Paid Social Director

Role Overview

At dentsu, our leadership is built on clarity, trust, and empowering our people. As Social Media Director, you will shape how we deliver social media excellence for our clients and create an environment where our people can thrive. You will join a team that values collaboration, straightforward thinking, and the courage to challenge the status‑quo.

• Lead the strategic direction of our social media practice, overseeing a portfolio of key clients and ensuring integrated, future‑facing social solutions.
• Define how social media contributes to clients' business objectives across the customer journey and align recommendations with the latest platform capabilities, consumer behaviours, and industry trends.
• Coach and develop consultants across all experience levels, strengthening technical and leadership skills and fostering a culture of ownership, feedback, curiosity, and continuous learning.
• Drive operational excellence by improving processes, delivery standards, forecasting, and collaboration within the team; create structures that enable high‑quality execution while supporting sustainable growth.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients: lead senior conversations, translate business challenges into social opportunities, and provide clear recommendations that connect media investment to commercial impact.
• Champion integrated collaboration with Client Leadership, Strategy, Analytics, Creative, and specialist teams to embed social media within broader marketing strategies.
• Oversee resource planning, staffing and scoping across the client portfolio, balance quality, efficiency and profitability, and drive innovation and capability building.
• Identify opportunities to test emerging platforms, formats, creator partnerships, social commerce solutions, and AI‑enabled approaches, encouraging knowledge sharing and elevating the team’s expertise.

• 7+ years of experience in social media, ideally within an agency environment.
• Strong expertise across paid social platforms (Meta, Tik Tok, Linked In, Pinterest, Snapchat, Reddit).
• Deep understanding of how social media supports brand building and performance objectives across the funnel.
• Proven track record of developing social strategies that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Confidence leading senior client conversations and presenting clear, compelling recommendations.
• Experience managing, mentoring and inspiring teams.
• Comfortable balancing strategic vision with hands‑on guidance when required.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to bring clarity to complex environments.
• Fluent in English;
  Dutch is a strong advantage.

• Hybrid work model: flexibility to work from home or from our Amsterdam office.
• High‑impact client portfolio across a diverse range of industries.
• Continuous learning and development: access to dentsu Academy, industry certifications, leadership programmes, and opportunities to expand your expertise.
• Meaningful leadership role: shape the future of our social media practice and influence ways of working.
• Authentic working culture that values transparency, collaboration, and a healthy sense of humour.

Location:

Amsterdam
Brand:
Dentsu
Time Type:
Full time
Contract Type:
Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)

If you’re excited about the role, we’d love to hear from you.