Senior Paid Social Strategist - London/Reigate/Manchester/Edinburgh

Reference:
VAC-214
Industry Specialisation:
Marketing, Sales & Marketing
Industry Sector
Corporate
Salary:
Salary negotiable
Town/City:
London
Contract Type:
Permanent

The Agency

The Agency is experiencing rapid growth and as such, there is an opportunity to become part of the ongoing success story of this award winning, independent agency.  

The Agency has offices across the UK, giving us countless connections and a huge amount of collective experience. They are Google Premier Partners, Microsoft Advertising Partners, Facebook Marketing Partners, and are recommended by The Drum. Their clients work in retail, property, food & drink, health, charity, finance, sport, leisure & tourism. But what really sets them apart is their people, their values and their willingness to go further to get results.

Growth Marketing is their goal; with an on-going pursuit of value and driven by their commercial mindset, they aim for strategic and commercial alignment with their clients, unlocking even greater outcomes and long-term value creation from their marketing.

The Role

To deliver outstanding paid social media results across all social channels (including, but not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest). You will report into the Paid Social Team Manager, with the role requiring you to work closely with clients and colleagues, helping them to set up, manage and optimise multiple campaigns.

You will be responsible for the activation, optimisation and performance analysis for your allocated accounts, helping govern overall strategy and ensuring that ROI andperformance targets are reached. You will need to deliver regular reports and actionable insight to both clients and internal stakeholders, showing campaign results, highlighting key trends and offering suggestions for continued improvement.

Competencies

At least 3-5 years’ experience working within a Paid Social position.  Agency experience is preferable, however, we will consider candidates from client side with experience working within relevant biddable media channels.

You will need a commercially focused, can-do attitude, mixed with a friendly and positive outlook.  A strong passion for all forms of Paid Social advertising is essential, relishing the prospect of working across multiple accounts and platforms within a fast-paced agency environment.

Communication

  • Manage expectations according to relevant SLAs, priorities and bandwidth
  • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders and build effective working relationships
  • Communicate with clients and take a lead role within meetings
  • Write industry related thought pieces for the benefit of clients & the agency
  • Attend industry events & pass on learnings to the department & agency
  • Keep abreast of industry updates and communicate these across the wider team and agency

Role Management

  • Total competence across all advanced platform features
  • Extensive experience of conceiving, implementing & reviewing campaigns & strategies, which deliver performance and value for clients
  • Create proposals, including recommendations for budget weighting, targeting, creative & KPIs across multiple channels
  • Advanced working knowledge of Excel & PPT

Commercial Acumen

  • Help identify crossell and upsell opportunities across different channels for your clients 
  • Identify opportunities for justifiable budget increases and creative recommendations offered by the agency
  • Update the internal booking system to enable effective billing consolidation

Leadership & Initiative

  • Proactively seek opportunities to support beyond your regular duties
  • Conduct strategy audits to identify new solutions & ideas for both clients & internal stakeholders
  • Work with junior members of the team by delegating tasks appropriately to apply their time effectively, in a constructive way that will benefit & enhance the experience of junior colleagues
  • Assist the team managers in the day-to-day management of the junior members of the team
  • Share learnings with colleagues across other digital disciplines where appropriate
  • Undertake relevant platform exams & accreditations

Strategic Excellence

  • Have a good understanding of other channels, both online and offline, being utilised by the agency clients, attending training to refresh knowledge where required
  • Work with junior members of the team in helping them to identify cross-channel opportunities for their clients
  • Help Team Managers in co-ordinating and delivering cross-team training
  • Have a strong working knowledge of pixel implementation and conversion tracking
  • Have a strong working knowledge of cross-channel attribution
  • Advanced working knowledge of Google Analytics and Google Data Studio

Culture & Benefits

A vibrant and progressive Growth Marketing agency boasting two decades of innovation, diversification and sustained growth. A responsible, engaged employer with a proven heritage of nurturing talent, creating structured progression and generating significant opportunities for career enrichment.

We’re especially invested in the culture of our business and have worked hard to foster a flexible, enjoyable and supportive working environment across all five of our offices.

Join a team of professionals that take pride in delivering outstanding work for the agency clients.

Employees benefit from:

  • Remote working
  • Flexible working
  • Quarterly funded socials
  • Discretionary bonus scheme
  • Agency-funded LinkedIn Learning subscription
  • Cycle2Work scheme
  • Interest-free season ticket loans
  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Birthday early finish
  • Free fresh fruit
  • Office drinks fridge

This agency is on a transformational growth trajectory and they would love to take you with them.

The agency is committed to providing a workplace that actively embraces diversity, is inclusive of all and free from discrimination and harassment.