Senior Paid Social Manager

The Role

Overview:
This role assumes responsibility for managing the integration of paid social with aspects of other media and providing social strategy insights for multiple client briefs. It requires management of the social process, excellent attention to detail, quality control and time management skills to ensure best in class delivery on behalf of the Media Team for clients. This role supports the Paid Social Client Director in fostering strong relationships with clients and the wider team in Core.

The role requires an ambitious, creative and innovative person who prides themselves on building strong and trustworthy relationships while maintaining a strong implementational output. The Paid Social Senior Manager requires strong collaboration and communication with the wider media teams, as well as the Video, Search and Programmatic teams in Performance. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a fast- paced environment with a drive to succeed and can multi-task in a deadline driven atmosphere.

Responsibilities / Key Performance Indictors (KPIs):
This role will have the responsibility of developing the social media rationale for their clients which, in turn, must be aligned to the overall strategic direction of the client. This role will also be the key day to day media team contact and will ensure that all social media decisions are made using a robust process powered by the appropriate planning tools. Central to this role is a clear understanding of social media platforms and planning principles, an ability to articulate the strengths and weaknesses of each platform and the role that each will play in delivering on the overall strategy. This role will also establish the KPIs for the media plan and will ensure that all important information is clearly shown on responses to briefs for client approval. 

The Paid Social Senior Manager will also manage the implementation and delivery of the social media plan and will perform the required Quality Control to ensure that the planned activity matches the media plan, rationale and the objectives set. Success will be defined at the yearend RADAR client service review in improvement in media planning and the impact of media ideas on the client’s business.

Your profile

Experience:
• 3 to 5 years previous paid social media experience in a similar role, with a proven track record in paid social buying & strategies.
• Deep understanding of paid social channels, specifically Facebook and Instagram
• Experience with budget management tracking for paid media campaigns
• Demonstrate diverse creative solution thinking
• Knowledge of the broader digital disciplines is very beneficial
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience managing large scale, complex paid social media campaigns is essential
• High level of business and financial acumen
• Possess good presentation skills – assist in presenting to clients

Person Specification:
• Be a confident communicator
• Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to build strong relationships with clients
• Display the ability to think creatively and innovatively
• Very knowledgeable on all media – ideally an expert on at least one medium
• Possess good presentation skills – assist in presenting insights to clients
• Good listener - ability to understand client’s objectives
• Excellent attention to detail
• Understands the importance of upskilling
• Can think on their feet to make the right decision quickly
• Highly organised individual that can manage multiple client projects and the overall delivery of the work
• Understands and appreciates the benefit of processes
• Be responsive to requests
• Know when to escalate and involve other people

Why us?

• Flexible and hybrid working
• 24/7 access to professional development through LinkedIn Learning along with career progression and mentoring
• The opportunity to work across a huge range of clients within so many different categories from sport, retail, food and drink, to alcohol, insurance, banking and so much more
• 21 days annual leave plus a day off on your birthday, company closure days at Christmas and early finish on bank holiday Fridays
• A company culture that promotes work-life balance
• Family-focused benefits including paid maternity and paternity leave as well as maternity phase back program, fertility treatment supports and paid pregnancy loss leave
• Access to mental health and well-being programs including paid health insurance for you and your dependents under 18
• Professional financial advice; employer contributory pension and life assurance
• Make a difference by joining our D&I, CSR, Green, Social or Great Place to Work committees; you’ll g