Account Director

Job Description

When Publishing, met PR/ Communication , Digital Content Marketing , Strategy and Creativity , SJR was born. We are the newsroom and the digital messaging resource for companies. We are the Cool Nerds. We are Journalists that stick to facts. We are Designers and Multimedia creators who live and breathe to story tell. We are Strategists that ideate. We are Group SJR and we are seeking a Social and Content Director to join us as a key leader for one of our key clients. You will guide the vision and strategy toward a best of breed digital and social experience by implementing digital best practices and optimizing digital and social methodologies. You will advance and evolve the social media marketing function and influencer tactics as a critical component.

Driving thought leadership around content development, engagement practices, measurement and process
Providing smart perspective on overall social and content industry landscape, trends and best practices
Helping brands develop governance and escalation policies for social media
Oversee concepting, delivery and execution of programs for leading consumer brands including: social media, content marketing, and paid social media
You will be the ultimate guardian of the clients content output and the process of getting to that. It means they will be both rolling up their sleeves and getting into the detail, while thinking strategically for the client and corralling the appropriate talent within SJR to best serve the clients needs. You will also need to monitor and control budgets and critical time paths, and always deliver agreed upon work on time with exemplary client communication.
Be a part of the building of a fast-growing business, and winning new clients which requires quick strategic development and fast, top-tier deck creation.
Become a knowledge expert within client industries.
Write and edit communications of all kinds.
Travel occasionally.
You will be successful in this role if you:

Have 10+ years of digital marketing experience, with an emphasis on social media, and or/content development for major clients
Extensive experience leading creative thinking in the digital space: content and social media
A nose for new technology, new content solutions, social media events and developments??plus a strong connection with entertainment and pop culture
A strong, up-to-date point of view on digital media, social channels and content platforms and up and coming partners, practices and initiatives
Poise and eloquence??when you speak with clients, they listen
Work efficiently and effectively in a deadline-driven environment.
Demonstrated a proven knowledge of major and emerging social channels, specific rules of engagement for brands/advertisers, and general platform policies
Take ownership of assignments and commit to seeing projects through in a timely manner.
Ready and willing to bring ideas to the table.
Eager to collaborate no matter what the project or scope.
Can figure things out that you haven come across before, and get them done.

About SJR

SJR was founded to address the greatest challenge and opportunity marketers and communicators face today--audience. How to get it, keep it and build it in a world in which knowledge is the true social currency. As an innovation consultancy specializing in insights, content creation, curation and audience development, SJR works with the world's leading corporations, organizations and institutions to tap, shape and share their unique and invaluable knowledge. Only our custom content creation??original, daily and owned--has the power to authentically build brands, explain complex issues and, most important, connect in real-time with the influencers, media and consumers who matter most. SJR is a subsidiary of WPP.

Company Description About SJR

SJR was founded to address the greatest challenge and opportunity marketers and communicators face today--audience. How to get it, keep it and build it in a world in which knowledge is the true social currency. As an innovation consultancy specializing in insights, content creation, curation and audience development, SJR works with the world's leading corporations, organizations and institutions to tap, shape and share their unique and invaluable knowledge. Only our custom content creation original, daily and owned--has the power to authentically build brands, explain complex issues and, most important, connect in real-time with the influencers, media and consumers who matter most. SJR is a subsidiary of WPP.