Paid Social Account Director - 3M FTC

OMD Group Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media agency is seeking a Paid Social Account Director to spearhead a high-impact, 3-month contract for John Lewis. The role involves strategic oversight of major campaigns across platforms such as Meta and Pinterest, ensuring best-in-class execution while managing a small team. Ideal candidates are experienced, with a strong leadership and performance mindset, ready to deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior paid social role.
• Strong strategic thinking and performance mindset.
• Experience managing senior client discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning for paid social activity for John Lewis.
• Manage client relationships and oversee campaign reporting.
• Support and manage the paid social team.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Performance mindset

Client management

Job description

MG OMD Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Paid Social Account Director - 3M FTC

MG OMD Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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About the Role: Paid Social Account Director – John Lewis (3-month FTC)

MG OMD is looking for a Paid Social Account Director to join the John Lewis team on a 3-month fixed-term contract. This is a short-term but high-impact role, ideal for an experienced paid social lead who can hit the ground running and bring strategic oversight, commercial thinking and calm delivery to a fast-moving retail account.

You’ll be leading a large-scale paid social programme for one of the UK’s most loved retail brands, overseeing strategy, delivery and performance across Meta, Pinterest, TikTok and other key platforms. With key seasonal activity live or in planning, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring campaigns are well-executed, insights are actioned, and the client is supported with clear, confident guidance.

You’ll manage a small team, provide senior counsel to the client, and work closely with creative, data and platform partners to ensure paid social is integrated and driving results.

This contract is suited to someone with deep paid social experience, strong team leadership skills, and the ability to quickly take ownership of a complex, fast-paced account. Retail or seasonal campaign experience would be beneficial, but not essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning and delivery across all paid social activity for John Lewis
• Act as senior point of contact for the client, owning key relationships and strategic conversations
• Oversee campaign management and reporting, ensuring best-in-class execution
• Work closely with platform reps, creative partners and internal teams to maintain alignment and pace
• Manage and support the paid social team, ensuring workloads are balanced and quality remains high
• Provide insight and recommendations based on performance and industry trends
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in a senior paid social role – agency or client-side
• Strong strategic thinking and a performance mindset
• Confident managing client relationships and leading senior discussions
• Experience across major platforms, especially Meta and Pinterest
• Ability to manage teams and deliver in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment
• A practical, collaborative and solutions-focused approach
  
  

If you’re an experienced paid social lead looking for an impactful short-term role on a high-profile retail account, we’d love to hear from you.

About The Agency

MG OMD was established in 1990 as a challenger media agency (Manning Gottlieb Media) that placed craft, trust and performance at the heart of media planning and buying.

Since joining Omnicom network’s OMG (Omnicom Media Group) in 1998, we have continued to retain our founding ethos of providing clients with bespoke approaches, unprecedented insight, specialism, security and transparency; helping our clients to use media to unlock their competitive advantage and deliver innovative, effective and award-winning work and campaigns that create difference that matters.

MG OMD is the second-largest media agency in the UK. We are the most awarded media agency in both the history of the IPA Effectiveness Awards and Thinkbox’s TV Planning Awards and have this year been named as Agency of the Year in The Media Leader UK awards, Campaign Global awards and Campaign UK awards.

With over 500 employees working across some of the UK’s leading brands including the John Lewis Partnership, Virgin Media O2, British Airways, Specsavers, HM Government, LNER, Sony Pictures and Age UK; it is our people who ultimately make the award-winning difference.

So, true to our ethos, we work hard at creating a spirit and atmosphere that inspires our people to be considerate, honest, and professional whilst also being stimulating, imaginative and inspirational.

We want people who are great to work with, fun to be with and who genuinely care; about each other, our clients, our media partners and doing great work.

In return, we provide an amazingly collaborative culture, where open communication and an unwavering commitment to diversity of thinking, diversity of background and diversity of skillsets runs through everything we do. All backed up by the highest standards of training, development and support in the industry; so much so, that we have attained IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) CPD Gold Accreditation for the 13th year running and maintained our CPD Platinum Accreditation for the 7th consecutive year, showcasing our commitment to continuous professional development. We were also featured in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work in both 2023 and 2024. Our being named is completely based on the opinions and perspectives of our employees which makes the accolade all that more special.

Flexible Working

At Omnicom Media Group, we are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in-person connections with the flexibility of remote working. Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely. For example, you could start work at 8:30 and finish at 16:30 or start at 10:30 and finish at 18:30.

We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best - both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.

Be Your Best

We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at [e-mail] to let us know how we can support you.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG

At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.

We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice which is available on https://omnicommediagroup.com/recruitment-privacy-notices/.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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