Associate Director, Social Media

At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact‑obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Our culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, if you share our passion for healthcare and connection, we invite you to explore our opportunities.

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Real Chemistry is looking for an Associate Director, Social Media to join our growing Activation team. This is role for someone who is ready to help manage high‑quality social programs, develop smart content and keep complex work moving across healthcare clients.

For us, social isn’t just a channel — it’s a craft. Our team brings together healthcare knowledge, creative thinking, content development, paid media awareness and strong execution to help clients show up with purpose across platforms.

This is a hybrid role, based in any of our US offices—including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Carmel, or San Francisco—or remotely within the US, depending on team and business needs. This role will primarily support East Coast working hours; candidates based in other time zones may be considered if they are comfortable working East Coast hours.

• Help lead social media programs across organic, paid, influencer and integrated work streams, translating strategy into clear, compliant and platform‑native execution.
• Develop and manage social content plans, editorial calendars, campaign assets, post copy, creative briefs and supporting materials in partnership with strategy, creative, paid media and account teams.
• Bring an integrated social and digital lens to the work, connecting day‑to‑day social execution to broader communications goals and client priorities.
• Support and, at times, lead recurring client and internal meetings, helping turn discussion, feedback and decisions into clear next steps, timelines and deliverables.
• Coordinate across internal teams, vendors and client stakeholders to keep social content, approvals, publishing and reporting work streams organized and on track.
• Communicate recommendations, project updates and social insights in a clear, thoughtful way for clients and cross‑functional partners.
• Use AI‑enabled tools, Canva, social listening platforms and analytics dashboards to support research, brainstorms, content development, reporting and presentations.
• Bring a curious, responsible approach to emerging tools and social trends, while keeping healthcare accuracy, client privacy, compliance and brand standards at the center.
• Help guide team members by providing direction, feedback and support on content, timelines, reporting and client‑ready deliverables.
• Contribute to social and cultural POVs, trend notes and thought starters that bring timely, relevant thinking to clients, industry and our RC teams.
• Support business growth through research, proposal inputs, client development materials and strong day‑to‑day relationship management.

• Our Company values, Best Together, Impact Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always, and Accountability with an "I", genuinely resonate with how you work and lead.
• You demonstrate the Real Chemistry Can mindset by approaching challenges…