Senior Associate, Social, UK

<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><strong>1581 - Senior Associate, Social, UK </strong></p> <p><strong>Role Summary and Impact</strong></p> <p><strong><em>About WPP 650&nbsp; </em></strong></p> <p>Join an award-winning team at the heart of UK government, where your work will genuinely shape lives. As part of WPP 650 you’ll be part of a supportive, collaborative environment that values curiosity, kindness, and growth. Together, we use behaviour change principles to design smarter services, influence better decisions, and help millions of people across the country.</p> <p>Named WPP 650, after the 650 UK constituencies, the name is a reminder that our work must reflect the full breadth of the country, every community, every audience. No two days are the same. The challenges are complex, the problems worth solving, and the learning constant. You’ll tackle issues that matter, alongside talented colleagues who care deeply about what they do. It’s demanding – but always rewarding.</p> <p>WPP 650 is a bespoke agency unit within WPP, dedicated to serving the evolving communications needs of government clients. We bring together the best of WPP's talent, technology, and insights to deliver impactful, modern, and effective public communications. We are at the forefront of reimagining how government engages with its citizens.</p> <p>This is meaningful work with real-world impact – the kind you can point to with pride.</p> <p>As <strong>Senior Associate, Social</strong> the successful&nbsp;candidate&nbsp;will rapidly develop their knowledge of paid advertising across&nbsp;all&nbsp;the key social channels,&nbsp;from activation through to reporting.&nbsp;They will&nbsp;also learn how to&nbsp;work as part of a team that&nbsp;plan&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;deliver award-winning work in a busy agency environment&nbsp;that&nbsp;has&nbsp;training + development at its core.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>As part of a busy Paid Social team the role is varied with several areas of focus. Account Executives will be given all the necessary training to help develop the skills required to fulfil their responsibilities. These include:&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Campaign Management</strong>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>End-to-end set up of paid social campaigns across all the relevant social platforms.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Undertaking regular quality assurance (QA) checks to ensure campaigns are set up to defined best practice standards.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Monitoring campaign performance and pacing to ensure activity delivers as expected.&nbsp;Troubleshooting and optimising campaigns&nbsp;in order to&nbsp;improve&nbsp;performance&nbsp;as necessary.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Working to produce detailed &amp;&nbsp;accurate&nbsp;weekly/monthly campaign performance reports, often in Microsoft Excel.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Writing performance commentary that delivers valuable insight and recommendations to clients.&nbsp;</li> <li>Assisting&nbsp;with more detailed analysis including end-of-campaign reporting, quarterly/annual reviews, and on standalone projects.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Client&nbsp;&amp; Partner&nbsp;Management</strong>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Working closely with your line-manager &amp; the wider team&nbsp;(including the&nbsp;Global&nbsp;Hub&nbsp;team)&nbsp;to support the delivery of high-quality work for clients.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Working with partners and attending regular platform training&nbsp;sessions&nbsp;to further develop&nbsp;your&nbsp;paid social skillset.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Operational Excellence</strong>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Responsible for managing your workload and for communicating&nbsp;clearly and&nbsp;in a timely manner&nbsp;with internal and external stakeholders as&nbsp;required&nbsp;across email, chat,&nbsp;video&nbsp;and in-person.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Attend regular internal meetings and training sessions&nbsp;in order to&nbsp;actively contribute to a collaborative and friendly paid social community.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Responsible for following the mandatory agency finance processes.&nbsp;Working with line-manager and to ensure processes are followed, allowing for prompt payment/invoicing and to minimise finance queries.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Skills and Experience</strong></p> <p><br>The Senior Account Executive position is aimed at someone passionate about starting a career in digital marketing and paid social. We are looking for a candidate with the following attributes:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Display an&nbsp;eagerness to learn.&nbsp;You should be diligent and attentive to detail, able to listen, learn new skills, and put these into practice quickly.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Able to&nbsp;display in interest in how digital advertising/marketing works&nbsp;(especially&nbsp;on&nbsp;social media&nbsp;channels)&nbsp;and a&nbsp;have&nbsp;desire to&nbsp;further&nbsp;your knowledge&nbsp;in this area.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Computer literate with&nbsp;a&nbsp;good&nbsp;base of&nbsp;skills&nbsp;across the&nbsp;Microsoft Office&nbsp;suite of programmes&nbsp;(including Excel).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Being&nbsp;part of a busy agency environment&nbsp;we&nbsp;regularly work&nbsp;with&nbsp;large amounts&nbsp;of&nbsp;data so&nbsp;a confidence with numbers is&nbsp;also&nbsp;a must.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Teamwork is key&nbsp;to&nbsp;this&nbsp;role&nbsp;and we are looking for someone who is&nbsp;collaborative, friendly,&nbsp;and with a can-do attitude.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <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&nbsp;Be Extraordinary, investing in our employees to inspire transformational creativity. We also&nbsp;Lead Optimistically,&nbsp;firmly believing&nbsp;in and&nbsp;Championing Growth and Development&nbsp;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&nbsp;Create an Open environment&nbsp;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><em>Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location</em></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.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.&nbsp;</p> <p>#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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