Dentsu Aegis Network Ltd.
City, Manchester
The purpose of this role is to develop best in class strategies and management of all Paid Social activity on assigned clients, to manage and develop the team and serve as a point of escalation as needed. Job Description: As a Paid Social Director, you'll play a pivotal role as a channel lead, collaborating seamlessly with the client's projects and guiding a team of managers, executives, and assistants to deliver business outcomes through paid social activations. Beyond managing client accounts, you'll be a driving force in the growth and innovation of our Paid Social specialism. Building and leading a high-performing team will be at the heart of your responsibilities, fostering career development, personal growth, and a shared culture of connection, experience, and growth.This client-facing role extends both externally and internally, engaging with client teams, planners, digital specialists, and client servicing. You'll work closely with the Paid Social Partner to develop a cutting-edge strategy that not only meets, but exceeds, our client's business objectives. As a positive disruptor, you'll be instrumental in delivering best-practice social activation at scale and contributing to new business pitches, shaping the future of our Total Social proposition. Join us in pushing the boundaries and making a mark in the ever-evolving world of social media marketing! Life as a Paid Social Director Paid Social Campaign Delivery & Oversight Lead the development of Paid Social strategies, media plans and response to briefs. Defining KPIs, measurement solutions, and shaping the overall strategy to meet client business objectives. Collaborate with the Paid Social Partner to create a client roadmap and future-proof their paid social approach, within a Total Social setting. Identify integration opportunities with other digital channels where applicable. Ensure daily monitoring and regular optimisation of all campaign elements based on agreed KPIs. Deliver timely, accurate, and insightful client reports to inform further optimisations to improve performance. Responsible for creating a sophisticated Test & Learn roadmap, which expands across multiple social platforms and outlines clear frameworks for the effective measurement of paid social, aligned to client business objectives. Client Engagement Responsibilities Serve as the main point of contact for your client(s), cultivating relationships to evolve them into successful partnerships. Act as the connective tissue between the paid social team, client servicing team, other stakeholders (as needed), and the client - ensuring seamless collaboration. Proactively identify operational improvements to enhance the efficiency of our ways of working and paid social activation. Gain a deep understanding of your client's business and communication objectives, translating them into impactful platform strategies, which deliver actual business outcomes. Represent the team in various client meetings, including status updates, briefings, campaign reviews, and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs). Partner Relationship Management Develop and nurture effective working relationships with partners such as Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, and emerging social/content amplification platforms. Organise and participate in regular catch-ups with priority partners, ensuring the continuous delivery of best-in-class campaigns and identifying opportunities for alpha/beta trials. Collaborate closely, where applicable, with key account representatives at third-party technology partners. Team Leadership and Excellence Spearhead the development of your team members, setting personalised objectives and conducting performance reviews to foster professional growth, and retain high-performing talent. Ensure the timely and precise delivery of work within your team, championing effective work practices embraced by all team members. Including the effective implementation of our Quality Assurance processes, to meet the goal of 100% error-free activations within your client remit. Actively mentor and empower your team, elevating both quality and performance to new heights for your clients. Support in the recruitment & hiring process. Including interviewing and on-boarding successful candidates. Commercial Success and Financial Mastery Drive revenue delivery across your client portfolio, collaborating with the Partner to explore exciting cross-sell and up-sell opportunities. Take charge of the punctual and accurate billing and reconciliation of campaign media investment and income, guaranteeing suppliers are paid promptly. This extends to ensuring accurate forecasting of income, to support the Partner in fulfilling their fiscal responsibilities to the business. Uphold a commitment to accuracy and timeliness in completing timesheets and resource capacity tracking; enabling the business to conduct thorough channel and client profitability/resource analyses. Join us in the pursuit of excellence and financial success. Product Development & New Business Remain up to date with developments in the social media and broader digital landscape. Create case studies and award entries based on campaign results as appropriate. Contribute towards new business RFPs and pitches as required.Including the onboarding of new clients into the business, where appropriate. Actively contribute as a leader for product workstreams and strategic projects. Professional Skills Proficient in managing substantial media budgets across various Paid Social platforms, crafting a supportive strategy, and leading activation teams. Enthusiastic and engaged with the