Associate Creative Director, Social

Golin Los Angeles is hiring a Social Creative Director to help lead digital and social media creative planning and execution for one of the biggest brands in the world. Your job: make the brand famous on social. 

We’re looking for a client-facing creative who excels at planned and real-time social content and who can run with larger briefs (ideation, idea development, presenting ideas to clients). Our ideal candidate knows how to harness the power of social media and what’s trending to create legendary ideas that make an impact. You love working in a collaborative environment and mentoring high-performing creatives, while also keeping their hands in the work. 

Sound like a match? Let’s connect! 

What You’ll Do

• Lead social creative content for the brand, including daily quick-turn trending content and longer-term planned content across all social platforms
• Participate in daily concepting and execution for reactive social opportunities that hijack social conversation and gets the brand noticed
• Concept and help sell in and execute social first moments to drive engagement 
• Write copy as needed, as well as lead and oversee a team of junior creatives (AD/Copy) to execute the work.
• Pitch and sell social-first ideas to clients
• Partner with team to ensure flawless execution of digital and social media campaigns  
• Serve as a trusted social creative counselor and serial ideator 
• Partner with strategy, account, analytics and channel experts across the team and agency
• Drive innovation through unique digital concepts, campaigns, and programs; Bring innovation to clients and the agency
• Help support and mentor the social creative team
• Participate in Golin social creative initiatives 

What You Have

• 6+ years of experience in multi-faceted digital/social marketing role
• 4+ years of experience writing or creating content for a range of social channels
• 4+ years of experience working at an ad agency, digital agency or as part of an in-house creative agency
• Social first mindset; deep understanding of social platforms; curious about emerging platforms
• Obsession with culture and trends
• Proven knack for developing innovative digital strategies shaped by data that deliver quantifiable results 
• A portfolio of creative thinking around social content and experiences
• Insatiable curiosity about emerging digital marketing channels, platforms, and best practices and ability to share knowledge with others 
• Impeccable presentation skills to inspire C-suite level clients and colleagues alike 
• Champion of diverse talent, proactively cultivating an inclusive culture, and using cultural competence to drive agency and client’s business forward 
• Collaboration is a superpower

ABOUT GOLIN

Golin is a Cannes Lion winner

2022 PRovoke Media North America Agency of the Year

2022 & 2021 PRovoke Media North America Large Agency of the Year

2021, 2020 & 2019 PRWeek Global Agency of the Year 

2021, 2020 & 2019 AMEC Awards Research & Measurement Team of the Year

2020 & 2021 Earned Media Agency of the Year.

We are a progressive earned media and social idea agency designed to reach the profoundly diverse market. Inclusion is a core value for Golin and we are focused on establishing a culture that is intentionally inclusive, potently diverse and uncompromisingly equitable

Our Chicago office has a broad range of clients and we’re increasingly focused on marketing to the youth market, a profoundly diverse and differentiated audience with unique interests, behaviors, and needs. Understanding this audience – and how to reach them – is key.

We tend to Go All In, in everything we do. We’re especially committed to going all in for our people. We challenge our employees to be Courageously Happy and have empowered them to do so by offering our LifeTime benefits program. LifeTime offers unlimited time off, enhanced family care, generous health and wellness benefits, the ability to work remotely, and a monthly LifeTime stipend for the gym or hobbies. Our culture is built around happy people who are the best at what we do! 

Salary range: $70,000 - $130,000

Golin has included the base salary range or hourly rate for this role. Actual compensation offered within the range will depend upon, among other factors: a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience; actual ranges for current or former employees in the role; and market considerations.

Any request to schedule an interview and any legitimate offer of employment will only come from an authorized representative of Golin. We will never require an applicant to provide sensitive personally identifiable information in order to conduct an interview.

Golin is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.