Senior Account Executive, Paid Social

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own paid social execution and optimization with a focus on keeping campaigns aligned to best practices, producing clear performance reporting, and delivering actionable client insights.

  • Growth Infrastructure: End-to-end paid social setup and QA to ensure campaigns run to defined standards.
  • Performance Analytics: Weekly/monthly reporting and performance commentary to drive recommendations.
  • Collaboration & Compliance: Coordinate with line managers and global teams while managing workload and finance processes to keep projects on track.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • End-to-end set up of paid social campaigns across all the relevant social platforms.
  • Undertaking regular quality assurance (QA) checks to ensure campaigns are set up to defined best practice standards.
  • Monitoring campaign performance and pacing to ensure activity delivers as expected. Troubleshooting and optimising campaigns in order to improve performance as necessary.
  • Working to produce detailed & accurate weekly/monthly campaign performance reports, often in Microsoft Excel.
  • Writing performance commentary that delivers valuable insight and recommendations to clients.
  • Assisting with more detailed analysis including end-of-campaign reporting, quarterly/annual reviews, and on standalone projects.
  • Working closely with your line-manager & the wider team (including the Global Hub team) to support the delivery of high-quality work for clients.
  • Working with partners and attending regular platform training sessions to further develop your paid social skillset.
  • Responsible for managing your workload and for communicating clearly and in a timely manner with internal and external stakeholders as required across email, chat, video and in-person.
  • Attend regular internal meetings and training sessions in order to actively contribute to a collaborative and friendly paid social community.

Benefits

  • Our comprehensive benefits package reflects this commitment, including competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
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30K employees (6,827 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
159.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$9.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.3%
Direct
46.3%
Referral
10.7%
Social
5.7%
Paid
2.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~30.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6,288 (21% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
21