Director, Digital Connector

Director, Digital

Do you live and breathe digital marketing? Do you want to work with an agency team and clients who are ahead of the digital curve?

Golin is hiring a Director Digital Connector to join our growing digital team of social and digital experts who excel at making brands hyper-relevant to their target audiences through a deep understanding of the always-evolving world of digital media. You’ll work on a top account with a rock star team of digital account pros, creatives, analysts, influencer marketing specialists, media buyers and digital strategist to identify real-time opportunities, monitor issues and trends, as well as create and execute marketing campaigns for the client, driving innovative approaches to engage with and influence our clients’ target audiences across the digital ecosystem. You’ll activate across digital platforms as well as organic and paid channels to drive results.

Golin is a progressive public relations 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 expertise ranges from brand-building and cutting edge digital content, to corporate reputation, healthcare advocacy and measurement. Golin aligns earned-first, data-driven creative with the customer journey through our collaborative G4 Model to deliver maximum impact for clients. Our roster includes many of the largest CPG, retail, food, healthcare technology and consumer service companies in the world.

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 from anywhere one day a week 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!

Want to “Go All In” with us? Here are the details:

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as the client relationship leader for two lines of business for one of Golin’s premier digital accounts
• Drive and oversee campaign development and execution, including paid media, analytics, strategy, creative and influencer marketing
• Drive the annual planning process, representing Golin as a results- and strategy-oriented client partner
• Foster and maintain productive and influential client relationships
• Identify solutions and work with teams and independently to drive client success and grow relationships
• Serve as expert in fully integrated digital / social programs
• Cultivate a culture of support, growth and partnership among team
• Experience leading and project managing paid social and digital campaigns across social channels such as Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
• Experience executing brand-level social media strategies and ability to communicate them with complete digital fluency.
• Serve as an ambassador of Golin’s capabilities as it relates to organic and new business opportunities
• Take a leadership and highly visible role in business growth and targeting efforts
• Serve as culture builder and mentor, driving innovation and ideas while sparking team members’ careers
• Manage financials, including budgets and billing, projections and staffing

What You Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or related field with 10+ years of experience driving and executing Digital / Social Media campaigns
• Passion for client service and an ability to juggle multiple projects and changing priorities
• Experience managing and leading an account team and working with large fully integrated teams
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and problem-solving skills
• Ability to execute and measure multifaceted campaigns and day-to-day communications initiatives
• A strong understanding of traditional media and content marketing strategies, ability to integrate campaign strategies and tactics across earned, owned and paid media, and apply analytics to measure results and provide insights
• Poise and calm under pressure and a desire to immerse yourself in a client's business to become a true partner

Please note: Preferred location is Chicago, and we are open to considering qualified remote candidates in other locations.

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. Salary range: $94,000 - $165,000

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.