Senior Paid Social Executive – Ecommerce in Manchester

Space & Time is a progressive Growth Marketing agency, proudly independent with capabilities spanning across digital media, technology, performance creative and training, from data strategy to omnichannel media planning and buying. Established in 2000 and with offices across the UK, we partner with top industry brands such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft and have won numerous industry awards, as we put customer experience at the heart of what we do. Our clients work across a variety of sectors such as property, food & drink, health, pharmaceutical, e-commerce, charity, finance, sport & leisure and tourism.

The Role

As a Senior Paid Social Executive – Ecommerce, you’ll help deliver outstanding paid social media results for ecommerce clients across key social channels including Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and Pinterest. You’ll use your analytical, commercial and methodical approach to set up, manage and optimise performance-led campaigns that drive revenue, customer acquisition and measurable growth.

You will be responsible for the activation, optimisation and performance analysis of ecommerce paid social accounts, helping shape strategy and ensuring ROAS, revenue and efficiency targets are met. You will work closely with clients and colleagues to identify opportunities across audiences, creative, product feeds, tracking and landing pages, while supporting junior members of the team through mentoring and quality checking their work.

The ideal candidate

As our Senior Paid Social Executive – Ecommerce, you’ll have 1-2 years’ experience working within a paid social media position, with hands-on ecommerce campaign experience being essential. Agency experience is preferable; however, we will consider candidates from client side with strong ecommerce performance marketing experience.

You will need strong attention to detail, a can-do attitude and a positive, collaborative approach. A passion for ecommerce, paid social performance and measurable growth is essential, along with the confidence to support junior colleagues, review work carefully and maintain high standards across multiple ecommerce accounts and platforms within a fast-paced agency environment.

• Plan, build, manage and optimise ecommerce paid social campaigns across platforms such as Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and Pinterest
• Monitor performance against ecommerce KPIs including revenue, ROAS, CPA, conversion rate and customer acquisition targets
• Liaise with clients and internal stakeholders to share performance updates, actionable insight and optimisation recommendations
• Work with platform owners to troubleshoot campaign, tracking, catalogue, pixel and feed issues
• Effectively manage client budgets, ensuring media spend is paced accurately and aligned to performance goals throughout the month
• Support creative testing, product feed optimisation and audience strategies to improve ecommerce performance
• Mentor junior members of the team, providing guidance, support and constructive feedback
• Review junior team members’ work to ensure accuracy, quality and attention to detail before it is shared with clients or internal stakeholders

Skills/Experience

• Hands-on ecommerce paid social experience is essential
• Good knowledge of Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager and wider paid social platforms
• Experience working with creative designers and briefing creative assets for paid social
• Working knowledge of Google Analytics, Looker Studio and ecommerce performance reporting
• Strong understanding of website conversion tracking, pixels, catalogues, product feeds and optimisation
• Ability to analyse ecommerce performance data and translate results into clear recommendations
• Advanced working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• A structured and methodical way of working, with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple ecommerce accounts

At Space & Time we value and celebrate the diversity of our people. We recognise the many benefits of a diverse workforce and strive for an inclusive workplace that empowers all our colleagues to thrive. Our search for the best talent fully encompasses and embraces these values and principles.

Space & Time is a Disability Confident Committed Employer, and we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities. If you consider yourself to have a disability or learning difficulty and wish to submit your application in an alternative format or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments during the application and interview process, please get in touch either by phone or email.

Employees benefit from:

• Company pension scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Extra days given off at Christmas
• Quarterly funded socials
• Award winning Inhouse Space Academy training and development