Associate Manager, Social Marketing & Strategy

Job Description:

The Associate Manager, Social Marketing & Strategy supports social content and strategy for a leading beverage brand portfolio, helping bring vibrant, lifestyle-driven creative to life across platforms. The ideal candidate is deeply immersed in social culture, understands what makes content engaging, and stays ahead of platform trends. This role also offers strong growth opportunities, working closely with a world-class Social Media Manager and collaborating directly with clients and creative teams.

 

Responsibilities

• Support social content management, ideation, and day to day publishing

• Manage and maintain the cross-platform content calendar

• Identify daily and weekly reactive moments that align with brand identity

• Engage as the brand across social platforms through on-page community management and off-page participation in relevant conversations and creator content

• Publish content accurately, ensuring all assets meet platform-specific requirements for Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok

• Pull social performance data and develop weekly insights and reporting for internal teams and clients

• Collaborate with creative teams to develop social-first, platform-relevant content

• Translate platform insights into clear learnings and actionable recommendations for internal teams and clients

 

Qualifications

• 0–2 years of agency or brand-side experience

• Hands-on community engagement experience and comfort digging into consumer insights

• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Google Sheets or Excel (formulas, pivot tables, KPI reporting)

• Strong understanding of major social platforms, emerging trends, and how communities behave

• Ability to organize and manage a content calendar with accuracy

• Good judgment in recognizing when to escalate or engage on social

• Understanding of what makes creative effective for social and how to elevate content

Additional Information

At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we’re connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.

The annual salary range for this position is $45,000-$72,450. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,

• Life insurance,

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,

• 401k,

• Flexible paid time off,

• At least 15 paid holidays per year,

• Paid sick and safe leave, and

• Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

To begin the application process, please click on the “Apply” button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.

Location:

Chicago

Brand:

Dentsu Creative

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent