Paid Manager - TikTok

London, UK (Hybrid)

£45K/yr – £50K/yrManagerFull time

Posted 13 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and optimise paid TikTok Shop campaigns across a portfolio, translating performance into actionable briefs for content, and collaborating with creative and account teams to drive ROAS and GMV.

  • Manage bidding, budgets and pacing across campaigns
  • Run structured A/B tests on creative, audiences and structures
  • Deliver clear, data-driven performance analyses for client reviews

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build, manage and optimise paid campaigns across a portfolio of TikTok Shop brands day-to-day
  • Work across the full suite of TikTok ad formats
  • Set up campaign structures, bidding strategies and budget pacing to maximise efficiency
  • Launch campaigns accurately and on time, aligned to trading calendars and client priorities
  • Monitor spend and performance daily - catching issues early and acting quickly
  • Own ongoing campaign optimisation across your portfolio - bids, budgets, audiences and placements
  • Identify what is working and scale it; identify what is not and fix it or cut it
  • Run structured A/B tests across creative, audiences and campaign structures
  • Continuously improve ROAS, CPA and GMV contribution across accounts
  • Use TikTok's native analytics alongside third-party attribution tools to make informed decisions

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience managing paid social campaigns, with direct experience in TikTok Ads Manager
  • Solid understanding of performance metrics - ROAS, CPA, CPM, CTR - and how to move them
  • Comfortable managing multiple client accounts simultaneously without dropping the ball
  • Strong analytical instinct - you look at data and know what it is telling you
  • Good communicator who can explain performance clearly in writing and in conversation
  • Organised, proactive and comfortable working at pace
  • Desirable - Experience with TikTok Shop-specific ad formats - GMV Max, VSA, Spark Ads
  • Desirable - Background in beauty, fashion, lifestyle or FMCG paid media
  • Desirable - Experience at a performance or social commerce agency
  • Desirable - Familiarity with live commerce amplification and how paid integrates with creator and affiliate activity

Preferred

  • Experience with TikTok Shop-specific ad formats - GMV Max, VSA, Spark Ads
  • Background in beauty, fashion, lifestyle or FMCG paid media
  • Experience at a performance or social commerce agency
  • Familiarity with live commerce amplification and how paid integrates with creator and affiliate activity

Benefits

  • Core Benefits
  • - Competitive salary, benchmarked to experience and performance
  • - Performance-related bonus aligned to commercial impact
  • - 28 days holiday + bank holidays
  • - Hybrid working with offices in London and Manchester
  • - Flexible working hours - we care about output, not clock-watching
  • Growth & Career Development
  • - Clear path to senior leadership for the right person
  • - Regular performance reviews focused on development and impact
  • - Direct exposure to high-growth brands across the UK, US and EU
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Somerce®

We are Somerce. We exist to build the best team in social commerce globally. It's not our goals that unite us, but the things we do to achieve them. We are obsessive over TikTok Shop and all are striving towards a clear mutual goal.

Founded in 2024
London, England, GBR
48 employees (15 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46%
Direct
37.2%
Referral
9.6%
Social
5.3%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~48

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
13 (27% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3