dynamic landscape of social media, e-commerce, and digital marketing. Committed to advancing a career in a digital performance marketing agency, with a positive and solutions-orientated mindset. Strongly numerate and adept at handling data sets. Highly literate with a keen understanding of effective communication for diverse audiences. Articulate presenter, comfortable conveying data insights to senior clients and internal teams. Dedicated to consistently delivering top-notch work and addressing quality issues proactively. Diligent and detail-oriented in optimization and reporting. Highly commercial with expertise in value selling, negotiation, and client relationship management. Excellent organisational skills, proven ability to lead high-performing teams. Familiar with Privacy Enhancing Technologies offered by social media platforms and basic tools for mitigating the impact of cookie loss. What we are looking for in you Strong experience in a Paid social activation, social media planning or biddable media team. Good understanding of planning social campaigns across the various mechanisms, channels and buying models. Practical expertise in activation on Meta, TikTok, Snapchat & Pinterest. Practical expertise in setting up complex testing structures - including multi-cell brand lift and conversion lift studies. Proven ability to lead a team of at least 4 people through challenging and fast-paced deliverables. Strategic knowledge of how to grow client relationships, alongside being commercially minded in growing dentsu revenue. A few of the benefits Whether it's the joy of working with people at the top of their game or our vibrant and collaborative team energy, people love working here - and we hope you will too! Career development through LinkedIn Learning and other tools; with access to training, certifications and mentorship. Private Medical Insurance, Company Pension, life insurance and other corporate benefits In addition to the 25 days annual leave (full time employees), you are also able to take an additional day's leave for your birthday, up to three to focus on your wellbeing and two days to volunteer in your community. Access to lifestyle benefits and schemes such as Cycle
The purpose of this role is to develop best in class strategies and management of all Paid Social activity on assigned clients, to manage and develop the team and serve as a point of escalation as needed. Job Description: As a Paid Social Director, you'll play a pivotal role as a channel lead, collaborating seamlessly with the client's projects and guiding a team of managers, executives, and assistants to deliver business outcomes through paid social activations. Beyond managing client accounts, you'll be a driving force in the growth and innovation of our Paid Social specialism. Building and leading a high-performing team will be at the heart of your responsibilities, fostering career development, personal growth, and a shared culture of connection, experience, and growth.This client-facing role extends both externally and internally, engaging with client teams, planners, digital specialists, and client servicing. You'll work closely with the Paid Social Partner to develop a cutting-edge strategy that not only meets, but exceeds, our client's business objectives. As a positive disruptor, you'll be instrumental in delivering best-practice social activation at scale and contributing to new business pitches, shaping the future of our Total Social proposition. Join us in pushing the boundaries and making a mark in the ever-evolving world of social media marketing! Life as a Paid Social Director Paid Social Campaign Delivery & Oversight Lead the development of Paid Social strategies, media plans and response to briefs. Defining KPIs, measurement solutions, and shaping the overall strategy to meet client business objectives. Collaborate with the Paid Social Partner to create a client roadmap and future-proof their paid social approach, within a Total Social setting. Identify integration opportunities with other digital channels where applicable. Ensure daily monitoring and regular optimisation of all campaign elements based on agreed KPIs. Deliver timely, accurate, and insightful client reports to inform further optimisations to improve performance. Responsible for creating a sophisticated Test & Learn roadmap, which expands across multiple social platforms and outlines clear frameworks for the effective measurement of paid social, aligned to client business objectives. Client Engagement Responsibilities Serve as the main point of contact for your client(s), cultivating relationships to evolve them into successful partnerships. Act as the connective tissue between the paid social team, client servicing team, other stakeholders (as needed), and the client - ensuring seamless collaboration. Proactively identify operational improvements to enhance the efficiency of our ways of working and paid social activation. Gain a deep understanding of your client's business and communication objectives, translating them into impactful platform strategies, which deliver actual business outcomes. Represent the team in various client meetings, including status updates, briefings, campaign reviews, and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs). Partner Relationship Management Develop and nurture effective working relationships with partners such as Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, and emerging social/content amplification platforms. Organise and participate in regular catch-ups with priority partners, ensuring the continuous delivery of best-in-class campaigns and identifying opportunities for alpha/beta