SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: Feb 12, 2025 – The Social Media Director develops and executes effective digital strategies, and ensures the success of campaigns by overseeing the DSP operations team and monitoring performance across various channels. This position manages campaign delivery processes, from asset collection to reporting, while continuously evolving digital media solutions to enhance client impact. The director drives innovation in digital healthcare, collaborates with cross-functional teams, and ensures the delivery of high-quality integrated services to clients across creative, media, research, and account management.

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1. Social Media Director, Elevate Digital Marketing, Portland, OR

Job Summary: 

  • Develop measurable social media strategies and campaigns that expand brand awareness, drive customer growth, and increase conversion
  • Create and publish compelling content that drives business results for all Home Point social media channels including LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
  • Draft and publish social media copy on the executive’s personal social media channels to create and maintain industry thought leadership
  • Ensure all social media campaigns comply with brand standards, compliance, and current social media best practices in the industry.
  • Rigorously test and optimize social media campaigns to improve overall performance and achieve business goals
  • Devise, monitor, and optimize both organic and paid campaigns to meet KPIs
  • Expand and attract new followers, transform current followers into brand advocates, and engage in two-way conversations
  • Supervise interaction with customers and partners, responding promptly to service inquiries
  • Oversee and manage planning, content calendars, reporting, and optimizations across all social platforms
  • Maintain dashboards and reports of social media performance and insights
  • Manage budgets and allocation of funds across social channels while closely monitoring ROI
  • Partner and work collaboratively with the entire marketing team and key executives/stakeholders to ensure goals are met
  • Work with the design team to develop videos, graphics, and templates
  • Build and execute a strategy to drive employee advocacy through social media


Skills on Resume: 

  • Social Media Strategy (Hard Skills)  
  • Content Creation (Hard Skills)  
  • Campaign Optimization (Hard Skills)  
  • Audience Engagement (Soft Skills)  
  • Performance Reporting (Hard Skills)  
  • Budget Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Collaborative Teamwork (Soft Skills)  
  • Employee Advocacy Development (Soft Skills)  

2. Social Media Director, Blue Sky Media Group, Denver, CO

Job Summary: 

  • Develop and implement the paid and organic social media strategy for the iconic Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. brand on all branded social media platforms.
  • Work closely across teams to develop and distribute high-quality, compelling content that is aimed at positioning beef as the top protein and fostering community engagement.
  • Develop, track, and manage the social media budget.
  • Create work orders and contracts with vendors.
  • Actively monitor the emergence of new social media platforms and provide strategic recommendations for engagement.
  • Supervise and mentor a Social Media Manager, responsible for developing monthly organic editorial calendars and community management.
  • Continuously track, measure, and analyze all social media initiatives to optimize performance, identify trends, and implement learnings.
  • Prepare ongoing reports of social media results for leadership and stakeholder audiences.
  • Follow procedures and review processes with subject-matter experts and as required as a Beef Checkoff-contractor.
  • Play a critical role in NCBA’s Digital Command Center, to monitor the social media environment and determine how to engage.
  • Work with internal team members and stakeholders, such as subject-matter experts and/or leadership to train them in social media best practices.
  • Counsel and engage state partner organizations on social media campaigns, tools, tips, trends, and best practices.
  • Serve as project manager/liaison for the brand’s digital communities and work collaboratively with NCBA teams and agencies.
  • Act as a brand steward by ensuring all program activities consistently reflect.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Social Media Strategy (Hard Skills)  
  • Content Development (Hard Skills)  
  • Budget Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Platform Monitoring (Hard Skills)  
  • Team Supervision (Soft Skills)  
  • Performance Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)  
  • Project Management (Hard Skills)  

3. Social Media Director, Vantage Health Solutions, Austin, TX

Job Summary: 

  • Build, manage, and mentor a team focused on excellence in social media content
  • Lead and actively participate in regular brainstorms
  • Lead and support the development of project and/or annual social media plans
  • Create social media content on behalf of 9R clients that strategically aligns with client goals and takes a platform-specific approach
  • Writing post copy and developing photo and/or video assets
  • Manage the day-to-day content creation efforts of the Social Production Team
  • Publish and optimize content across 9R client social communities
  • Collaborate with team members across the agency in the development of specialty social media content
  • Ensuring best practices by platform are consistently followed
  • Lead quality assurance efforts for social posts, ensuring accuracy in publishing and timing
  • Set and enforce guidelines for the Social Media Production team, ensuring quality, consistency and high standards
  • As a client-facing role, present social media concepts and content to clients, providing any education or new information on platforms along the way
  • Participate in regular analytics sessions, evaluating results and making content recommendations based on information and analysis
  • Train and mentor other team members (both in and out of the department) to encourage social media as a core agency competency and to support the career growth of direct reports


