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Role Overview
We are looking for an Associate Director, Digital Advisory to lead a portfolio of integrated client accounts in Hong Kong. You will manage a portfolio of clients, building trusted relationships with client stakeholders and leading internal teams and external production partners to ensure projects are delivered with quality.
Key Responsibilities
Client Leadership & Account Ownership
- Act as the primary client lead across accounts, building trusted partnerships with client stakeholders
- Oversee end-to-end delivery in a hands-on manner, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met
Team Leadership
- Lead and mentor a team, set expectations and provide guidance
- Manage external vendors and production partners to ensure cost-effective, high-quality output
- Train agency capability in AI, digital and social marketing
Business & Growth
- Collaborate with teams to grow clients through digital services and integrated offerings
- Support new business pitches and contribute to building Edelman’s digital and integrated offering
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience at agencies or integrated marketing environments managing digital, social media, and/or integrated marketing scopes
- Experience managing a team and client relationships
- Deep understanding of social trends, local culture, and platform algorithms
- Hands-on and highly organized with strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail
- Fluency in English and Cantonese is required
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Skills Required
- 10+ years experience at agencies or integrated marketing environments managing digital, social media, and/or integrated marketing scopes
- Experience managing a team and client relationships
- Deep understanding of social trends, local culture, and platform algorithms
- Hands-on, highly organized with strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail
- Fluency in English and Cantonese
Edelman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Edelman and has not been reviewed or approved by Edelman.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are described as comprehensive, with health plans commonly framed as a strong part of the overall package. Mental and physical well-being programs are also emphasized as meaningful support.
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Flexible Benefits — Work flexibility is positioned as a standout, including hybrid routines and a “Work From Anywhere” option for part of the year. Flexible public holidays are also highlighted as adding practical choice to how time is used.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings such as a 401(k) match (and pension-style contributions in some markets) are consistently presented as a solid component of total rewards. This tends to improve overall package value even when base pay feels less competitive.
Edelman Insights
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