Manager, Paid Social - Mobile Devices

OMD; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Omd in California is seeking a Social Media Manager to lead paid social campaigns, translate strategy into actionable plans, and mentor a growing team of social specialists. You will partner with account leads to drive client goals, oversee pacing, reporting, and optimizations, and champion best practices across the agency.

The role demands leadership, clear communication with clients and internal teams, and a proactive approach to opportunities that advance client performance and the agency’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising, or communications or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience managing paid social media accounts.
• Strong presentation, communication, and listening skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects.
• Proactive self-starter with data-driven mindset.

Responsibilities

• Drive overall digital strategy and tactics to meet client goals with the account lead.
• Mentor and develop junior team members.
• Manage quarterly priorities and ad-hoc requests to meet timelines.
• Communicate insights, reporting, and trends to clients and partners.
• Lead client communications and coordinate across agency teams.

Job description

Who We’re Looking For

We are seeking a Social Media Manager with experience in campaign management and execution, a vocal and engaged leader on client and functional teams, and who has shown the ability to carry out strategy through structuring and planning as well as training and developing junior team members. Managers are direct supervisors of the junior Social team members on their account and take responsibility for guiding their growth and ensuring that the team functions most effectively and with minimal errors.

You have experience managing a team, delegating tasks and providing growth opportunities for these individuals. A proven track record of managing‑up and actively communicating to all team members. This role requires that you clearly and concisely articulate communications to external and internal teams.

We want an individual that is accountable for all aspects of the plan and has the ability to flag and elevate concerns appropriately to their manager.

We value our culture above everything else, and that culture is built on the spirit of our people. We’re looking for tireless optimists, happy warriors and fearless collaborators who bring that extra dose of contagious energy.

Agency

Omd

Job Function

Media

Job Subfunction

Performance Media

Job Description

Be a Manager, Paid Social

The Opportunity

Your responsibilities will include:

Leadership

• Drive overall digital strategy and associated tactics to meet client’s goals, working closely with account lead(s)
• Established as leader with the client and across all departmental teams, effectively prioritizing and negotiating needs between all parties
• Effectively manage and develop junior team members (mentoring, training, etc.)
• Prioritize and manage quarterly priorities and ad-hoc requests to ensure they are executed on time and to client expectations by the entire client team
• Ability to problem‑solve, such as finding solutions for issues not yet attempted
• Proactively share learnings and best practices across the organization
• Establish oneself as an expert within their functional department and client team
• Identify ways to improve team efficiency and effectiveness, such as new processes
• Bring new proactive ideas to help meet client goals and grow business

Communication

• Ability to consult, educate and negotiate with clients and agency partners
• Effectively communicate paid media insights, reporting, trends, and new initiatives to client/agency partners and vendors
• Ability to present recommendations and ideas to client and internal team
• Ability to effectively merchandise successes to the client
• Help educate client team on latest trends, best practices, technologies, etc.
• Demonstrates appropriate judgment through proper escalation

Functional Expertise

• In-depth knowledge of:
• Paid social optimizations (proactive and reactive)
• Forecasting and opportunity/gap analysis
• Campaign management tools, including bid rules/management
• Advanced social platform knowledge across all objectives (awareness, consideration, and conversion)
• Monitoring new social trends and products and evaluating application to client
• Research tools/competitive analysis
• Budget/pacing and billing
• Understanding integrated media
• Industry trends

Our Expectations Of You

• Deep understanding of social performance campaigns and activation
• Help strategists and coordinators develop insights and actions (implications) that demonstrate a thorough understanding of the client’s goals
• Responsible for overseeing campaign management including pacing, reporting, optimizations, etc.
• Ability to develop cross‑channel performance strategies
• Having a passion for advertising and establishing yourself as a thought leader within the office
• Staying up to date on industry trends and partner updates
• Proactively bringing new opportunities to the team
• Proactively bring new ideas for the account for broader business impact
• Ensure proper communication between various agency capabilities and performance team
• Day‑to‑day lead on client communications

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising, or communications or relevant post‑secondary education, training, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of hands‑on‑keyboard work experience managing paid social media accounts
• Be a proactive self‑starter
• Possess general knowledge of direct marketing principles and strategies
• Have polished presentation, communication, and listening skills
• Have strong organizational skills as applied through an ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Be confident in analyzing and acting on marketing data

The Outcomes We Will Celebrate

Strong client relationships, admiring teammates, more effective plans, strong agency partnerships.

Who You’ll Partner With

You’ll work hand in hand with the social strategists and coordinators on your team, partnering with the strategy/planning teams and reporting into the Associate Director, Paid Social. Beyond your immediate team, you’ll also work closely with the rest of the Digital Activation team, including Search and Programmatic Video/Display, as well as the wider media and marketing sciences teams to drive your client’s business forward.

What You Can Expect

The chance to grow the agency and yourself.

Freedom to collaborate with over 4,000 colleagues in 80+ offices worldwide.

The ability to be brave, try new things and help continue to grow our digital offering.

A place that cares about your personal passions just as much as your work.

California: $75,000.00‑$95,000.00

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