1,141 Paid Social jobs in the United Kingdom

Would you like to join a multi-award-winning performance marketing agency that's redefining how brands grow through creativity and data? This fast-growing agency is home to a talented team of digital specialists who deliver world-class campaigns for brands across retail, DTC, and global markets. Their culture is collaborative, innovative, and deeply people-focused because they believe happy teams create outstanding work.

As the Paid Social Director , you'll take the lead in shaping high-performing paid social strategies and guiding clients through the full campaign lifecycle from creative concept to measurable success. You'll be hands-on, strategic, and inspiring, a key voice in driving innovation across social platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the planning, delivery, and optimisation of paid social campaigns across Meta, TikTok, and Pinterest.
• Act as a trusted advisor for clients, delivering insight-led strategies aligned to commercial goals.
• Partner with creative, CRO, and analytics teams to craft integrated performance solutions.
• Manage and mentor paid social specialists, setting clear standards for best practice.
• Drive forward creative excellence through experimentation and testing frameworks.
• Oversee client relationships, project financials, and identify new growth opportunities.
• Keep ahead of platform trends, innovation, and AI-driven creative evolution.

The Candidate:

• 5+ years' experience managing paid social campaigns (Meta, TikTok, Pinterest).
• Proven success driving measurable results for clients across multiple sectors.
• Strong understanding of GA4, attribution models, and data-led decision making.
• Excellent client relationship management and stakeholder communication skills.
• A passion for creative innovation, testing, and continuous improvement.
• Experience mentoring and developing junior team members.
• Confident in using creative tools such as Canva, Photoshop, or InDesign.

The Benefits:

This agency truly invests in its people, offering flexibility, development, and genuine work-life balance.

You'll enjoy:

• Flexible hybrid working across Bristol or Exeter offices or 100% remotely.
• Birthday leave and a gift from a local brand.
• Work abroad flexibility and volunteering time off.
• Mental health support, EAP access, and mental health first aiders.
• Comprehensive parental leave, pension scheme, and medical cash plan.
• Regular team meet-ups, learning events, and conference opportunities.
• Ongoing personal and professional development in paid media and beyond.

We Are Aspire Ltd are a Disability Confident Commited employer

• Fashion & Beauty accounts
• Discounts across various brands
• Bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Monthly well-being activities

• Performance monitoring & reporting 
• A/B Testing 
• Client communication 
• Budget Management 
• Audience targeting 
• Trend monitoring 

• Degree in Marketing, Communications, Business or related field is preferred
• Paid Social Experience with E-commerce brands is preferred
• Experience with Meta Business Suite, TikTok Ads Manager and Google Ads is preferred

Our client, a leading media agency, is looking for an experienced Paid Social Manager to join their growing Paid Social Team, giving a unique opportunity to manage and own accounts and play an integral part in the evolution of their digital marketing department.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day running of paid social campaigns as well as a vital individual in the planning and strategy of new client activities, seasonal bursts and new product launches across a wide range of business sectors.You will also be responsible for the management and communications for certain accounts while being involved in all aspects of the Paid Social Team.

Responsibilities

• Manage paid campaigns.
• Confidently manage significant budgets, adhering to strict deadlines
• Generate leads through paid campaigns, that can be converted to sales
• Drive a data-centric marketing approach, with a strong emphasis on customer value and payback
• Ensuring proper tracking, analysis and reporting
• Identify market performance trends and opportunities to stay ahead of competition and translate findings into effective digital campaign

Experience

• Proven track record of managing paid social campaignsacross a variety of social platforms, including Meta, Snapchat, and TikTok
• Minimum 3 years' experience
• Excellent knowledge of Facebook Business Manager
• Agency experience (preferred)
• Degree or equivalent experience in paid media, marketing or digital media

Benefits

• Flexible working
• 25 days annual leave
• Enhanced pension contribution

ABOUT US

25 years ago, we started as one of the UK’s first specialist data science businesses. Today we’re one of the leading integrated marketing agencies outside London. A genuine Northern success story. And one that’s succeeded not by bolting data onto what we do, but by having it as our starting point.

By plugging our creatives, strategists and media specialists into data-driven insight we help them get the most compelling ideas in front of the right audience. Which all adds up to outstanding results for our clients.

We’re powered by our people and the partnerships we have with our amazing clients and brands.

We number over 250 creatives, developers, strategists, data scientists, media specialists and more across offices in Sheffield, Leeds, Sydney and Melbourne. A unique blend of talents collaborating as one to create powerful stories and compelling results for our clients.

ROLE SNAPSHOT

As a Paid Social Manager, you’ll work with your Media leadership team to deliver effective client strategies, from strategy through to delivery & reporting. You’ll lead across some of our household-named clients where we provide that service and work in tandem with client service and wider organic teams to ensure our recommendations reap brilliant results. You will have line management responsibilities across junior members of the team, being the anchor for the team and being instrumental in managing the workflow of the team.

Our ideal candidate will have a real passion for creativity and already has some experience in data-powered social delivery, from builds to ongoing optimisations to user best-practice creative recommendations. You’ll be able to demonstrate excellent written skills, impeccable attention to detail and an awareness of how your work can impact, power and complement other media channels (like organic social, programmatic, paid search & influencer strategies).

In taking this role, you will constantly strive to deliver best-in-class paid social and help to evolve our approach as the social & creative landscape changes. You’ll want to grow your strategic knowledge and capabilities, and you’ll recognise your essential contribution to meeting team goals.

