Head of Social

Job Description:

dentsu Creative | Auckland | Permanent | Full time | R1117624

A bit about the job

Your role as Head of Social at dentsu Aotearoa is critical one in today’s advertising landscape, crafting, shaping and executing the development of social campaigns to scale across various platforms. You’re tasked with bridging the gap between experience and digital, helping clients and brands create a consistent voice through clever campaigns and influencer management to grow audiences and brand awareness.

This role is an all-encompassing one, and at the core, is coming up with social strategies and solutions for our clients across various industries. Working closely with our wider Creative and Media teams, it is almost certain that no two days are going to be the same, one minute you might be facilitating a strategic development workshop or coming up with content guidance, and the next minute get stuck in with producing material for content. The one constant will be nurturing client relationships throughout the process as our non-negotiable.

Responsibilities include

• Lead the strategic development of creative briefs for social content, management and planning, ensuring alignment to the wider communication strategy for the client.
• Subject matter expert on all things social and platform, consulting teams and clients on best practice, new trends and formats.
• Researching the latest trends and platform developments to create a content strategy fit for perfect for today’s audiences with an evidence-based approach.
• Oversee the delivery of the social content workstreams, from client brief to execution, removing blockers and running post campaign analysis… maybe even writing a bit of copy.
• Bring together and collaborate closely with our dentsu Media and Creative teams, delivering integrated social led projects and solutions.
• Own relationships with key clients and internal stakeholders through effective problem solving, communication of concepts, developing goals and milestones, and reporting.   
• Create accurate estimates for each project and manage the delivery to ensure the project comes in on budget, time and to a high quality.
• Actively seek new business, support pitches and/or new project work to help the agency grow its influence.

A bit about you

• Experience working in a Social, Creative or Media Agency environment in similar Social Lead or “Head of” role.
• Experience leading the development of social strategy and content development with leading brands.
• Highly organised and able to effectively multitask across different projects and bringing clients, team members and partners together to deliver high quality campaigns.
• Confident presenter and proactive communicator, showcasing a high level of attention to detail and EQ when sharing ideas, translate requirements that deliver exceptional results.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills. The nature of our work is dynamic, so you’ll be comfortable working with constantly changing requirements with creative problem solving.
• Naturally curious and analytical; uses research, data and insights to bring an evidence-based approach to present ideas, decision making and presenting campaign analysis… and maybe supporting an award entry or two.
• Leadership ability and experience leading and mentoring a small team to big things.

A bit about us

dentsu Aotearoa is a uniquely Kiwi business raised in New Zealand and born in Japan. We are an award-winning, world-class agency that prides itself on creating experiences that impact society and challenge the way we think. We are more than an advertising agency. We are positioned at the forefront of innovation. We understand our purpose in society is to create meaningful impact through our dentsu Creative, dentsu Media and Merkle brands.

At dentsu Aotearoa we are 250 strong across Auckland and Wellington. We are part of a global network of over 70,000 craft experts across 145 countries, with our global dentsu Group HQ in Tokyo, Japan. When you join us, you are becoming part of one team. One team with diverse talents and a shared ambition to innovate the way brands are built. One team that collaborates across disciplines and boundaries. One team that wants to innovate with a purpose.

• Be a force for good. Work with iconic brands and make a positive impact to society in Aotearoa.
• Best the best you. We want you to be your best so at dentsu we have wellness benefits, volunteering days, and an additional week of annual leave days after 2 years’ service.
• Innovate to impact. Join an award-winning Creative and Media team that challenges the status quo.

Become a champion for meaningful progress

At dentsu Aotearoa we are proud of our diverse and inclusive culture. It enables our employees to bring the best version of themselves to work, which in turn fosters innovation, and generates better outcomes for our people, partners, and communities.

We encourage applications from people with disabilities, of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures to apply. If you want to contribute towards how we represent ourselves, you can join one of our communities/committees that drive awareness and inclusion at dentsu Aotearoa.

Next Steps
To join us at dentsu Aotearoa, register your interest to our dentsu careers page with your CV and cover letter.

Please note, we are only able to accept applications from those who currently possess work rights in New Zealand.

Location:

Auckland

Brand:

Dentsu Creative

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent