Account Executive, Paid Social

GroupM; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the advertising sector is seeking an Account Executive for their Paid Social team in London. This role focuses on managing social media campaigns for retail clients, ensuring client satisfaction, and delivering outstanding results. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills, excellent communication abilities, and an analytical mindset to drive successful campaigns.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Private Healthcare

Flexible working

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in managing social media campaigns.
• Ability to prepare client meetings and reports.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute social media campaigns.
• Collaborate with internal teams for campaign execution.
• Monitor and analyze campaign performance.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Communication

Analytical Mindset

Detail-Oriented

Job description

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Role: Account Executive

Department/Team: Paid Social

Role Objective

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Account Executive to join our Paid Social team. The successful candidate will play a key role in managing and executing social media campaigns, ensuring client satisfaction, and delivering outstanding results. This role involves collaborating closely with the Account Manager and other team members to support our retail clients in the clothing and homeware sectors.

About The Role

Key Responsibilities:

Client Relationship Management:

• Assist in maintaining strong client relationships by providing excellent customer service and prompt responses to client inquiries.
• Prepare and participate in client meetings, including the creation of agendas, presentations, and reports.
• Support the Account Manager in understanding client goals and objectives, translating them into actionable media plans.
  
  

Media Planning and Buying:

• Collaborate with the media planning team to develop and implement media strategies that meet client objectives.
• Assist in the preparation of media plans, flowcharts, and buying schedules.
• Monitor and analyse campaign performance, providing regular updates and recommendations for optimization.
  
  

Campaign Execution:

• Coordinate with internal teams (creative, digital, analytics) to ensure seamless execution of media campaigns.
• Manage timelines, deliverables, and budgets to ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope.
• Oversee the trafficking and implementation of media buys across various platforms.
  
  

Reporting and Analysis:

• Prepare campaign performance reports, using data to provide insights and recommendations for future campaigns.
• Monitor and track media expenditures to ensure alignment with client budgets.
• Conduct competitive analysis and market research to support client strategies.
  
  

Administrative Support:

• Maintain accurate and organized documentation of all client communications, plans, and reports.
• Assist in the preparation of client billing and financial reconciliation.
• Handle any additional administrative tasks as needed to support the account team.
  
  

About You

• Strong organisational and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
• A positive attitude towards working in social media advertising and know-how of the social media landscape.
  
  

What we can offer you

• A strong salary commensurate and in-line with relevant experience
• 25 days annual leave and your birthday day off
• Ongoing internal and external training opportunities
• Flexible working
• The opportunity to attend industry conferences and awards nights
• Career and personal progression
• Private Healthcare
• Excellent pension matching structure
  
  

About Mindshare

Mindshare is a leading global marketing and media services network with billings in excess of £23billion worldwide. We work with some of the most famous businesses and brands in the UK – such as Unilever, Ford, KFC, Marks & Spencer and TK Maxx. The Mindshare network consists of 116 offices across 86 countries throughout the USA, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific; each dedicated to forging competitive marketing advantage for businesses and their brands.

Our approach

Our ambition is to drive Good Growth for our clients.

Good Growth is about delivering growth that is enduring and is considerate of people and planet. Media is a powerful force, and we need to be mindful of the responsibility that it brings. We help our clients make better decisions by ensuring we use media in a trusted, inclusive and sustainable way. We recognise that in order to drive Good Growth, we need to place people at the heart of everything we do. Understanding people, not demographics allows us to place media meaningfully into their lives.

Good Growth is a big ambition – one which inspires change for the industry but also for our agency and we achieve this through our values of Energy, Empathy and Impact.

Working for Mindshare

Our brilliant people allow us to deliver our ambition. We invest heavily in their development to ensure they are progressing and thriving wherever they work in our business. We also think inspiration for our staff is key and our pinnacle and flagship event of the year, Huddle, connects people, opinions and perspectives across borders and is all about learning something new and participating.

Committed to Diversity & Inclusion

We have a big dream at Mindshare, to become the most inclusive place to work in the country! This will take time but the whole agency is passionate about making it a reality. To support this, we currently have 8 Employee Resource Groups available for our people to join and be a part of including, Roots, PrideM, Women in Business, Enable, Declassify, 0Borders, ADAM and Working Parents. These groups hold the agency to account for making progress and, along with our Mental Health Allies, design and lead events and initiatives that help us create a welcoming environment to all and a place where everyone can be their most confident self.

(Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location)

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  Advertising Services, Marketing Services, and Technology, Information and Internet

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