Paid Social Senior Executive

Company description

With a history that dates back over 80 years,
Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the centre of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, we are the flagship Publicis Media agency that uses our ‘Power of One’ business model, with teams that span multiple disciplines across clients such as Aldi, P&G, Primark, Samsung, Stellantis, and Visa.

We place a huge focus on our People, and have driven flagship D&I and L&D programmes within Publicis Media; our goal is to help every individual reach their fullest potential, and we encourage everyone to make “Brave Plays” in how they approach their work and their own career development. As a result, we have an exceptionally energised and committed talent base, all of us proud of our welcoming and supportive culture, as evidenced by our recognition as one of Campaign’s Best Places to Work for five years in a row,
Media Week’s Agency of the Year 2025 and one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025
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About The Role

We’re looking for an experienced, detail-driven, and proactive Paid Social Account Executive who’s ready to step up into a Senior Account Executive role. This is an opportunity to manage high-profile paid social campaigns.

Our client is one of the most prestigious brands in the world, and one of the most prestigious clients within Publicis. They are a genuinely unique business: structured as a charitable foundation with no shareholders to answer to, and with products in such high demand that they consistently sell every item every year, many with long waiting lists. All of this means that most of the common objectives of an agency client – sales, revenue, margin – are infrequent considerations.

Instead, they seek to “perpetuate the myth”, ensuring that the dominant position they hold within their market, the almost ubiquitous aspiration to ownership and their unique synonymity with excellence are sustained, not just for the sales quarter or the financial year, but for the very long term.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for executing high-quality paid social media campaigns, primarily on Meta, with a focus on planning, activation, optimisation, and analysis.

As a Senior Executive, you’ll play a key role in ensuring accurate planning, smooth campaign setup, delivery, and reporting while helping drive innovation for a fast-paced, high-expectation client. You’ll work closely with a junior Executive, which provides a great opportunity to develop your management skills and lead by example.

Your primary focus will be to support the execution of the paid social media strategy, ensuring campaigns meet their targets efficiently and within deadlines. This is a great opportunity to grow your expertise within a dynamic team that values collaboration and continuous learning.

• Support the end-to-end planning, setup, execution, optimisation, and reporting of paid social campaigns, primarily on Meta, with exposure to additional social platforms where relevant.
• Take ownership of day-to-day campaign delivery, including builds, QA, pacing checks, and optimisation, ensuring campaigns are accurate, well documented, and launched on time.
• Analyse performance data, identify trends and insights, and proactively recommend optimisations and testing opportunities to improve campaign effectiveness.
• Own more complex media plans, as well as trackers, and reporting documents, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and clear visibility for internal teams and senior stakeholders.
• Work closely with Account Managers to support budget pacing, performance reviews, and post-campaign wrap-ups, flagging risks or opportunities early.
• Collaborate with and support junior Paid Social Executives, helping guide best practices, QA their work where appropriate, and contribute to a strong team delivery culture.
• Proactively contribute ideas to improve campaign performance, workflows, and…