VP, Associate Creative Director, Social Media

Brace your career – you’re going beyond the science quo with Spectrum. We’re the integrated marketing, communications and media agency that’s out of this world. We’re fiercely independent and 100% science-focused so we can go where other “science-light” agencies can’t or won’t. Together with superhuman strategy, atomic creative, intermedia magic, interwoven ingenuity and indomitable innovation we dream beyond the realm of the possible – and do it.

Our expanding creative practice seeks a passionate leader of social media creative to inspire innovative solutions for our clients, brands, partners, platforms, and products. This VP, Associate Creative Director, Social Media, position offers growth, collaboration with senior leadership vision, and the opportunity to deliver best-in-class content. They will have proven themselves as an energetic and collaborative team member with responsibilities on high performing brands/accounts. They are ready to show—and teach—creative team members and agency how it’s done. The right candidate will have experience or an interest in healthcare. In this role, collaboration and knowledge sharing is key, and works in lockstep with fellow disciplines to deliver high-quality work that meets needs but also exceeds expectations.

 Job Responsibilities

• Lead team ideation and social media content development from client brief to final production
• Be open to rolling up sleeves and producing both static and dynamic visual assets when needed in the early phase of building out the social creative team
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of the latest platform-specific content requirements and nuances across Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
• Champion the work, inspire the team with industry-leading creative thinking and social-first best practices, evolve the process, and elevate the creative vision
• Clearly articulate and rationalize creative concepts and recommended content outputs to peers, leadership, clients, and external partners
• Collaborate with Social Media team to create agency best practices and processes around ideation and implementation of social media content
• Interact with clients, defining creative direction and pitching ideas that meet business objectives and budget
• Proactively explore social media landscape and creative methods to inspire/elevate the work, regularly communicating findings internally and with clients, as appropriate, for social-first creative inspiration
• Concept photography and video shoots, develop assets, manage budget, select talent, and inspire cohesive storytelling
• Pioneers in thinking about new ways to activate across social media on behalf of our clients 
• Participates in new business initiatives

 Desired Skills and Qualifications 

• Managerial experience of more than 1-2 team members across more than 2-4 brands/accounts across categories and audiences
• Ability to upskill junior creative team members on social-first content development
• Has fundamental understanding of (or willingness to learn) rules around healthcare/products on social channels
• Must be well versed in dynamic and motion-based Adobe apps (e.g., After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere and Lightroom)
• Able to move seamlessly from brand to brand as needs arise
• Participate in strategic and tactical meetings with clients and account management to develop meaningful programs that reflect client needs
• Strong presentation skills
• Able to travel to meet client and agency needs

The anticipated salary range for this position will be $150K-185K. Salary is based on job-related factors such as: years of relevant experience, qualifications and/or certifications. Spectrum reserves the right to modify this pay range at any given time.

You choose where you work. We are a hybrid work environment with options to work in one of our four offices (DC, NYC, Chicago and Atlanta), remotely anywhere in the United States, or a combination.

Spectrum is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.