Senior Paid Social Account Manager in London

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Medialab is the UK’s leading independent media agency, and one of the fastest growing in the industry. We’re a media agency that’s made differently: purpose-led, data-driven, founder-run and proudly independent.

There are no limits to what you can achieve here, which our employees agree with, evidenced by being a Campaign Best Place to Work for six consecutive years and one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025. As well as this, we’re Campaign’s Independent Agency of the Year 2024 and Media Week’s Independent Agency of the Year 2025.

We work with a wide variety of clients including Hovis, IG, Sharps Bedrooms, SunLife, Standard Life, Ancestry, Laithwaites Wine, Save the Children, Guide Dogs, Alzheimer’s Society, RNLI and Clearscore.

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Working at Medialab comes with lots of perks including all the usual things you would expect, such as a competitive salary package, pension, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, weekly social events and big summer / end of year parties.

Time to Unwind – 22 days holiday (+ Christmas holiday closure), a day off for your birthday, holiday buying scheme, flexi-hours, and both a work abroad and cultural bank holiday swap scheme.

Hybrid Working – Balance between home and office (3 days in office). We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements from the commencement of employment.

Career Growth – A meritocratic approach to progression with quarterly reviews, CPD Platinum accredited training, mentoring and leadership support.

Health & Wellbeing – Private medical insurance, health cash plan, gym discounts, wellbeing apps, Mental Health First Aiders and free professional counselling.

Supporting Families – Enhanced parental leave pay, flexible working and life assurance.

Giving Back – Paid charity days and sustainability initiatives.

Perks & Rewards – Retail discounts, long-service trips and an unforgettable team culture.

You will take the lead in managing and supporting several Digital Executives, overseeing the day-to-day execution and planning of social campaigns, and ensuring seamless client communication.

This role is primarily focused on Paid Social, with an opportunity to work across Display and Video, as well as the opportunity to contribute to other digital channels including Search, Programmatic, and Partnerships, offering a well-rounded and strategic approach to campaign management.

This position presents a defined career trajectory, with opportunities to drive digital innovation and development across several key clients.

You’ll work on a blend of Brand and Performance campaigns, gaining exposure to both digital and offline channels and developing a deep understanding of integrated media strategies.

Leading the response to briefs and managing day-to-day media planning and activation for Paid Social strategy for your key clients.

Managing delivery of day-to-day client leadership across digital campaigns and activations, owning the end-to-end campaign set-up process, including QA, budget pacing, and timely delivery of campaign reports.

Leading weekly optimisation cycles, using platform data and insights to recommend and implement performance improvements, with a focus on paid social outcomes.

Managing Digital Executives, ensuring best-in-class client communication and best practice activation across social channels.

Delivering accurate and detailed media plans and supporting annual planning across paid social and wider digital channels, providing clear rationale and performance projections informed by client and platform data.

Supporting Account Directors in building and presenting strategic recommendations to clients, helping them achieve long-term objectives while constructively challenging plans to drive growth.

Leading the set-up and QA of tracking for digital campaigns. Contributing to digital squad initiatives, encouraging adoption of agreed processes, frameworks, and ways of working, and providing guidance to Digital Executives.

Proven ability to train and develop Account Executives, ensuring high quality campaign delivery and process excellence.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively as part of a client planning team.

Previous line management experience, with a track record of guiding and developing junior team members.

Highly numerate and confident in setting and monitoring budgets across multiple campaigns.

Experience in Display, Video, and DV360.

Experience with planning tools such as TouchPoints, TGI, and YouGov.

Exposure to broader digital channel planning and activation, as well as offline channels.