Manager, Paid Social

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The Paid Social team works to plan & execute market-leading social advertising campaigns for our clients across a variety of social media platforms. The team are based at Essence Mediacom’s office at 1 Southwark Bridge Road.

We are looking for an experienced

Paid Social Account Manager who  will play an instrumental role in further developing our offering by taking ownership of the ongoing client engagement, managing a team ofPaid SocialSEs and AEs and support the Account

Director to implement the strategic vision of the account and team. In this role, you will also work closely with other sister agencies in the network, creative agencies, data teams,PRetc.

The candidate will reportintothe

Paid Social Account Director.

Working within thePaid Social team,they will be integral toachievingclient goals, andthe developmentandoptimizationof

Paid Social activity as part of integrated multi-channel campaigns.

The ideal candidate will be expected to use their own initiative to manage

Facebook/Instagram, Twitter,Google,You Tubeand Linkedincampaigns . Youwill be expected to champion the Essence Media Com  best practice approach to delivering campaigns,multi market strategy coordination and communication. You will lead by example, taking responsibility for the guidance and development of junior members of the team.

• Leading the planning,creation, and on-going management ofPaid Social campaigns
• Carrying out health checks ontheaccounts toensure they are set up and running as per Essence Media Com  best practice
• Proactively performing regular optimization of accounts, monitoring market changes andidentifyingdevelopment opportunities
• Creating and leading the execution of development and testing plans including media owner betaswherepossible
• Preparingpresentationsand leadingclientcalls and face to face meetings
• Working with the AD to devise campaign strategy and translate this into campaign delivery

• Playing an active role in team meetings and agency events
• Writing case studies ofgreat work delivered by the team
• Volunteering toassistwith new business pitches, and other cross-agency initiatives

• Collaborating with other digital teams within the Essence Media Com  hub
• Delegating and managing workloads across thejunior members of theteam
• Contributing to andowningpersonal development plans
• Arranging/attending training to progress youand the team’s knowledge and capability
• Motivating junior team members to develop their knowledge of social best practices
• Supporting the educating of planning teams on the benefits and purpose ofPaid Social

• Making full use of the technology available,implementing processes and practices that maximize operational efficiencies
• Theaccuratemanagementof budgets,adhering to the Essence Media Com  finance process
• Taking responsibility for junior team members accurately following all aspects of Essence Media Com  process
• Identifying opportunities for process improvement, and providing recommendations

• Consistently hitting and exceeding client’stargets
• Overseeing the implementation of best…