Senior Paid Social Director: Strategy & Growth

Publicis Groupe; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical cover

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency, is hiring a Paid Social Account Director to lead ambitious, multi-platform work for key clients in London. You’ll shape strategy, turn data into actionable insights and help clients navigate an evolving media, technology and privacy landscape.

You will work across teams to deliver measurable performance while developing talent and improving how we work, with a role based in White City, London.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in paid social strategy, activation, client partnership and team leadership.
• In-depth knowledge of paid social channels, measurement and the relationship between media, data and creative work.
• The ability to explain complex information clearly and turn analysis into practical recommendations.
• Experience managing significant projects, budgets and client priorities with sound commercial judgement.
• A collaborative approach that brings different teams and perspectives together to solve problems.
• A commitment to operational quality, continuous improvement and responsible, privacy-conscious marketing.
• A supportive leadership style, with the ability to coach others and contribute to an equitable and inclusive culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead paid social strategy, planning and activation across a varied mix of platforms and client accounts.
• Build measurement frameworks that connect paid social activity with client objectives and demonstrate incremental value.
• Turn platform, audience and campaign data into clear insights that inform decisions and improve performance.
• Partner with clients, internal teams and platform providers to develop integrated, privacy-conscious solutions.
• Encourage thoughtful experimentation with new technology, products and approaches while maintaining quality and commercial focus.
• Strengthen campaign planning, quality assurance, financial governance and team processes to reduce risk and improve efficiency.
• Coach and support colleagues, recognise their contributions and help create an inclusive environment where people can develop and do their best work.

Skills

Paid social strategy

Team leadership

Client partnership

Analytics & measurement

Budget management

Privacy-conscious marketing

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Facebook/Meta Ads Manager

LinkedIn Ads

Google Ads

Job description

Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency, is hiring a Paid Social Account Director to lead ambitious, multi-platform work for key clients in London. You’ll shape strategy, turn data into actionable insights and help clients navigate an evolving media, technology and privacy landscape.

You will work across teams to deliver measurable performance while developing talent and improving how we work, with a role based in White City, London.