trials. Collaborate closely, where applicable, with key account representatives at third-party technology partners. Team Leadership and Excellence Spearhead the development of your team members, setting personalised objectives and conducting performance reviews to foster professional growth, and retain high-performing talent. Ensure the timely and precise delivery of work within your team, championing effective work practices embraced by all team members. Including the effective implementation of our Quality Assurance processes, to meet the goal of 100% error-free activations within your client remit. Actively mentor and empower your team, elevating both quality and performance to new heights for your clients. Support in the recruitment & hiring process. Including interviewing and on-boarding successful candidates. Commercial Success and Financial Mastery Drive revenue delivery across your client portfolio, collaborating with the Partner to explore exciting cross-sell and up-sell opportunities. Take charge of the punctual and accurate billing and reconciliation of campaign media investment and income, guaranteeing suppliers are paid promptly. This extends to ensuring accurate forecasting of income, to support the Partner in fulfilling their fiscal responsibilities to the business. Uphold a commitment to accuracy and timeliness in completing timesheets and resource capacity tracking; enabling the business to conduct thorough channel and client profitability/resource analyses. Join us in the pursuit of excellence and financial success. Product Development & New Business Remain up to date with developments in the social media and broader digital landscape. Create case studies and award entries based on campaign results as appropriate. Contribute towards new business RFPs and pitches as required.Including the onboarding of new clients into the business, where appropriate. Actively contribute as a leader for product workstreams and strategic projects. Professional Skills Proficient in managing substantial media budgets across various Paid Social platforms, crafting a supportive strategy, and leading activation teams. Enthusiastic and engaged with the dynamic landscape of social media, e-commerce, and digital marketing. Committed to advancing a career in a digital performance marketing agency, with a positive and solutions-orientated mindset. Strongly numerate and adept at handling data sets. Highly literate with a keen understanding of effective communication for diverse audiences. Articulate presenter, comfortable conveying data insights to senior clients and internal teams. Dedicated to consistently delivering top-notch work and addressing quality issues proactively. Diligent and detail-oriented in optimization and reporting. Highly commercial with expertise in value selling, negotiation, and client relationship management. Excellent organisational skills, proven ability to lead high-performing teams. Familiar with Privacy Enhancing Technologies offered by social media platforms and basic tools for mitigating the impact of cookie loss. What we are looking for in you Strong experience in a Paid social activation, social media planning or biddable media team. Good understanding of planning social campaigns across the various mechanisms, channels and buying models. Practical expertise in activation on Meta, TikTok, Snapchat & Pinterest. Practical expertise in setting up complex testing structures - including multi-cell brand lift and conversion lift studies. Proven ability to lead a team of at least 4 people through challenging and fast-paced deliverables. Strategic knowledge of how to grow client relationships, alongside being commercially minded in growing dentsu revenue. A few of the benefits Whether it's the joy of working with people at the top of their game or our vibrant and collaborative team energy, people love working here - and we hope you will too! Career development through LinkedIn Learning and other tools; with access to training, certifications and mentorship. Private Medical Insurance, Company Pension, life insurance and other corporate benefits In addition to the 25 days annual leave (full time employees), you are also able to take an additional day's leave for your birthday, up to three to focus on your wellbeing and two days to volunteer in your community. Access to lifestyle benefits and schemes such as Cycle
Carrington Blake Recruitment
£21.54 umbrella per hour This period closes on Wednesday December 3 2025 at 9:00. About the Borough Kingston and Sutton Councils operate a shared Highways and Transport service. It is an exciting time to join our newly re organised team as we lead the way in South west London in delivering sustainable transport infrastructure, regeneration and rise to the zero carbon challenge. If you are seeking career growth and development opportunities, with the chance to pitch in and work on a variety of projects, then come and join us. The service delivers a range of operational highways and transport functions, with a revenue budget of circa £5m, and a capital budget that averages £10m per year. The types of projects we work on range from redesigning a town centre traffic system and dealing with our climate emergency impacts and road safety issues, to the management and maintenance of our highway networks and assets. Being a shared service ensures there are always lots of opportunities to work on a wide range of projects. We practise a hybrid working environment between the Shared Service. Whilst we have modern offices in both Sutton and Kingston Town Centres, we encourage all staff to work in ways that suit them and the business requirements. Our focus is on