This role would suit a person with 3+ years’ experience in an agency position.

ROLE PURPOSE

Join our team of leading Paid Media experts, executing cutting-edge campaigns at the forefront of innovative paid social strategy and management. If you want to be part of our ambitions to deliver the world’s best Paid Media campaigns across paid social, look at what we have to offer.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Strategy:

• Drive innovation and the development of Jaywing’s Paid Social offering.
• Proven experience driving performance strategies across the Paid Social platforms and a track record of running ad campaigns, ideally across Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
• Identify future industry trends and developments, ensuring that this information feeds through into the proposition for clients.
• Identify trends within the channels and harness these for the benefit of our clients.
• Devise Paid Social strategies and contribute to integrated media plans including forecasting activity alongside other internal teams, whilst overseeing the activation of these strategies across all clients.
• Supporting and attending client calls.

Delivery

• Manage a team of paid social professionals, being the anchor of the team and heading up a portfolio of clients.
• Build on current successes and advise clients on ongoing and future strategic approaches.
• Delivery – data-driven reporting, optimisation, creative optimisation & briefing, client calls, meetings & QBRs etc.
• Support day-to-day campaign operations across the team and more junior team members, ensuring clients receive a high level of service with a rigorous focus on quality control.
• Collaborate with the wider Media team to deliver campaigns to schedule and on or above targets set.
• Work with existing agency teams and accounts to drive revenue growth via their usage of channels as a part of integrated strategies.

SKILLS REQUIRED

• You will have already forged a successful start in your Paid Social career ideally within an agency setting.
• Experience in team management/mentoring and the ability to lead and motivate a team.
• You will have experience of running projects and campaigns to budget, and managing delivery of strategy with key team members.
• Knowledge and experience of Organic and other Media would be advantageous.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong presentation skills.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
• A strong analytical and problem-solving ability with a keen eye for detail.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Excel, including the ability to build weekly reports using formulas and lookup tables.
• Skills in Google Analytics with the ability to extract and analyse key data insights is advantageous.
• Skills in Looker Studio (or other reporting packages) to create compelling visualisations and dashboards is advantageous.
• A strong understanding of the wider digital marketing landscape and how Paid Social integrates with other channels.
• A passion for Media and a desire to stay up to date with the latest industry trends and best practices.

Serotonin is a performance-driven creative agency built for ambitious consumer brands. We help businesses grow by combining scroll-stopping creative with measurable performance marketing.

From high-growth eCommerce to global lifestyle brands, we manage campaigns across Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and beyond. Our goal is simple: deliver work that earns attention and drives results.

We are looking for a Paid Social Executive to join our team. This is a hands-on role where you will support the planning, delivery, and optimisation of paid social campaigns. You will have the opportunity to work across a variety of clients, gain exposure to different industries, and develop your skills alongside an experienced team.

The Role

You will work closely with the Head of Paid Social and other media specialists to manage campaigns across multiple social platforms. You will be involved in the full process, from planning and setup to analysis and reporting.

This is an ideal role for someone with 1-2 years of paid social experience who is ready to step up, learn fast, and contribute to high-performance campaigns.

What You'll Do

• Assist in the day-to-day management of paid social campaigns across Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and other platforms
• Support tracking of client account performance, ensuring campaigns meet KPIs
• Contribute to weekly and monthly performance reports, providing insight and recommendations
• Assist with campaign analysis and brief writing for creative and strategic work
• Collaborate with other media team members to improve campaign results and share learnings
• Support the Head of Paid Social with client communication, campaign planning and optimisation recommendations
• Assist with strategy development for both new and existing clients
• Audit client accounts to identify areas for improvement
• Learn to forecast campaign results and outcomes
• Stay up to date with platform developments, industry trends and best practices

You Should Be

• Experienced in paid social, with 1-2 years working in a similar role
• Familiar with Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn Ads platforms
• Confident reporting using platform tools, with a basic understanding of GA4 and Looker Studio
• Able to demonstrate involvement in campaigns that met or exceeded KPIs
• Comfortable with campaign planning and management fundamentals
• Skilled in Google Sheets and Excel
• Aware of digital marketing strategy principles and basic forecasting methods
• Organised and able to manage multiple tasks across different clients
• A clear communicator with strong time management and presentation skills
• Eager to learn, proactive in seeking new skills, and collaborative in working with internal teams

Tools You Should Use

• Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager, LinkedIn Campaign Manager
• Google Analytics 4, Looker Studio
• Google Sheets, Excel
• Asana, Notion, Slack

Perks

• 28 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
• Flexible start and finish times
• Two week work from anywhere in the world
• Private health insurance including mental health and counselling support
• Free daily breakfast provided in the office
• Salary £27, p/a depending on experience
• At least 6 quarterly social events including yoga, Peak District hikes and comedy nights
• Team lunches and dinners
• Pet-friendly Manchester office
• Access to reduced dental and optician fees via Health Shield

Location: London (Hybrid / Remote within UK possible)
Contract Type: Full-time, Contract (36 months with potential extension)

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Our Client

Our global iGaming client has a multi-million-pound search budget focused on the UK, Spain, Canada, and LATAM with plans to enter many new markets in 2025.

They cultivate a fast-paced, collaborative environment where innovation drives everything they do. Their teams are passionate about delivering top-tier gaming experiences, leveraging data-driven insights, and staying ahead in an ever-e.

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