Paid Social Manager

London, UK (Hybrid)

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Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end paid social delivery across markets, turning global strategy into actionable campaigns, and translating data into performance insights for ongoing optimization.

  • Own campaign planning and optimisation across Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and other platforms to improve ROAS and efficiency.
  • Act as the primary client contact, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive timely delivery, QA, and reporting across territories.
  • Develop insight-led recommendations and testing opportunities to lift CTR, CPA, and overall performance.

Job Description

Own the end-to-end paid social delivery across markets, turning global strategy into actionable campaigns, and translating data into performance insights for ongoing optimization.

  • Own campaign planning and optimisation across Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and other platforms to improve ROAS and efficiency.
  • Act as the primary client contact, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive timely delivery, QA, and reporting across territories.
  • Develop insight-led recommendations and testing opportunities to lift CTR, CPA, and overall performance.

Responsibilities

  • Develop Paid Social strategies in partnership with the client and senior leadership
  • Translate global strategy into actionable, market-level campaign plans
  • Act as a key day-to-day client contact and trusted Paid Social specialist
  • Provide insight-led recommendations to drive performance and improve outcomes
  • Plan, implement and optimise Paid Social campaigns across platforms (Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest, etc.)
  • Ensure campaigns are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to KPIs
  • Drive campaign efficiencies and continuous optimisation across markets
  • Maintain high standards in activation, QA, and reporting
  • Monitor and analyse campaign performance, providing actionable insights
  • Identify opportunities to improve ROAS, CTR, CPA and overall efficiency
  • Support growth planning across accounts in collaboration with Account Directors
  • Contribute to testing frameworks and learning agendas across markets
  • Ensure smooth day-to-day running of accounts across multiple territories
  • Manage campaign workflows and ensure deadlines and deliverables are met
  • Collaborate with internal teams (Client Services, Programmatic, Search, etc.) for integrated delivery
  • Maintain accurate reporting and financial tracking
  • Build strong relationships across dentsu teams and global client stakeholders
  • Support integrated “Total Social” approaches across Paid, Organic and Creator activity
  • Contribute to knowledge sharing and best practice across the Paid Social team

Requirements

  • Strong experience managing Paid Social campaigns in an agency or client-facing role
  • Proven ability to plan and execute campaigns across major platforms (Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest)
  • Experience working on global or multi-market campaigns, ideally within culturally driven brands
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and optimise performance
  • Good understanding of Paid Social best practices, trends, and platform innovation
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to manage multiple workstreams and prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience working with tools such as Smartly is advantageous
  • Desirable second spoken language - Spanish, French, Italian, German, Arabic, Polish, Turkish

Preferred

  • Desirable second spoken language - Spanish, French, Italian, German, Arabic, Polish, Turkish
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