Specialist, Paid Social in Leeds

Journey Further is more than our name, it’s a symbol of what we do. Founded in the UK in 2017, the agency has rapidly grown to over 160 specialists across offices in London, Leeds, Manchester and New York City, all on a mission to take brands beyond the limits of performance, platform optimization, and human potential. As a global, full-service digital media agency, we believe in transparency, innovation, and expertise to create partnerships that drive real, measurable impact.

• To ensure best in class Paid Social strategy across our clients and driving their accounts forward to hit their key KPIs. Your expertise will help businesses increase brand awareness, drive conversions, and stay competitive in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

What you will do:

• Oversee end-to-end management of campaigns, ensuring alignment with client objectives and performance
• Manage campaigns across multiple platforms (e.g., Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Snapchat) and understand their unique features
• Optimise budgets, bids, and audience targeting based on performance data to improve efficiency and ROI
• Prepare and deliver detailed actionable reports, highlighting key metrics, successes, and areas for improvement
• Collaborate on cross-channel marketing efforts, ensuring paid social strategies complement broader campaigns
• Analyse performance data and apply findings to enhance campaign strategies
• Manage client relationships confidently, presenting reports and addressing queries with professionalism
• Design and execute A/B tests for ad creatives, placements, or audience segments to refine performance
• Identify opportunities for campaign growth, such as exploring new audiences or testing additional platforms
• Draft ad copy and coordinate with creative teams to ensure visuals align with campaign objectives
• Make creative recommendations and give creative insight to further enhance campaigns
• Live and breathe our company values: open, decisive, pioneering and together

Requirements:

• You have at least three years of experience in Paid Social
• You have hands‑on experience on platforms, including Meta and TikTok
• You have a passion for data and all things social
• You have proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets
• You understand the role Paid Social and creator content play in the wider social strategy
• You love building a rapport with people and have experience building productive relationships
• You have a natural eye for analysis
• You understand how to utilise new industry developments and technology
• You’re a confident communicator, always striving to surprise and delight your clients
• You’re self‑motivated and ambitious with a positive \”can‑do\” attitude
• You love staying on top of relevant news and trends, using this data to bring exciting creative concepts to life

Location:

Leeds & Manchester

Process:

Apply via the Journey Further website, any applications not submitted via the website will not be considered. If your application is successful, you can expect:

• Step 1: Screening call with TA team member
• Step 2: Interview with a member of the Social team
• Step 3: Formal interview and task with Director, Paid Social and Senior Manager, Paid Social

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply if you do not have the right to work in the UK.

Diversity & Inclusion

Journey Further takes pride in creating an environment where everyone can be themselves. This starts with recruitment.

We pledge to make our roles as open as possible and to provide equal opportunities to everyone that is kind enough to give us their time. All recruitment decisions we take will be based solely on the positive skills and behaviours that applicants display and absolutely nothing else.

We do not discriminate based on any personal characteristic, we are a people first agency and we care about and celebrate individuals.

If something is important to you, it\’s important to us. If you have a particular need during the application process or during your time at Journey Further, please let us know.