Paid Social Manager

Klick; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

The Klick Group, a leading life sciences marketing ecosystem, is seeking a Paid Social Manager to drive strategy and execution for healthcare and pharmaceutical clients. You will partner with Media, Client Services, Creative, Analytics, and platform partners to deliver measurable outcomes and to advance Klick’s paid social capabilities.

You will own planning, activation, optimization, reporting, and client recommendations across key platforms, while coaching a team to elevate delivery standards

Qualifications

• 5+ years of online advertising experience with hands-on development and execution of paid social campaigns.
• 2+ years of client-facing experience presenting paid social performance to clients or senior stakeholders.
• Experience managing core paid media operations including targeting, bidding, pacing, and reporting across multiple campaigns or accounts.
• Working knowledge of digital media quality, brand safety, ad viewability and fraud controls in campaign delivery.
• Experience mentoring paid social practitioners and providing feedback to improve team quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead paid social strategy and campaign planning across Meta Ads Manager and LinkedIn Campaign Manager.
• Manage campaign setup, creative trafficking, targeting, bidding, pacing, and budget optimization.
• Analyze campaign performance and deliver reports with actionable recommendations for clients and internal teams.
• Build relationships with platform partners to explore audience tools, beta opportunities, and new capabilities.
• Coach paid social specialists and raise delivery standards across the team.

Skills

Paid social strategy

Client-facing

Campaign management

Brand safety & compliance

Mentoring

AI in workflows

Healthcare/pharma experience

Analytics dashboards

Platform evaluation

Job description

The Klick Group—comprising Klick Health (including Oxford PharmaGenesis, Klick Katalyst, and btwelve), Klick Media, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), and Klick Consulting—is an ecosystem dedicated help life sciences brands achieve their full potential through best-in-class marketing and advertising, media, medical affairs and communications, market access, real-world evidence, and technology and analytics consulting — powered by 500+ in-house medical experts and award-winning data science and AI capabilities. Founded in 1997, we have offices in Toronto, New York, Oxford, London, Cambridge, Cardiff, Melbourne, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, São Paulo, and Singapore. One of the most-awarded health agencies on the planet, Klick recently made history as Cannes Lions Healthcare Agency of the Year, Healthcare Network of the Year, and Independent Agency of the Year – Health. Klick is also consistently recognized for its people-first culture, including Great Place to Work, Best Workplace for Women, Best Workplace for Inclusion, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and a FORTUNE Best Workplace in Advertising.

About Klick Media

Our Media Craft ensures that Klick’s work reaches the right audiences at the right moments. This craft combines audience insight, data, and technology to drive measurable impact. Media teams continuously test, learn, and optimize to improve performance. Their work connects strategy and creativity to real-world results.

Job Description

The Paid Social Manager leads paid social strategy and execution for healthcare and pharmaceutical clients, partnering with Media, Client Services, Creative, Analytics, and platform partners to deliver measurable campaign outcomes. The role owns campaign planning, activation, optimization, reporting, and client recommendations across key paid social platforms. This role also supports the continued development of Klick’s paid social capabilities through platform innovation, vendor relationships, and team coaching.

What You’ll Do

• Lead paid social strategy and campaign planning across Meta Ads Manager, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, and relevant emerging platforms, aligning audience, channel, and investment decisions to client KPIs.
• Manage campaign setup, creative trafficking, targeting, bidding, pacing, and budget optimization across assigned healthcare and pharmaceutical accounts to deliver against agreed performance goals.
• Analyze campaign performance and deliver recurring reports and actionable recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders, using results to guide ongoing optimization and future planning.
• Build relationships with paid social platform partners and vendors to evaluate audience tools, beta opportunities, and emerging capabilities that can improve campaign effectiveness.
• Coach paid social specialists, review campaign work for quality and accuracy, and strengthen paid social expertise and delivery standards across the team.

Qualifications

Required:

• 5+ years of online advertising experience, including hands‑on development and execution of paid social campaigns across platforms such as Meta Ads Manager and LinkedIn Campaign Manager, with ownership of campaign strategy, activation, optimization, or reporting.
• 2+ years of client‑facing experience presenting paid social performance, recommendations, or strategic plans to clients or senior stakeholders on a recurring basis.
• Demonstrated experience managing core paid media operations including audience targeting, creative trafficking, bidding, pacing, budget optimization, and campaign reporting across multiple concurrent campaigns or accounts.
• Working knowledge of digital media quality and compliance practices, including brand safety, ad viewability, and identification or mitigation of suspicious or fraudulent media activity, with evidence of applying these controls in campaign delivery.
• Experience managing or mentoring paid social practitioners, with responsibility for reviewing work, providing structured feedback, or improving campaign quality and team capability.
• Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.
• Experience defining paid social strategy or building paid social capabilities for healthcare, pharmaceutical, or other regulated brands, with examples of campaigns, frameworks, or client recommendations delivered.
• Familiarity with social listening tools, social media management platforms, or analytics dashboards used to inform campaign planning, measurement, or optimization.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical media requirements, including OPDP‑related considerations and fair balance, with experience applying regulatory requirements to campaign planning or execution.
• Experience evaluating emerging platform capabilities, beta programs, audience tools, or responsible AI applications for practical use in healthcare media.

Additional Information

This posting is for a newly created role at Klick. The base salary range for this position is between CAD $80,000 - $95,000. The final amount offered will be determined based on several factors such as a candidate’s work location, their unique skill set, education, and prior work experience.
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Our Commitment to Inclusion

Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier‑free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at [emailprotected] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.