Senior Paid Media Manager

Responsibilities

• Ownership of strategic direction and delivery of Paid Social & Programmatic campaigns across the team and client portfolio.
• Ownership of client KPIs and performance against those KPIs, reporting back internally on strong results and challenges.
• Lead, manage and develop a team of highly skilled Paid Social & Programmatic experts. Providing mentoring, guidance and training to build an incredible team within CreativeRace.
• Platform Expertise – Being an expert in all features of the META/TikTok ads and other platforms we use for day-to-day campaign management (both Internal & external).
• Developing strong relationships with representatives from the META & other social platforms. Working with them to get industry insights and access to new products that we can then recommend to clients where appropriate.
• Develop strong relationships with display partners including Stackadapt and other 3rd party partners, understanding what they can bring to our clients.
• Pitching – working with the wider team on the preparation of integrated pitches.
• Integrated working – working closely with our organic, content, and creative resource.
• Horizon scanning – identifying new social media and paid media trends.
• Ensuring our client satisfaction is always glowing and our output is top notch.
• Deliver projects with excellence (error free, on brief, on budget, on time).
• Financial management, forecasting, estimating and business generation.

The Package

• Competitive salary based on experience
• 25 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays)
• Your birthday off
• Hybrid working with at least three days per week based in our Leeds office
• Private health care with Aviva
• Pension with Aviva – 3% employer, 5% employee
• Regular social events

Responsibilities/Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant agency experience preferred.
• Thrives in a fast-paced industry and company.
• Creative & commercially minded.
• Highly knowledgeable in all social media platforms (google ads, & programmatic platforms nice to have).
• Proven experience in planning/managing large social media accounts and paid media campaigns for B2B and B2C.
• Full understanding of latest developments in social media.
• Enjoy managing their own workload and working with different teams.
• Driven, positive, proactive, upbeat and a team player willing to roll their sleeves up.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Adept client management skills (manages expectations, builds trust, communicates well).
• Possesses tenacity and drive required to see a job through to the end.
• Can juggle multiple tasks, but knows when to raise a hand for help.
• Holds a curious mind, hungry to learn and experience new things.
• A desire to grow, develop and expand their role.

About Us

CreativeRace was founded in 1978 and is one of the norths’ most established agencies. We pride ourselves on our independence which allows us the freedom to give clients honest and open advice leading to relationships with household brands that span decades.

As a business we strongly believe in looking after our clients, our employees and our environment, constantly evolving our policies to remain relevant and at the forefront of meeting individual’s needs.

At our heart we are a creative group of problem solvers passionate about unlocking the human side of marketing and driving success. We are resilient, we hold ourselves accountable, we consider before taking action and we fully commit. We are genuinely enthusiastic about what we do and where we are heading.

How to Apply

Think you’ve got what it takes? Send your CV and a cover letter through to jobs@creativerace.co.uk. 

We hire against our core behaviours because they are important to us, so if you think you possess the following, we’d love to chat:

• We are team players
• We build trust
•  We strive for excellence
• We apply intelligence