Media, Broadcast & Content
Paid Social Media Manager
Mid Level
Leeds, United Kingdom
hybrid
Full time
Marketing & BrandFootballDigital Marketing & PerformanceSocial Media & Community
Job description
About the Role
This role works across core markets including Spain, Italy, and France, covering La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A, and European competitions in those markets, within a fast-paced agency environment. The role owns end-to-end execution of paid social campaigns, translating complex marketing objectives into high-performing ad sets across Meta, TikTok, X, YouTube, and beyond. It also involves scaling budgets efficiently while staying attuned to sports culture so that creative resonates with fanbases.
Key Responsibilities
- Build, launch, optimise, and scale paid social campaigns across Meta, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube.
- Develop full-funnel paid social strategies tailored to diverse client goals, from brand awareness to direct-response conversions.
- Work closely with design and copy teams to brief in high-converting ad assets.
- Bring native sports-centric ideas to the table that resonate with die-hard fanbases.
- Run continuous A/B testing on audiences, creatives, landing pages, and bidding strategies.
- Track performance daily and build clear, client-facing reports that translate complex metrics (ROAS, CPA, CTR) into actionable business insights.
- Manage and allocate multi-figure monthly ad spends across various accounts, ensuring zero underspend or overspend.
- Meet Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) and Cost Per Acquisition (CPA) targets across key client accounts.
- Leverage real-time sports trends into winning ad concepts.
- Ensure efficient and fast campaign deployment within an agency environment.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Multi-market/client background: minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience managing paid social campaigns specifically within a fast-paced marketing or advertising agency.
- Deep, technical knowledge of Meta Ads Manager and TikTok Ads Manager.
- Absolute sports lover with broad and deep sports knowledge (football, basketball, soccer, F1, tennis, or niche sports) and an understanding of fan psychology and sports culture inside and out.
- Strong analytical skills with advanced knowledge of Excel/Google Sheets, Google Analytics 4 (GA4), and modern attribution challenges.
- Experience directly managing client relationships and presenting reports and pitches with clarity and enthusiasm.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with X Ads, Pinterest, or Google/YouTube is a major plus.
Benefits & Perks
- Access to DAZN
- 25 days' annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years)
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Pension contributions up to 5%
- Family friendly community including enhanced parental leave
- Electric vehicle benefit option
- Learning and development resources
- Opportunity for flexible working
- Access to internal speaker series and events
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