Paid Social Associate Director

Company: Zenith
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

Publicis Alchemy is an innovation engine at the heart of one of Publicis Media’s largest global pharmaceutical partnerships. Built by Publicis Groupe with a bold ambition — to Make It Better and Better — our mission is to transform the way media connects with people and ultimately helps make life better for patients around the world. We’re a collective of exceptional thinkers, creators, and innovators united by curiosity and driven by purpose. Collaboration isn’t just encouraged — it’s essential.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Thought Leadership

    Responsible for delivering and updating social playbooks to provide guidelines to ensure best‑in‑class planning and activation. Refines strategic approach by designing a measurement roadmap, executing test & learns, pitching activity on new platforms, running alpha/betas and securing agency or category firsts. Leads on client education of all channel/market developments.

  • Drive Outstanding Performance

    Leads and advances Paid Social operational excellence to deliver the highest levels of accurate buying, in‑platform QA, optimisation and reporting. Drives accountability within the team to enable faultless client service, ensuring deadlines are met and quality is of a satisfactory standard. Acts as point of escalation for managers in the team.

  • Account Growth & Maturity

    Through exploration of and education of team and client, grows and develops the account, consistently increasing spend and platform, product and technology adoption and diversifying sources of revenue.

  • Build a Centre of Excellence

    Responsible for the overall operations of the PGD team across all processes, challenges and solutions. Ensures streamlined cascade of all information to the team and a unified view across all Paid Social campaigns, reporting and budget tracking. Prioritises, streamlines and distributes workload. Accountable for the learning and development of all direct and indirect reports and continually coaches the team on performance.

Qualifications

  • Thorough knowledge and experience planning and activating large‑scale brand and performance campaigns across global social platforms.
  • Ability to thrive under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.
  • Direct client management experience, confident presentation skills, and the ability to engage a range of stakeholders.
  • Solution‑driven and innovative, with an analytical mindset to drive performance growth.

Additional Information

Zenith International has fantastic benefits on offer to all employees; details are shared at joining. Benefits include Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical, Reflection Days, Shared Parental Leave and other initiatives.

Please check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

At Zenith International, we are proud to be an equal‑opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.

We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs— for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition—please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.

Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change—building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.

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Posted: May 10th, 2026