Paid Social Lead (Remote)

Forbes Advisor; London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Forbes Advisor is seeking a proactive Head of Paid Social to lead strategic marketing initiatives and manage a high-performing team. The role emphasizes building effective social ad campaigns while collaborating with global teams. Candidates should have robust experience in performance marketing and a penchant for problem-solving in dynamic environments.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in performance marketing on Paid Social platforms.
• Fluency in ad serving technologies and data analysis.
• Experience in Affiliate Marketing and/or LeadGen.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute Paid Social marketing strategy across all verticals.
• Build and lead a high performing Paid Social team.
• Optimize ad campaigns on platforms like Meta, TikTok, and YouTube.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Team Management

Problem Solving

Communication

Job description

Company Description

At Forbes Advisor, our mission is to help readers turn their aspirations into reality. We arm people with trusted advice and guidance, so they can make informed decisions they feel confident in and get back to doing the things they care about most.

We are an experienced team of industry experts dedicated to helping readers make smart decisions and choose the right products with ease. Forbes Advisor boasts decades of experience across dozens of geographies and teams, including Content, SEO, Business Intelligence, Finance, HR, Marketing, Production, Technology and Sales. The team brings rich industry knowledge to Marketplace’s global coverage of consumer credit, debt, health, home improvement, banking, investing, credit cards, small business, education, insurance, loans, real estate and travel.

Job Description

Forbes Advisor is looking for a dynamic and results-driven Head of Paid Social. This is a role for those who enjoy team leadership, solving complex marketing challenges and delivering profit-at-scale across a diverse book of business.

Proven track record in developing best in class social marketing campaigns along with strong leadership skills is essential to be successful in this role. The successful candidate will be responsible for building out and defining strategy for growing our social ad buys, while also building out a high performing team of marketers.

The successful candidate must be comfortable in a ‘start-up’ environment, have a great attitude to problem solving, be a self-starter and have excellent team management skills.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute Paid Social marketing strategy roadmap across all verticals.
• Build a high performing Paid Social team to deliver on strict revenue and profit targets.
• Lead the team to deploy and optimize ad campaigns across paid social platforms, including Meta, TikTok, YouTube and other opportunities as they arise.
• Work with various stakeholders across global offices to align with business goals.
• Discover and surface additional product/services via competitor research that show signs of being promising business opportunities within the paid social affiliate space.
• Lead with best performance marketing practices, and continuously improve marketing opportunities across the verticals.
• Design workflows and guides to consistently upskill and improve the Paid Social team.
• Build excellent working relationships with our affiliate partners.
• Work with internal teams to help guide tracking, reporting and automation requirements.
• Work with the Digital Experience team to improve landing page experience and conversion rate via A/B testing.
• Provide regular reporting and updates on strategy roadmap to the Leadership Team.
• Conduct performance reviews and work with direct reports on career development.
  
  

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience of performance marketing on Paid Social platforms, in a data-driven environment.
• Overall fluency in using ad serving technologies, platforms, and tools.
• Excellent quantitative and analytical abilities, able to generate actionable insights from data analysis that translate into valuable marketing decisions.
• Team player with all-hands-on-deck attitude and an entrepreneurial mind-set.
• Experience in Affiliate Marketing and/or LeadGen.
• Ability to build out and lead a high performing team.
• Forward thinking, always looking to improve existing activity and identify new opportunities.
• Strong communication, organizational and collaboration skills.
• Experience with A/B testing, optimization, and constant iteration.
• Proficient with Excel.
  
  

Additional Information

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