campaign strategy
- Utilize advanced targeting strategies to execute complex campaigns including custom audiences third-party data exclusion lists lookalike audiences and more
- Optimize campaign buys to ensure budgets are spent as effectively as possible each month
- Develop in-depth campaign reports in partnership with the analytics team that outline insights on media delivery engagement creative website traffic attribution and key learnings
Online Reputation Management:
- Monitor clients social media channels initiate conversations with and respond to engagements and reviews based on established brand and client guidelines
- Monitor clients automotive reputation profiles and respond to all client feedback
- Engage clients for review resolution and provide recommendations on appropriate response
- Meet with client contacts to review reputation performance consult on new social media capabilities and provide recommendations on social media strategies to support business objectives
- Provide demonstrations of our proprietary social media online management platform and online reputation service packages
- Other duties assigned
- 3 years of professional experience with a minimum of 2 years of experience with paid social advertising
- Proficiency with Meta Reddit X Pinterest TikTok LinkedIn and Snapchat that includes a clear understanding of each platforms core features as well as a technical understanding of each networks advertising capabilities
- Proficiency with both Business Manager and Ad Manager dashboards for all core platforms including ad placement budget management pixel creation offline event sets and advanced reporting
- Experience handling large media budgets and developing insights based on campaign results
- Have strong project management and organizational skills being able to manage multiple projects and campaigns at once
- Experience campaign tracking and efficiency tools utilizing tools like Sprinklr Adobe Analytics Asana Google Workspace etc.
- Facebook Blueprint Media Buying Certification strongly preferred
- Have a passion for social media be an avid user and have a passion to stay in the loop on the latest social media trends capabilities and platforms
- Self-motivated well-organized and assertive with strong analytical and deductive skills
- Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills for effective client relations
- Experience with retail and/or automotive strongly preferred
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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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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