Who We Are
We are a global, socially led creative agency, with unrivalled social media and influencer marketing expertise. With over 1,200 people in four continents, we deliver a global perspective to our clients in a time when social media is shaping culture.
We’re proud to be a multi award-winning agency, with Cannes Lions, One Show, Webby and Shorty Awards, to name but a few. Our most recent work has seen us help Amazon Music, Activision and Adidas deliver some of their biggest and most innovative campaigns to date. As well as creating for clients, we help educate the wider industry.
Our Instagram publication The Feed tracks culture at the speed of social. 6,500 people registered or tuned into our events last year, and our reports garnered more than 20 million views.
The Opportunity
We're looking to hire an Associate Director to lead the agency offering in partnership with the Cultural Insights Director and support the day-to-day running of client projects for a number of forward-thinking brands including adidas, Carlsberg, Lego and Lucozade.
This appointment represents an exciting part of the agency's move to expand its Cultural Insight practice as part of our commitment to innovation in research and insight generation, as we continue to deliver the long-term social strategies and award winning creative that underpin excellent business results for our clients.
We're seeking an industry champion of cultural insight: a self-starting advocate who is passionate about the craft as well as its value in building brands and impactful communications. Inclusive of this is experience in designing and running end-to-end research sprints that incorporate methodologies including trend analysis, semiotics, ethnography, in-depth interviews, and focus groups. This person will also be interested in developing interdisciplinary methods that drive social strategy and creativity, with an appetite to experiment.
We're a deeply collaborative practice and working culture, and so this person will also have great communication skills, a generous spirit and a deep respect for the diversity of skill sets, disciplines and ideas that makes We Are Social's work so great.
For the successful candidate, this role offers an opportunity to take a leadership role in growing a Cultural Insight offering within advertising, showcasing best-in-class use of cultural insight to drive award-winning creativity.
What You’ll Have Delivered Elsewhere
What Else Were We Looking For?
Our Culture and the Nice Stuff
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion runs in the water here at We Are Social. We are transparent about the changes that are needed, we are focused on making real strides, both internally and within the industry and we strive to truly be a workplace that represents, supports and advocates for ALL. Our Charter for Change in the UK can be found here which details our focus areas across People, Work and Culture in 2025.
If you require any support, adjustments or accommodations for any reason whatsoever during the recruitment process, please let us know via recuitment@wearesocial.net
So let’s get to the good stuff, we offer all those things you would naturally expect; 25 days holiday, pension scheme & life assurance. But what we love most is connection, so we have our WAS Passport and Work From Anywhere schemes which allow you to truly connect to colleagues all over the world!
But what’s life around here really like day-to-day? Well, we ask our people regularly what they think about us/their role and here are some of the most common things they say:
If this all sounds like the place you have been waiting to find then apply now! What are you waiting for?