ensuring all staff can bring their best selves to work. The Shared Service is committed to being a positive supportive employer, whether that's in flexible working, building a diverse and collaborative team of engineers, transport planners, and project managers to deliver our future transport and highways engineering needs, or responding to net zero and environmental friendly goals through the development of initiatives such as school streets and cleaner and greener low traffic neighbourhoods. If you embrace learning opportunities and relish the chance to learn and grow in a supportive environment, we have a clear and ambitious investment plan to transform our Highways and Transport network infrastructure. We need talented, ambitious, forward thinking people to help drive this forward. About the Role This role reports directly to the Senior Programme Officer and is responsible for assisting with the delivery of projects and programmes across the Highways and Transport service to run effectively and efficiently. The role will include assisting with managing correspondence and highway searches, assisting in maintaining programme documentation, organising and taking minutes for Highways and Transport meetings with officers, councillors and external stakeholders, as well as providing financial support such as raising purchase orders and paying invoices, which will be important parts of the role. Assisting with the delivery of high profile Highways and Transport projects. Communicating all stages of the project to internal and external parties and stakeholders. Organising meetings and publications. Maintaining records, financial support such as raising purchase orders and paying invoices, quality checks and updating the project delivery plan. Helping to manage and track correspondence. Assisting with managing Highway Search enquiry responses. Analysing data under direction. About Us This is an exciting opportunity to join a team to provide overarching support across a broad range of transport programmes and projects. The team currently consists of the Programme Manager, Senior Programme Officer and a Project Support Officer. We are recruiting for a Project Support Assistant to complete our team. The Programme Management and Support Team sits at the heart of the shared Highways and Transport service across Kingston and Sutton. The service covers a multi million pound delivery programme including a wide variety of disciplines from walking, cycling and bus priority schemes, to school streets, behaviour change events and planned maintenance programmes. The Programme Management and Support Team provides critical project and programme support across all Highways and Transport teams, through the centralisation and coordination of all project delivery, helping to keep the service running efficiently and to manage competing priorities across a diverse range of transport projects. The team is key in helping to streamline shared systems and processes, ensuring both boroughs are working in collaboration to deliver high quality and consistent services to residents, through a one culture holistic approach. On a day to day basis the team helps to track the health of the overall Highways and Transport programme, escalating or assisting with any issues where needed to help the project managers ensure successful delivery. We are the key communication line between a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, providing a hub of information and data to facilitate the smooth running of projects, for example financial information, data analysis and coordination of funding bids. The team also oversees longer term projects to identify ways to improve processes and increase efficiencies, so as to continually improve service delivery. About You You are a quick learner, have a keen attention to detail, are confident to take initiative and ask questions, and are able to manage multiple priorities in a busy and varied work environment. You will have an interest in, and preferably some experience of working within a Highways, Transport or Project and Programme Management environment. You are competent with IT and Digital processes, and have experience on Google sheets or Microsoft Excel, or have an eagerness to learn. You are organised and are able to keep data well managed in order to be able to respond quickly to information requests. You ideally have experience of project administration including providing financial support such as raising purchase orders, assisting with correspondence and complaints, or a willingness to learn. You enjoy working collaboratively, have great communication skills and are committed to ensuring equality and diversity is embedded in everything we do. You would like to be part of a friendly team, helping to keep the Kingston and Sutton shared Highways and Transport service running smoothly. Work location: 3 days split across the Kingston Guildhall Office and Sutton Civic Office, 2 days optional work from home. If you think this job role is for you, please send your CV to
