Paid Social Media Executive

Procter & Gamble (P&G) is one of the world’s largest advertisers, owning globally iconic brands such as Gillette, Pampers, Oral-B and Head & Shoulders. We have embarked on an exciting and industry-defining journey to grow our UK Media Team by bringing in-house a significant proportion of our media planning and buying capability. Our Paid Social Media Executive role offers a unique opportunity to join this team, work on some of the biggest media budgets in the UK, building a legacy for our brands and organisation. Our ambition is to bring media even closer to our consumers to maximise return and allow us to innovate in real time. Are you up for the challenge?

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

• Meaningful work from Day 1: From Day 1, you’ll be working with some of the UK’s best loved brands. You’ll be given the space and opportunity to bring your experience, energy and new perspectives to make a genuine impact right from the start.
• Continuous Development: Our culture is built on a foundation of continually developing our people. At P&G we offer a career, not just a job, and will empower you to become the best at what you do through continuous learning opportunities, a varied career path, and the opportunity to work alongside inspiring people.
• Empowering Culture: You will collaborate on impactful projects within a supportive environment where the company values are always embraced and expressed, and diversity is celebrated.

As a Paid Social Media Executive you will be responsible for:

• Managing the paid activation across all social media platforms to deliver against brand awareness and performance objectives.
• Implementing campaigns including set-up, tracking and optimisation as well as creative asset management.
• Managing day-to-day optimisations, pacing and reporting of campaigns against key metrics and forecasting spend.
• Supporting in the design of Paid Social campaign strategies.
• Working closely with media vendors and tech partners in the execution of plans and building strong working relationships.
• Supporting innovation to remain ahead of the competition, connecting externally to stay in-touch with the latest trends.
• Collaborating with broader digital activation, digital planning and Brand teams as well as Marketing Technologists to generate and share insights.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

• Head Office Location: This role is based in our UK Head Office in Weybridge, Surrey which is an easy commute from London with regular trains from Waterloo and a free shuttle service from the station to the office. There is free on-site parking with access to dedicated electric vehicle charging points. There is also an on-site Costa Coffee, discounted restaurant for breakfast and lunch and a state-of-the-art gym facility.
• Flexibility: We operate a flex at work approach, with flexibility built into the role. Our UK Media Team spend 3 days of their week collaborating together in our offices or at our external partners or customers. This is balanced with 2 of their days spent on focused work which most tend to do from home.
• Competitive Benefits: P&G take a Total Rewards approach meaning on top of your salary you can expect a whole range of benefits including: Double Match Pension Scheme; Private Medical Insurance; P&G Contributed Share Programme; 25 Days Holiday, Onsite Gym, and much more.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU…

• Have experience in paid social media buying across awareness and performance campaigns with clear capabilities in campaign set-up, optimisation and reporting; experience managing large budgets is advantageous.
• Are proactive, accountable, and curious to learn with a desire to move projects forwards to deliver results.
• Have competency with biddable digital platforms e.g. Facebook Business Manager, Tik Tok for Business, YouTube. Experience with 3rd party verification tools e.g. MOAT is advantageous.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. At P&G we strive to build a culture where everyone feels welcome, included, and able to bring their full selves to work.