Digital Senior Account Executive

89up; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sickness benefits & life insurance

Biannual company bonuses

Enhanced parental pay

Private healthcare & counseling

Eyecare vouchers & wellbeing service

24 days holiday

Birthday day off

Company pension contributions

Career development opportunities

Employee recognition

Job summary

89up is a global agency for not-for-profits, delivering digital campaigns and content across the UK and beyond. We seek a Senior Account Executive to drive digital communications, craft standout content, and sharpen campaign skills daily.

You’ll work on cause-driven campaigns, collaborating with creators and leveraging data to improve performance. Hybrid London role with 3 days in the office and 2 from home.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in digital communications, content creation, or social media management (agency or in-house).
• Passion for internet culture and social trends; ability to spot evolving trends and formats.
• Creative content savvy with strong copywriting and asset briefing skills.
• Hands-on content mindset; able to brainstorm concepts, script hooks, and engage creators for campaigns.
• Enthusiasm for both organic and paid social; willingness to learn audience targeting and ad setup.
• Organised with ability to juggle multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Strong written and spoken communication; capable of managing daily client emails/calls.
• Growth mindset with desire to learn platform trends and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute digital-first campaigns for charity-focused clients.
• Create compelling content and coordinate with creators and influencers.
• Monitor campaign performance and extract actionable insights from data.
• Collaborate with clients to align with cause-driven goals and messaging.
• Support paid social planning and experiment with new formats across platforms.

Skills

Digital communications

Content creation

Social media management

Project management

Copywriting

Data analysis

Influencer outreach

Paid social awareness

Audience targeting

Tools

Meta Ads Manager

LinkedIn Campaign Manager

TikTok Ads

Job description

Location: London, UK 3 days in the office, 2 from home (Monday, Friday)

Who are we?

89up is the global agency for not for profits and good causes. Our mission is clear: to help our incredible clients tackle the world’s greatest challenges, with a focus on climate action, social justice, economic fairness and helping to deliver the UN sustainable development goals.

We work with organisations across the UK, Europe, US, and beyond. Across the agency we deliver public relations, creative campaigns, website development, advocacy, insights, and mobilisation.

You are joining a team of people who…

• Are passionate about driving change
• Love tackling complex problems and inspiring action
• Believe in collaborative working and creating integrated solutions
• Want to create industry leading work for causes that matter

The role

Are you a digital-first communicator with 2–3 years of experience who wants to use your creative energy to tackle the world's biggest issues? We’re looking for a driven Senior Account Executive who loves digital communications, lives for great content, and is obsessed with learning and sharpening their skills every day.

What we’re looking for

You are a smart, creative self-starter who gets excited about how digital solutions can inspire action and drive real-world change. You bring solid project management habits, love pitching big ideas in brainstorms, and enjoy digging into data to find useful insights. Crucially, you have a growth mindset - you're hungry to expand your skills into paid social advertising, digital monitoring, and campaign strategy while acting as a reliable, confident point of contact for our non-profit clients.

• 2–3 years of experience in digital communications, content creation, or social media management (agency or in-house).
• Passion for internet culture and social trends: Finger on the pulse of evolving social media behavior, platform features, viral trends, influencer content and creative formats across TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Facebook.
• Creative content savvy: A strong understanding of what makes "thumb-stopping" content, paired with excellent copywriting and asset briefing skills.
• Hands-on content mindset: Energy for brainstorming fresh creative concepts, scripting short-form video hooks, and reaching out to cause-aligned creators and online influencers.
• Enthusiasm for paid and organic social: Strong desire to run both organic comms and paid digital campaigns, with an eagerness to build skills in audience targeting, ad set-up, and channel best practices.
• Organised project management: Proven ability to juggle multiple projects, meet tight deadlines, and keep deliverables moving seamlessly.
• Confident comms: Exceptional written/spoken communication skills, and managing daily client emails and calls.
• Growth mindset: A genuine passion for digital comms and a drive to continually learn, improve, and stay ahead of platform trends.
• Basic exposure to paid social advertising platforms (Meta Ads Manager, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, TikTok Ads).
• Understanding of/ excitement for creators and how to engage with them meaningfully for campaigns.
• Ability to review campaign metrics, look beyond the numbers, and extract meaningful insights.
• Familiarity with social listening and analytics tools
• Broad understanding of how digital channels, email marketing, and web fit into integrated cause campaigns.
• Previous experience or active involvement with charities, NGOs, or purpose-driven campaigns.

We are open to applicants with a range of experience and a blend of these skills - if you bring the passion, curiosity, and drive to make a difference, we want to hear from you.

WHAT WE ARE OFFERING

• A competitive base salary with excellent performance-linked bonuses
• Gold-plated sickness benefits and life insurance
• Company-wide bonuses, 2 yearly
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• Private GP, private counseling, eyecare vouchers, well-being service
• 24 days holiday (with the office closing over Christmas, days taken for this max 4)
• Day off for your birthday
• Company pension contributions
• Plenty of scope to develop your career in a fast-growth business
• An opportunity to be seen, heard and counted in your contributions, and not get lost in the noise and tangle of a large corporate business

89up is an equal opportunity employer and positively encourages applications from suitably experienced and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, qualifications, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.