Associate Director, Social

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>About WPP Media</strong></p> <p>WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth. </p> <p>WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.</p> <p>For more information, visit <a href="wppmedia.com">wppmedia.com</a>.</p></div><p></p> <p><strong>2894 - Associate Director, Paid Social - UK</strong></p> <p><strong>Role Summary and Impact</strong></p> <p>We are looking for a paid social specialist to continue their career as&nbsp;Associate&nbsp;Director.&nbsp;This person&nbsp;will&nbsp;assume&nbsp;day-to-day&nbsp;responsibility&nbsp;for the paid social output of a&nbsp;busy client account (or accounts)&nbsp;and will&nbsp;also&nbsp;help&nbsp;oversee a team of more junior staff responsible for the&nbsp;everyday&nbsp;running of the account.&nbsp;Experience&nbsp;managing&nbsp;a&nbsp;team of social specialists, preferably in an agency environment,&nbsp;would be of benefit.&nbsp;This person will also be required to develop strong relationships with clients, suppliers,&nbsp;and other stakeholders&nbsp;becoming a&nbsp;trusted&nbsp;voice for all things paid social.&nbsp;As such the ideal candidate is someone with&nbsp;extensive knowledge of paid advertising across&nbsp;all&nbsp;of&nbsp;the key social channels&nbsp;(Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snap, TikTok etc).</p> <p>You hold excellent knowledge of the UK&nbsp;Social media&nbsp;landscape and are well-versed in&nbsp;planning and activating across&nbsp;digital media, both DR and Brand.&nbsp;You have strong communication and project management skills and can engage with stakeholders effectively. You will also work closely with other media specialists to&nbsp;oversee delivery of&nbsp;an integrated plan, often taking the lead in using digital/social&nbsp;to link other media channels and understanding how other media plans fit in the system.&nbsp;</p> <p>You&nbsp;will be responsible for delivering exceptional and exciting&nbsp;social work as well as the output of a&nbsp;manager&nbsp;and a&nbsp;team of planners and execs.</p> <p><strong>Skills and Experience</strong></p> <p>At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP &amp; WPP Media’s shared core values:</p> <ul> <li>Be&nbsp;<strong>Extraordinary</strong>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<em>Leading Collectively</em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Inspire transformational Creativity.</em></li> <li>Create an&nbsp;<strong>Open</strong>&nbsp;environment by<em>&nbsp;Balancing People and Client Experiences</em>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<em>Cultivating Trust</em>.</li> <li>Lead&nbsp;<strong>Optimistically</strong>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<em>Championing Growth</em>&nbsp;<em>and Development</em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Mobilize the Enterprise</em>.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Extensive experience setting up and optimising paid social campaigns across a number of the key social platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snap, TikTok etc). Training certifications in any of the key platforms would be a plus&nbsp;(e.g. Meta Blueprint).</li> <li>Experience planning large-scale paid social campaigns, preferably across a mix of brand and direct-response objectives.</li> <li>Experience compiling detailed and insightful end of campaign reports &amp; presentations. Experience managing a team to jointly compile regular client presentations (QBRs, annual reviews etc).</li> <li>A clear&nbsp;a track record of working with clients&nbsp;and&nbsp;external stakeholders.&nbsp;Forming strong relationships is key to the role, the ideal candidate should feel comfortable presenting to clients and leading calls as required.&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience line managing others,&nbsp;helping ensure day-to-day workloads are effectively&nbsp;managed. The ideal candidate should also have experience training and mentoring those more junior across all things paid social&nbsp;and&nbsp;should be able to communicate effectively with people from all diverse backgrounds, cultures, countries.</li> <li>Teamwork is key to this role and we are looking for someone who is collaborative, friendly, and with a can-do attitude.</li> </ul> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>Life at WPP Media &amp; Benefits</strong></p> <p>Our passion for shaping the next era of media is powered by our commitment to Be Extraordinary, investing in our employees to inspire transformational creativity. We also Lead Optimistically,&nbsp;firmly believing&nbsp;in and Championing Growth and Development for every individual. This commitment allows WPP Media employees to&nbsp;leverage&nbsp;the extensive global WPP Media &amp; WPP networks to pursue their passions, build vital professional connections, and learn at the&nbsp;cutting edge&nbsp;of marketing and advertising.&nbsp;</p> <p>We Create an Open environment built on trust and respect, where everyone feels they belong and has opportunities to progress. This inclusive culture is fostered through a variety of employee resource groups and frequent in-office events&nbsp;showcasing&nbsp;team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our comprehensive benefits package reflects this commitment, including competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.&nbsp;</p> <p>WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We believe the best work happens when&nbsp;we're&nbsp;together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment.&nbsp;That's&nbsp;why&nbsp;we’ve&nbsp;adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you&nbsp;require&nbsp;accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.&nbsp;</p> <p>Please read our Privacy Notice (<a href="https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy">https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy</a>) for more information on how we process the information you provide.&nbsp;</p> <p>While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;#LI-Promoted</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p></p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW227196529 BCX8" lang="EN-CA" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227196529 BCX8">Please read our <a href="https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy#:~:text=WPP%20Media%20Privacy%20Notice%20for%20Recruitment">Privacy Notice</a></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW227196529 BCX8" lang="EN-CA" data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227196529 BCX8">for more information on how we process the information you provide.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW227196529 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}">&nbsp;</span></p></div>

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