VML
SocialDirector
“Social Director at VML. Skills: social media strategy, team leadership, client counsel, business growth, social innovation. Set the overarching social vision across your client portfolio, ensuring all work ladders up to client business objectives and represents the best of what social can offer.. Guide hypotheses and decision-making even in situations where information is incomplete.”
What You'll Achieve.
drive growth; deliver truly exceptional social work at scale; elevating what social can deliver for brands; building high-performing teams; ensure all work ladders up to client business objectives; contributing to business growth; achieve that goal
Industry & Context.
Guide hypotheses and decision-making even in situations where information is incomplete.; navigating complexity
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Extensive experience in a senior social leadership role within an advertising/marketing agency or major brand., Proven track record of leading social strategy and delivery for large, complex client accounts., Demonstrated experience building, managing, and developing high-performing teams., commercial acumen with experience contributing to business growth and pitch activity., Expert-level understanding of social platforms, emerging technologies, and the evolving social landscape, with specific knowledge of how these apply to high-value product launches, brand building, and community engagement., Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills at senioroard level., Experience working with cross-functional teams across multiple disciplines.
Nice to Have
A degree of some sort will help us understand your background and point of view.
What You'll Do.
Set the overarching social vision across your client portfolio
ensuring all work ladders up to client business objectives and represents the best of what social can offer.
Guide hypotheses and decision-making even in situations where information is incomplete.
Serve as a senior trusted advisor to client stakeholders
continuously counselling on opportunities
and effectiveness in social
with a deep understanding of the specific challenges and opportunities within the industry.
Build and maintain high-trust relationships at senior client level.
and develop a team of social specialists across disciplines.
Provide consistent coaching that builds a high-performance team culture.
Effectively match talent and skill sets to the needs of client business.
Identify opportunities for growth on current business and develop plans to win.
Lead assigned areas of pitch preparation and play a client-facing role in new business presentations.
Understand agency financial and operations structure to make sound staffing and resourcing decisions.
Identify opportunities to improve and evolve VML's social offerings.
Contribute to the creation of new capabilities and ensure the team stays at the forefront of social innovation.
Foster relationships with senior leaders across VML including strategy & planning
and client engagement
to ensure social is fully integrated into the broader agency offering.
Represent VML's expertise and core values to clients
and industry groups/publications.
Champion the social practice internally and externally.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-Agency Collaboration: Foster relationships with senior leaders across VML including strategy & planning, creative, data, and client engagement, to ensure social is fully integrated into the broader agency offering.; Experience working with cross-functional teams across multiple disciplines.
Communication Scope
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills at senioroard level.; adapt their communication style to influence a wide variety of senior stakeholders
Process & Methodology
managing multiple clients, teams, and priorities simultaneously
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