Skills on Resume: 

  • Team Leadership (Soft Skills)  
  • Content Creation (Hard Skills)  
  • Social Media Strategy (Hard Skills)  
  • Platform Optimization (Hard Skills)  
  • Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)  
  • Client Presentation (Soft Skills)  
  • Analytics Evaluation (Hard Skills)  
  • Mentoring and Training (Soft Skills) 

4. Social Media Director, Impact Media Strategies, Raleigh, NC

Job Summary: 

  • Develop new and innovative ways to bring together and engage with Sonesta’s community through engaging and compelling content.
  • Work with creatives, strategists, and production teams.
  • Lead the community management team and act as the voice of the brand on the front lines with customers and fans, ensuring a high level of engagement with commenters.
  • Collaborate with the wider team to help ensure that all posts are on-brand and on- strategy.
  • Ensure we deliver exceptional customer service on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and other social platforms as appropriate through best-in-class community management.
  • Lead the Editorial Calendar to ensure consistency in brand voice and give followers a reason to share through relevant and interesting Word of Mouth content, and proactive community management.
  • Guide strategic direction to build long-lasting customer and fan relationships efficiently and effectively.
  • Participate in integrated creative plans to extend content from other teams and departments.
  • Collaborate with brand and marketing to lead customer-facing communications, work cross-functionally to ensure consistent messaging, and define brand voice on social. 
  • Capture consumer insights and work with the integrated team to improve the overall consumer experience.
  • Think creatively about ways in which we can optimize the followers’ experience.
  • Work with a Social Strategist to develop a UGC strategy that turns owners into advocates and generates cost-efficient influencer content.
  • Assist with the usage and management social media toolset


Skills on Resume: 

  • Community Engagement (Soft Skills)  
  • Content Development (Hard Skills)  
  • Team Leadership (Soft Skills)  
  • Customer Service (Soft Skills)  
  • Brand Voice Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Strategic Collaboration (Soft Skills)  
  • Consumer Insights Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • UGC Strategy Development (Hard Skills)  

5. Social Media Director, Pulse Interactive, Chicago, IL

Job Summary: 

  • Lead Sony/ATV’s social media strategy, developed in conjunction with the SVP, Corporate Communications and Associate, Social Media – Communications
  • Direct social media content development, engagement, and brand voice across Sony/ATV’s U.S. channels (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn)
  • Drive growth in audience reach and engagement across Sony/ATV U.S. channels and oversee regular monitoring and reporting of key social media metrics
  • Manage alignment with international Sony/ATV social channels and maintain best practices to ensure brand/messaging consistency.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with Sony/ATV songwriters and representatives
  • Build and enhance partnerships with key external contacts at major social media platforms (Facebook/Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, etc.)
  • Cultivate relationships with internal social media contacts and associated recorded music partners (Columbia, Epic, RCA, etc.)
  • Provide input to ensure corporate narrative and brand are well represented in all content.
  • Work closely with the employee engagement team to ensure that we are telling positive stories, internally and externally, about Gilead’s culture.
  • Prepare and manage the digital media budget as designated by the Account Director's campaign objectives
  • Oversee all the company's social media accounts
  • Measure and manage online content
  • Measure ROI and KPIs, across digital media channels and integrated campaigns
  • Build, plan, and implement the overall digital marketing strategy


Skills on Resume: 

  • Social Media Strategy (Hard Skills)  
  • Content Development (Hard Skills)  
  • Audience Engagement (Soft Skills)  
  • Brand Consistency (Hard Skills)  
  • Relationship Building (Soft Skills)  
  • Performance Metrics Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Budget Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Digital Marketing Strategy (Hard Skills)  

6. Social Media Director, Pinnacle Creative Agency, Seattle, WA

Job Summary: 

