Associate Director, Social Media

The role

The Associate Director, Social Media will manage social media programs across organic, paid, influencer, and integrated workstreams. This person will develop content plans, manage editorial calendars, and coordinate with internal teams and clients to meet communications goals.

What you will do

• Lead social media programs across organic, paid, influencer and integrated workstreams.
• Develop and manage social content plans, editorial calendars, campaign assets, post copy, and creative briefs.
• Connect day-to-day social execution to broader communications goals and client priorities.
• Support and lead recurring client and internal meetings.
• Coordinate across internal teams, vendors and client stakeholders.
• Communicate recommendations, project updates and social insights to clients and partners.
• Use AI-enabled tools, Canva, social listening platforms and analytics dashboards.
• Guide team members by providing direction, feedback and support.
• Contribute to social and cultural POVs, trend notes and thought starters.
• Support business growth through research, proposal inputs and client development materials.

Required qualifications

• 5–8 years of social media, digital marketing or integrated communications experience.
• Agency or client-service experience.
• Experience coordinating social content development, review processes, calendars, campaign materials and client-ready deliverables.
• Experience guiding or mentoring team members.
• Comfort balancing hands-on social work with project coordination, client communication, team support and new business or organic growth needs.
• College degree required.
• Strong social media judgment.
• Understanding of major social platforms, audience behavior and platform-native content best practices.
• Ability to contribute to channel recommendations, paid social approaches, influencer considerations, content calendars and social media reports.
• Comfort with social publishing, listening, analytics, paid social and AI-enabled tools including Meta Business Manager, LinkedIn Ads, Sprinklr, Sprout Social, Brandwatch, Microsoft Office and Canva.
• Strong writing, organization and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in healthcare, biotech, pharma or another regulated industry.
• BA or equivalent degree.
• Understanding of FDA, fair balance, adverse event and client review considerations.

Benefits

• Free snacks
• Generous holiday and paid time off
• Options for private medical, dental, and vison plans
• Support in saving for the future
• Mental wellness coaching and support
• Access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning

About the company

Real Chemistry is a global agency providing a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to clients in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.