Senior Paid Social Manager

ThePlaceToBe; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

ThePlaceToBe in Manchester City Centre is seeking a Senior Paid Social Manager to lead strategy and activation for flagship clients. You will join a growing Paid Media team and drive paid social campaigns across Meta, TikTok, and Snapchat, while managing client communications and performance reporting.

The ideal candidate has strong Paid Social knowledge, agency experience, and the ability to lead a small team. Hybrid working from Manchester is available.

Qualifications

• Experience in Paid Media, especially Paid Social.
• MS Excel and Google Analytics proficiency required.
• Agency background preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Plan Paid Social strategy across Meta, TikTok, and Snapchat for flagship clients.
• Manage monthly ad spend into the thousands.
• Liaise with clients to update on campaign performance.
• Handle basic Google Ads and Bing Ads tasks.
• Use Google Analytics to create detailed campaign reports.
• Directly manage a small team of executives/managers.
• Collaborate with creative department to align visuals with strategy.

Skills

Paid social

Client communication

Team management

Excel

Google Analytics

Tools

Meta Ads

TikTok Ads

Google Ads

Bing Ads

Job description

Manchester City Centre - 2 days a week - Hybrid

ThePlaceToBe are excited to be working closely with a digital agency that specialise within the world of Social Media. These guys offer services such as Content, Influencer Marketing, Social Media and Paid Media. This agency work with wide range of exciting household named brands.

About the role...

As a Senior Paid Social Manager, you'll join a growing Paid Media department and assist with the activation and strategic planning of Paid Social campaigns for a selection of the agency's key clients

What you'll be doing day to day...

• Plan strategy of Paid Social across Meta, TikTok, and Snapchat across a selection of agency's flagship clients
• Manage digital marketing spends into the thousands per month
• Liaise with clients regularly to ensure that are update on campaign performance
• Take part in basic elements of GoogleAds and BingAds
• Use Google Analytics to create detailed reports on Paid Media campaigns
• Directly manage a small team of executives and managers
• Work with the creative departments and ensure visuals align against strategy and activation

About you...

To be considered for this Senior Paid Social Manager role you must have a passion for all things Biddable Media

• Previous experience within a Paid Media focused role, with a strong background specifically within Paid Social
• Strong experience using tools such as, Meta and TikTok
• Have strong numerical skillset with working experience of MS Excel and Google AnalyticsAbility to manage a small team, delegate tasks and conduct performance reviews
• Be confident enough to speak to clients regularly and take lead upon meetings
• Digital Marketing Agency experience (not essential)
• Be able to manage large digital spends
• Understanding of the wider Paid Media sphere (PPC, Display and Affiliates)
• You must be able to commute to Manchester City Centre

Sound like you? Or interested in having a chat about your next career move?