  • Lead development of media planning and activation across an array of communication types, campaigns, business objectives and shopper segments
  • Create new strategic thinking across the board, and optimize performance across all social media activations
  • Partner with cross-functional departments to drive an omni-channel social strategy that engages the customers at every touch point; media, merchandising, analytics, etc.
  • Lead evaluation of social media platforms to partner with (aligning with the Marketing strategy and Business objectives)
  • Partner with the analytics teams in monitoring and reporting on social media performance. 
  • Analyze performance to develop reports, auctioning key findings and strategic optimizations
  • Stay current in social media and digital marketing trends
  • Continuing to educate wider teams on innovations and maintain digital leadership within the industry
  • Create and enforce social publishing and engagement best practices for the team (aligning with the global strategy and business roadmap)
  • Lead and develop a team of best-in-class Social Media strategists
  • Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality.
  • Manage the digital strategy and coordinate digital media strategies with integrated accounts and with respective channel media planners
  • Manage and train the rest of the digital team and integrate with offline account teams
  • Stay up to date with the latest digital technology and best practices


Skills on Resume: 

  • Media Planning (Hard Skills)  
  • Social Media Strategy (Hard Skills)  
  • Omni-Channel Integration (Hard Skills)  
  • Performance Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Team Leadership (Soft Skills)  
  • Digital Innovation (Hard Skills)  
  • Best Practices Development (Hard Skills)  
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)  

7. Social Media Director, Brightwave Marketing, Minneapolis, MN

Job Summary: 

  • Build and provide rationale for effective digital buy recommendations and tactics on a campaign-to-campaign basis
  • Oversee the DSP operations team, monitor campaigns, and report results to clients
  • Create and mandate best practices and processes for campaign delivery including kick-off calls, asset collection, QA, campaign launch, ad delivery, and client reporting
  • Evolve current digital media offerings to create a cohesive, leading-edge, HCP and DTC reach and impact solution
  • Research and identify new data and technology partners that complement the  client's product portfolio
  • Troubleshoot campaign delivery issues (e.g. brand safety issues, inventory quality, scale, and pacing)
  • Collaborate with colleagues in sales, operations, and accounting
  • Develop and execute innovative digital healthcare solutions to expand product portfolio
  • Ensure that the Agency is providing excellent integrated service to the Client in all key Digital areas: Creative, Media, Research, and Account Management.
  • Manage and oversee different digital marketing channels
  • Ensure broad strategic initiatives and best practices are being pulled through all social channels
  • Observe trending topics and know when to integrate brand content.
  • Oversee community management efforts across client social channels


Skills on Resume: 

  • Digital Media Strategy (Hard Skills)  
  • Campaign Monitoring (Hard Skills)  
  • Process Optimization (Hard Skills)  
  • Healthcare Digital Solutions (Hard Skills)  
  • Vendor Research (Hard Skills)  
  • Issue Troubleshooting (Hard Skills)  
  • Community Management (Soft Skills)  
  • Trend Analysis (Soft Skills)  

8. Social Media Director, Quantum Digital Agency, Orlando, FL

Job Summary: 

  • Masterfully developed concepts and led content development for all of Axon’s social media platforms, from brainstorming to the final cut
  • Work with the Director of Social Media to develop a calendar plan of content for product, brand, and thought leadership pieces with its CEO
  • Present to senior leadership (including CEO and SVPs) in writing and person.
  • Collaborate with other creatives, and marketers to ensure omnichannel alignment (Online, Direct, Indirect)
  • Partner with design to concept stories and big ideas for brand campaigns, product launches, events, and corporate comms
  • Consult with cross-functional teams (online marketing, UX, etc.) and outside agencies to help ensure we articulate a clear and consistent voice in the expression of the brand
  • Lead the company’s corporate social media program, working with colleagues across the organization to develop engaging, vibrant, best-in-industry social media content and campaigns.
  • Manage external agency partners to develop social media content and campaigns, oversee the creation of paid social strategy and ensure that high-quality content is delivered on time, with appropriate quality control.
  • Partner closely with media relations, corporate communications, and the entire public affairs team to ensure that the social media content elevates the brand and shapes the internal/external narrative about the work.
  • Collaborate with colleagues on the corporate content team to contribute to and execute against an editorial calendar, reflecting events and trends, externally and internally, locally and globally.
  • Work closely with the media and analytics team, to use data to drive campaigns and ensure we are reaching target audiences.
  • Amplify newsroom content and other campaigns through earned media in partnership with the media and analytics team.
  • Track SEO and Google Analytics data and make complex analysis


Skills on Resume: 

  • Social Media Strategy (Hard Skills)  
  • Content Development (Hard Skills)  
  • Omni-Channel Alignment (Soft Skills)  
  • Creative Collaboration (Soft Skills)  
  • Campaign Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Data-Driven Insights (Hard Skills)  
  • SEO and Analytics (Hard Skills)  
  • Brand Elevation (Soft Skills)