Paid Social Account Director

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and coordinate multi-client digital campaigns, turning data-driven insights into growth across paid social, display, and video; lead activation, tracking setup, and performance reviews while coaching Digital Managers and Executives to raise the bar for client outcomes.

  • Campaign strategy and testing across paid social, display, and video with clear measurement ownership.
  • Campaign setup, pixel tracking, and data-driven optimization to improve ROI for key accounts.
  • Client leadership and team development, presenting recommendations and guiding cross-functional collaboration to meet long-term objectives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • This role will serve several key clients across various digital channels, including but not limited to paid social, display, and online video.
  • The role spans multiple clients, including a key account role with a leading retail brand, as well as providing strategic digital planning and activation leadership to several large charities and other commercial clients.
  • This role requires a strong understanding of how to plan, set up, and monitor digital campaigns, as well as a working understanding of data analysis and insight techniques and a competent level of general marketing and creative processes.
  • Along with strong digital technical skills, you will be client-facing and adept at presenting strategic plans and leading campaign reviews.
  • You will help develop effective ways of working, managing, motivating, and training Digital Managers and Executives.
  • You will be driving strategic growth through media planning, project management, and reporting on paid social campaigns for key client accounts, helping to drive our rapidly growing agency forward.
  • Presenting strategic recommendations to clients to help them achieve their long term objectives, whilst also continuing to raise the bar and constructively challenging media plans to drive growth for clients.
  • Coordinating and managing campaigns on the above channels, and supporting the team in delivering these. Including the management of budget pacing.
  • Leading the set up of tracking for digital campaigns including placing pixels. Running tests to ensure tracking is set up correctly and conversion events are accurately reported.
  • Managing relationships with suppliers, tech-providers and partner agencies.

Requirements

  • Experience of delivering Paid Social strategy to the highest standard.
  • Experience delivering Display and Video campaigns through the Google stack and other partners is desirable.
  • Overseeing and working with social media campaigns, so a good understanding of Meta, CAPI & Advantage+ campaigns is desirable.
  • Experience with various social platforms (X, LinkedIn, TikTok, Pinterest, Snap) is desirable.
  • Deep knowledge of digital platforms; including Platform Business Managers, Google Campaign Manager, and Google Analytics.
  • Deep understanding of digital performance to analyse clients’ historic and current activity to inform media recommendations.
  • Ability to communicate complex topics with clarity, confidence and conviction to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
  • Highly numerate and able to set and monitor budgets across multiple campaigns.
  • Adept at juggling multiple projects for multiple stakeholders.

Preferred

  • Experience delivering DR objectives;Experience in upper-funnel brand awareness objectives desirable
  • Experience delivering Display and Video campaigns through Google stack and other partners desirable
  • Knowledge of Meta, CAPI & Advantage+ campaigns desirable
  • Experience with other social platforms including X, LinkedIn, TikTok / Pinterest and Snap desirable
  • Deep knowledge of Platform Business Managers, Google Campaign Manager, and Google Analytics desirable
  • Strong ability to communicate complex topics with clarity to both specialist and non-specialist audiences
  • Highly numerate and able to set and monitor budgets across multiple campaigns

Benefits

  • Time to Unwind – 22 days holiday (+ Christmas holiday closure), birthday & mental health day off, holiday buying scheme, flexi-hours and work abroad scheme.
  • Hybrid Working – Balance between home and office. (3 days in office) We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements from the commencement of employment.
  • Career Growth – A meritocratic approach to progression with quarterly reviews, CPD Platinum accredited training, mentoring and leadership support.
  • Health & Wellbeing – Private medical insurance, health cash plan, gym discounts, wellbeing apps Mental Health First Aiders and unlimited free professional counselling.
  • Supporting Families – Enhanced parental leave, flexible working and life assurance.
  • Giving Back – Paid charity days and sustainability initiatives.
  • Perks & Rewards – Retail discounts, long-service trips and an unforgettable team culture.
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Medialab Group

Medialab is the UK’s leading independent media agency, Campaign's 2024 Independent Media Agency of the Year and Media Week's Independent Media Agency of the Year 2025, celebrating 20 years of data-driven success. We are purpose-led, data-driven, and proudly independent. Our independence allows us to focus 100% on doing the right thing to secure success for our clients and our brilliant people. We are trusted to deliver that success for some of the UK’s most ambitious and complex organisations.

Founded in 2005
London, England, GBR
198 employees (35 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.5%
Direct
41.3%
Referral
8.6%
Social
4.3%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~200

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
35 (18% of company)