Group Account Director, Social

$165,000 – $180,000

Mississauga, ON - Hyrbid

About the Opportunity

Our client is an established, growing marketing agency group with a strong portfolio of social media clients. They're looking for a senior, social-first client leader to own that portfolio end to end - hold the most senior client relationships, set the creative and strategic direction, and grow the accounts by unlocking the opportunity sitting inside them.

This is a social role at its core. Not integrated media, not paid-first - organic social, content, and creator , with room to shape where influencer marketing goes next. The clients are being served well, but they need someone who consistently spots the next campaign, the cultural or seasonal moment a brand could own, and the natural connection between accounts that turns one relationship into more.

The Role

We're looking for a senior social leader who is, first and foremost, a confident client lead and a genuinely creative social strategist. You'll be the primary senior point of contact for the brands in the portfolio - the person their leadership calls, trusts, and relies on for direction - while working directly with the CEO to grow those accounts rather than simply keep them steady.

The right person lives and breathes social: fluent in how each platform actually works, plugged into culture, and able to turn a strong social instinct into big, ownable ideas. Senior enough to advise a client's leadership with authority, creative enough to bring them moments they didn't ask for, and commercial enough to know which ones are worth chasing.

What You'll Own:

Senior Client Leadership & Executive Relationships

- Serve as the senior point of contact for the brands in the portfolio - the trusted advisor their leadership turns to for direction.
- Lead the high-stakes conversations:



planning sessions, strategic recommendations, renewals, and growth discussions.
- Build senior relationships that position the agency as a strategic partner rather than a vendor - reading the relationship early and protecting client confidence before issues escalate.

Social Strategy & Creative Direction

- Set the social strategy across the portfolio - taking brands beyond the monthly content calendar into real, campaign-led thinking.
- Bring big, culturally-grounded creative ideas that brands are well-positioned to own, and shape them alongside your creative and strategy teams.
- Ensure content is native to each platform's behaviour, tone, and audience — and set the standard for what great organic social looks like.
- Help shape and grow the agency's influencer and creator offering.

Proactive, Dot-Connecting Thinking

- Get ahead of clients with ideas they didn't ask for - seasonal campaigns, cultural moments, and creative angles their brands can own.
- Look across the portfolio for connections others miss: shared audiences, cross-promotion, and ways one client's strengths create value for another.
- Spot the opportunities others walk past and turn them into sellable recommendations that deepen and grow accounts.

Commercial & Growth Ownership

- Own the social vertical as a business - revenue, scope, and profitability - with a real nose for where growth is hiding.
- Grow existing accounts through expanded scopes,



renewals, added services, and stronger account planning.
- Partner directly with the CEO on priorities, risks, and where to push for more.

Team & Delivery Leadership

- Lead and coach the team across account, social, content, and strategy - raising the bar on ownership, quality, and proactive thinking.
- Partner closely with the social strategist and creative team, and stay close enough to the work to catch gaps before they reach a client.
- Bring practical structure to workflows and resourcing so the portfolio runs cleanly and scales.

What You Bring

- Significant agency-side experience leading social-first accounts and senior client relationships.
- Deep, current fluency in organic social and the major platforms (TikTok, Instagram, Meta, YouTube, and emerging channels); creator and influencer experience a robust plus.
- A genuine blend of big-idea creativity and strategic rigor — you build the idea and the plan.
- Commercial ownership experience — comfortable with revenue, scope, profitability, and account growth.
- A proactive, dot-connecting mindset; you anticipate rather than react.
- The presence and credibility to be the senior voice in the room with a client's leadership team.

Why This Role Is Exciting Direct access to ownership, real influence over the business, and a portfolio you get to shape rather than simply hold steady. You'll be the senior social face of the agency to the brands you lead, reporting straight to the CEO, with the autonomy to grow those relationships and make a measurable mark — fast.

This position reflects a current confidential vacancy with one of our clients. Our recruiters combine deep market expertise with AI-enabled technology to support a faster, more informed search.

📌 Group Account Director, Social (Mississauga)
🏢 Professional Staffing
📍 Mississauga