Paid Social Manager

About the role

We are looking for an analytical, creative, and enthusiastic Paid Social Manager to join our Leeds-based agency, Spike. As a member of our Paid Media team, you will work independently and alongside our vibrant team to deliver out-of-the-box paid media strategies, from prospecting through to acquisition.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support on client accounts predominantly across paid social, with exposure to and opportunity to get involved in paid search, programmatic display, video, and other aspects of digital marketing.
• Work closely with other teams to identify paid social opportunities for existing clients and prospects within a new business context.
• Put clients at the heart of what you do, showing a strong interest and desire to build brands online.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years experience managing paid social campaigns across multiple platforms.
• Expertise in paid social advertising platforms such as Meta Ads Manager, Snapchat ads, LinkedIn ads, X ads, and TikTok ads.
• A clear understanding of event/conversion tracking and analytics/attribution.
• Confidently develop paid social strategies.
• Actively involved in pitches and new business activity.
• Develop an understanding of clients' businesses and the sectors in which they operate.
• Create paid social ad account builds and manage/optimise on an ongoing basis.
• Assist in the process of briefing designers/content producers for ad creatives.
• Carry out regular and ad hoc reporting across multiple platforms.
• Work with account managers as part of each client project team.
• Continually strive to learn and grow your knowledge within paid media and digital marketing more broadly.
• Show tenacity and proactivity within the role.
• Prior experience of working to weekly/monthly targets (desired but not essential).

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate will be inquisitive and have a desire to progress in a digital marketing career.
• The ability to work collaboratively with team members is essential.
• The candidate should have a passion for communication via all mediums.
• An analytical mindset is very important in this role to be able to identify areas of opportunity and performance issues.
• The ideal candidate will be confident working with numbers and data at scale.
• A creative approach is also required when creating social ads, solving problems, and understanding audience behaviour and motivations.
• A keen eye for detail in all aspects of their work.
• A passion for problem-solving and exploring new approaches is desirable, but this is an attitude we look to instil in all our employees.

Skills

• Strong analytical skills.
• A client-focused approach.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Passion for digital marketing and brand building.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday per year inclusive of bank holidays as standard.
• Hybrid & flexible working.
• 4 Gift of Time training days a year.
• Birthday off.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay.
• Bike to work scheme.
• Pension.
• Bonus.
• Monthly socials.

Pay

£30,000 – 40,000 + Bonus

Schedule

Full Time

Location

Leeds, typically 2 days in the office, but this can vary.