Manager, Paid Social

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>About WPP Media</strong></p> <p>WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth. </p> <p>WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.</p> <p>For more information, visit <a href="wppmedia.com">wppmedia.com</a>.</p></div><p><strong>3299 - Manager, Paid Social - GCS</strong></p> <p><strong>Role Summary and Impact</strong></p> <p>The Paid Social team works to plan &amp; execute market-leading social advertising campaigns for our clients across a variety of social media platforms. The team are based at EssenceMediacom’s office at 1 Southwark Bridge Road.</p> <p>We are looking for an experienced&nbsp;Paid Social&nbsp;Account&nbsp;Manager&nbsp;who will play an instrumental role in further developing our offering by taking ownership of the ongoing client engagement, managing a team of&nbsp;Paid Social&nbsp;SEs and AEs and support the&nbsp;Account&nbsp;Director&nbsp;to implement&nbsp;the strategic vision of the account and team. In this role, you will also work closely with other sister agencies in the network, creative agencies, data teams,&nbsp;PR&nbsp;etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The&nbsp;Role:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>The&nbsp;candidate will report&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;Paid Social&nbsp;Account Director.&nbsp;&nbsp;Working&nbsp;within the&nbsp;Paid Social&nbsp;team,&nbsp;they will be integral to&nbsp;achieving&nbsp;client goals, and&nbsp;the development&nbsp;and&nbsp;optimization&nbsp;of&nbsp;Paid Social&nbsp;activity as part of integrated multi-channel campaigns.&nbsp;The ideal candidate will be expected to use their own initiative to manage&nbsp;Facebook/Instagram, Twitter,&nbsp;Google,&nbsp;YouTube&nbsp;and&nbsp;Linkedin&nbsp;campaigns. You&nbsp;will be expected to champion the EssenceMediaCom best practice approach to delivering campaigns,&nbsp;multi market&nbsp;strategy coordination and communication. You will lead by example, taking responsibility for the guidance and development of junior members of the team.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Principal&nbsp;responsibilities:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Performance&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Leading the planning,&nbsp;creation, and on-going management of&nbsp;Paid Social&nbsp;campaigns&nbsp;</li> <li>Carrying out health checks on&nbsp;the&nbsp;accounts to&nbsp;ensure they are set up and running as per EssenceMediaCom best practice&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Proactively performing&nbsp;regular optimization of accounts, monitoring market changes and&nbsp;identifying&nbsp;development opportunities&nbsp;</li> <li>Creating and leading the execution of development&nbsp;and testing plans including media owner betas&nbsp;where&nbsp;possible&nbsp;</li> <li>Preparing&nbsp;presentations&nbsp;and leading&nbsp;client&nbsp;calls and face to face meetings&nbsp;</li> <li>Working with the AD to devise campaign strategy&nbsp;and translate this into campaign delivery&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Profile&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Playing an active role in team meetings and agency events&nbsp;</li> <li>Writing case studies of&nbsp;great work&nbsp;delivered by the team&nbsp;</li> <li>Volunteering to&nbsp;assist&nbsp;with new business pitches, and other cross-agency initiatives&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>People&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Collaborating with other digital teams within the&nbsp;EssenceMediaCom hub&nbsp;</li> <li>Delegating and managing workloads across the&nbsp;junior members of the&nbsp;team&nbsp;</li> <li>Contributing to and&nbsp;owning&nbsp;personal development plans&nbsp;</li> <li>Arranging/attending&nbsp;training to progress you&nbsp;and the team’s knowledge and capability&nbsp;</li> <li>Motivating&nbsp;junior team members to develop their knowledge of social&nbsp;best practices&nbsp;</li> <li>Supporting&nbsp;the educating&nbsp;of planning&nbsp;teams on the benefits and purpose of&nbsp;Paid Social&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Process&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Making full use of the technology available,&nbsp;implementing&nbsp;processes and practices that maximize&nbsp;operational efficiencies&nbsp;</li> <li>The&nbsp;accurate&nbsp;management of budgets,&nbsp;adhering to the EssenceMediaCom finance process&nbsp;</li> <li>Taking responsibility for junior team members accurately following all aspects of EssenceMediaCom process&nbsp;</li> <li>Identifying&nbsp;opportunities for process improvement, and providing recommendations&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Performance measures:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Consistently hitting and exceeding&nbsp;client’s&nbsp;targets&nbsp;</li> <li>Overseeing the implementation of best practices and knowledge sharing&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Managing the development of junior team members&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Skills and Experience</strong></p> <p>At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP &amp; WPP Media’s shared core values:</p> <ul> <li>Be <strong>Extraordinary</strong> by <em>Leading Collectively</em> to <em>Inspire transformational Creativity.</em></li> <li>Create an <strong>Open</strong> environment by<em> Balancing People and Client Experiences</em> by <em>Cultivating Trust</em>.</li> <li>Lead <strong>Optimistically</strong> by <em>Championing Growth</em> <em>and Development</em> to <em>Mobilize the Enterprise</em>.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Exceptional&nbsp;hands on&nbsp;Paid Social&nbsp;experience and comprehensive knowledge of best practice&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience&nbsp;supporting,&nbsp;developing,&nbsp;and mentoring junior team members&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience managing&nbsp;Brand and&nbsp;DR&nbsp;campaigns, optimising accounts&nbsp;to achieve performance targets&nbsp;</li> <li>An expert in&nbsp;developing and implementing audience strategies&nbsp;to optimise&nbsp;Paid Social&nbsp;campaigns&nbsp;</li> <li>Experienced in&nbsp;applying&nbsp;bid rules, buying&nbsp;methods&nbsp;and automation to optimise and complement&nbsp;campaign management tasks&nbsp;</li> <li>Proficient in using advance features available within&nbsp;the native and 3rd&nbsp;party&nbsp;Paid Social&nbsp;platforms&nbsp;(Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat,&nbsp;Linkedin, etc.)&nbsp;and tracking platforms&nbsp;like&nbsp;GA,&nbsp;DoubleClick&nbsp;and Adobe Analytics&nbsp;</li> <li>Able to clearly articulate the rationale for proposed campaign tactics&nbsp;(channels, budget, audience, formats etc.)&nbsp;and present these back internally and to clients&nbsp;</li> <li>Aware of how&nbsp;Paid Social&nbsp;can integrate with other digital and offline channels&nbsp;</li> <li>Able to devise a testing approach/roadmap&nbsp;delivering statistically significant results and insights&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience working with client leadership,&nbsp;developing day to day client relationships&nbsp;</li> <li>Analytically minded with&nbsp;very&nbsp;good&nbsp;attention to detail,&nbsp;able to&nbsp;identify&nbsp;trends in large data sets&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Life at WPP Media &amp; Benefits</strong></p> <p>Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media &amp; WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.<br><br>We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.</p> <p><em>Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location</em></p> <p>Please read our Privacy Notice (<a href="https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy">https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy)</a> for more information on how we process the information you provide.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>#LI-Promoted</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p></p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW227196529 BCX8" lang="EN-CA" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227196529 BCX8">Please read our <a href="https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy#:~:text=WPP%20Media%20Privacy%20Notice%20for%20Recruitment">Privacy Notice</a></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW227196529 BCX8" lang="EN-CA" data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227196529 BCX8">for more information on how we process the information you provide.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW227196529 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}">&nbsp;</span></p></div>

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