Associate Director, Paid Social

Title: Associate Director, Paid Social Location: Los Angeles CA

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

THE ROLE:

As an Account Lead, Paid Social, you are a strategic paid media leader with a proven ability to manage complex, full-funnel paid social programs end to end. You excel at developing and executing advanced paid social strategies, building and leading high-performing teams, and translating performance insights into clear, compelling roadmaps and client-ready narratives. Your leadership blends analytical rigor, creative thinking, and a relentless focus on performance excellence—driving both client success and sustainable agency growth.

As a trusted mentor and collaborative leader, you foster strong team cohesion and unlock individual potential through hands-on coaching and thoughtful guidance. You take a deep-dive approach to onboarding and development, helping new team members quickly understand client priorities, business objectives, platform best practices, and creative testing frameworks. In this role, you set the standard for paid social excellence—driving profitability, elevating strategic thinking, and empowering teams to consistently deliver outstanding results.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Lead channel-specific Paid Social strategy across Meta Ads, TikTok, Snapchat, and Reddit, leveraging deep expertise in it to drive growth for client KPIs around user app acquisition.
• Serving as the day-to-day contact for Meta Ads for a large and complex client account, aligning strategy recommendations and optimizations with client objectives.
• Own the Meta Ads client’s social account roadmap, ensuring tests align with client priorities, performance goals, creative strategy, and cross-channel initiatives.
• Stay up to date on paid social trends within the mobile space and maintain a consistent strategic narrative to the client and how the trends impact client business goals.
• Establish, enforce, and evolve paid social processes and best practices, ensuring consistent use of tools such as Asana, platform QA frameworks, and internal standards across teams.
• Ensure projects and tests are properly prioritized based on resourcing through clear dialogue across team members and the client.
• Serve as the senior point person for the internal team and client around test recommendations, proper set-up and measurement to ensure results are measurable and applicable in order to grow performance.
• Build, develop, and lead high-performing teams by overseeing onboarding, driving effective delegation, coaching people managers, and fostering inclusive, collaborative, and high-impact team environments.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• A minimum of 5 years paid social advertising and minimum 2 years experience in management.
• A proven track record of successfully scaling paid social programs for enterprise level or highly complex clients.
• Deeply proficient Meta ads manager and be skilled at effectively communicating paid social goals, targets, and direct-response tactics to clients and can get into the weeds when necessary.
• Excellent organizational, strategic, and communication skills: you’ll need to be able to oversee several projects and effectively communicate and teach optimization tasks to multiple team members at once, all while looking for opportunities to streamline performance growth.
• Demonstrated ability to foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.
• Proven capability to develop and execute strategic paid social plans that align with client objectives and drive measurable business growth.
• Strong problem-solving skills and adaptability in navigating evolving platforms, market conditions, and client needs.

Additional things that will impress us: 

• Prior work experience driving strategy and execution for mobile user app acquisition campaigns across Meta Ads.
• Strong knowledge of MMP (mobile measurement platform) attribution and iOS SKAN.

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

We are a collaborative, open-door, best-idea-wins environment that fosters personal and company growth and has fun doing it. Here is a snapshot of our  benefits package:

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
• 401k plan, plus matching
• PTO
• Paid Company Holidays
• Parental Leave

WE SUPPORT YOU BEING YOU: 

DEPT® is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We believe our work is its best when our people feel safe and free to be themselves. We’re committed to an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment and selection process and workplace, regardless of anyone’s identity, background, beliefs, lifestyle or disabilities. So tell us about any accommodations you need. It’s totally confidential and only used to make sure you feel fully supported at every step.

DEPT® participates in E-Verify, meaning your Form I-9 information will be sent to the federal government to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S.

We are a B Corp-certified company passionate about purpose-driven work.  Our hope is that you can feel good about the contributions DEPT® is making to the world and we always have an open door for your ideas in making the world a better place.

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Coach, eBay, and OpenAI.

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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine. 

We also encourage you  to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.

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