Paid Social Assistant

Nottingham, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableEntry LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end paid social execution for Hillarys across international accounts, turning creative strategies into scalable campaigns and turning performance insights into action.

  • Campaign & asset management: build, launch, and optimize Meta campaigns across multiple markets and agencies.
  • Creative strategy & testing: lead creative briefs, gap analysis, and insight-driven testing to improve asset performance.
  • Cross-functional alignment: share performance insights with international teams and coordinate briefs, timelines, and asset libraries.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Take ownership of day-to-day social lead generation accounts, including Unilux (a Dutch Hunter Douglas brand)
  • Manage reporting, optimisation, sale changes, performance roadmaps and creative briefing
  • Act as a key contact for the paid social agency on Norwegian accounts, supporting communication, campaign briefings and performance reviews
  • Build strong relationships with international teams, sharing design briefs and performance insights across EMEA markets
  • Manage the creative briefing process, including submitting briefs, tracking timelines and maintaining asset libraries
  • Conduct creative gap analysis to identify opportunities for new content
  • Produce weekly creative performance reports, highlighting top-performing assets and trends
  • Support structured and insight-led creative testing across campaigns
  • Build and launch campaigns in Meta Ads Manager across international brands
  • Support in-house management of the Swedish ad account, developing hands-on platform expertise

Requirements

  • Strong communication skills and confidence working with internal teams and external partners
  • Excellent attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
  • A genuine enthusiasm for learning paid social campaign execution
  • The ability to stay organised and adaptable in a fast-paced environment
  • A proactive mindset, taking ownership of tasks and driving them through to completion
  • Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
  • A collaborative, team-first attitude and positive problem-solving approach
  • A keen eye for creative, with the ability to spot trends and translate them into commercial ideas
  • Confidence (or willingness to build confidence) in using data and insights to inform decisions

Nice to have

    Hillarys logo

    Hillarys

    Established in 1971, Hillarys provides made-to-measure blinds, curtains and shutters to customers in their homes throughout Britain and Ireland. But it’s not just the 50 years’ experience that sets us apart from the rest. It’s the creativity and beautiful product range that allows us to transform any window into a masterpiece.Our head office is in Nottingham, which has been associated with textiles since the Industrial Revolution. Our products are made across three manufacturing facilities in Nottingham and Washington, Tyne and Wear.★ Award-winning company ★Over the years, being the best in the business has brought recognition, including Nottinghamshire Company of the Year 2014, Top 50 Companies for Customer Service, Callcentre.co.uk and Enterprise Software Project of the Year, Techworld Awards 2013.★ Our people ★Working at Hillarys means being part of a dynamic business that recognises the contributions of everyone, whatever their position. There are plenty of opportunities to progress and to develop a role. And as a major local employer with many positions available, Hillarys gives you the chance to leap into something completely different if you have the determination to succeed. From hands on production roles to opportunities within ICT, Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR and our contact centre, there are so many reasons to choose a career with Hillarys.★ Our advisors ★We pride ourselves on delivering a complete in-home service to our customers through a national network of expert advisors, design consultants and specialist installers. These self-employed roles are ideal for someone who loves working with people. Practical knowledge is required too, although the Hillarys award winning training programme ensures all of our advisors, consultants and installers are fully equipped to do a great job, every time.

    Founded in 1971
    Nottingham, England, GBR
    606 employees (82 in marketing)

    Recent Ads

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    533.1K
    Monthly Google Ads Budget
    $55.7K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    63.1%
    Direct
    29.2%
    Referral
    4.1%
    Social
    2.3%
    Paid
    1.1%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~606

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    43 (7% of company)

    Funding

    Total Funding
    $9.2M
    Last Raise
    $9.2M
    Private Equity, 12 years ago

    Funding History

    • Aug 2014
      Private Equity • $9.2M