£21.54 umbrella per hour This period closes on Wednesday December 3 2025 at 9:00. About the Borough Kingston and Sutton Councils operate a shared Highways and Transport service. It is an exciting time to join our newly re organised team as we lead the way in South west London in delivering sustainable transport infrastructure, regeneration and rise to the zero carbon challenge. If you are seeking career growth and development opportunities, with the chance to pitch in and work on a variety of projects, then come and join us. The service delivers a range of operational highways and transport functions, with a revenue budget of circa £5m, and a capital budget that averages £10m per year. The types of projects we work on range from redesigning a town centre traffic system and dealing with our climate emergency impacts and road safety issues, to the management and maintenance of our highway networks and assets. Being a shared service ensures there are always lots of opportunities to work on a wide range of projects. We practise a hybrid working environment between the Shared Service. Whilst we have modern offices in both Sutton and Kingston Town Centres, we encourage all staff to work in ways that suit them and the business requirements. Our focus is on ensuring all staff can bring their best selves to work. The Shared Service is committed to being a positive supportive employer, whether that's in flexible working, building a diverse and collaborative team of engineers, transport planners, and project managers to deliver our future transport and highways engineering needs, or responding to net zero and environmental friendly goals through the development of initiatives such as school streets and cleaner and greener low traffic neighbourhoods. If you embrace learning opportunities and relish the chance to learn and grow in a supportive environment, we have a clear and ambitious investment plan to transform our Highways and Transport network infrastructure. We need talented, ambitious, forward thinking people to help drive this forward. About the Role This role reports directly to the Senior Programme Officer and is responsible for assisting with the delivery of projects and programmes across the Highways and Transport service to run effectively and efficiently. The role will include assisting with managing correspondence and highway searches, assisting in maintaining programme documentation, organising and taking minutes for Highways and Transport meetings with officers, councillors and external stakeholders, as well as providing financial support such as raising purchase orders and paying invoices, which will be important parts of the role. Assisting with the delivery of high profile Highways and Transport projects. Communicating all stages of the project to internal and external parties and stakeholders. Organising meetings and publications. Maintaining records, financial support such as raising purchase orders and paying invoices, quality checks and updating the project delivery plan. Helping to manage and track correspondence. Assisting with managing Highway Search enquiry responses. Analysing data under direction. About Us This is an exciting opportunity to join a team to provide overarching support across a broad range of transport programmes and projects. The team currently consists of the Programme Manager, Senior Programme Officer and a Project Support Officer. We are recruiting for a Project Support Assistant to complete our team. The Programme Management and Support Team sits at the heart of the shared Highways and Transport service across Kingston and Sutton. The service covers a multi million pound delivery programme including a wide variety of disciplines from walking, cycling and bus priority schemes, to school streets, behaviour change events and planned maintenance programmes. The Programme Management and Support Team provides critical project and programme support across all Highways and Transport teams, through the centralisation and coordination of all project delivery, helping to keep the service running efficiently and to manage competing priorities across a diverse range of transport projects. The team is key in helping to streamline shared systems and processes, ensuring both boroughs are working in collaboration to deliver high quality and consistent services to residents, through a one culture holistic approach. On a day to day basis the team helps to track the health of the overall Highways and Transport programme, escalating or assisting with any issues where needed to help the project managers ensure successful delivery. We are the key communication line between a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, providing a hub of information and data to facilitate the smooth running of projects, for example financial information, data analysis and coordination of funding bids. The team also oversees longer term projects to identify ways to improve processes and increase efficiencies, so as to continually improve service delivery. About You You are a quick learner, have a keen attention to detail, are confident to take initiative and ask questions, and are able to manage multiple priorities in a busy and varied work environment. You will have an interest in, and preferably some experience of working within a Highways, Transport or Project and Programme Management environment. You are competent with IT and Digital processes, and have experience on Google sheets or Microsoft Excel, or have an eagerness to learn. You are organised and are able to keep data well managed in order to be able to respond quickly to information requests. You ideally have experience of project administration including providing financial support such as raising purchase orders, assisting with correspondence and complaints, or a willingness to learn. You enjoy working collaboratively, have great communication skills and are committed to ensuring equality and diversity is embedded in everything we do. You would like to be part of a friendly team, helping to keep the Kingston and Sutton shared Highways and Transport service running smoothly. Work location: 3 days split across the Kingston Guildhall Office and Sutton Civic Office, 2 days optional work from home. If you think this job role is for you, please send your CV to
