Paid Social Account Director (Contract)

Salt has partnered with a leading Media Network agency who are looking for Paid Social Account Director for a 3 Month contract. This role will start ASAP and work Inside IR35 (through Umbrella Company)

You will support a retail client, must have strong team management skills, able to manage a high workload with the lead up to Christmas, strong Meta experience also required as some hands on activation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct the Paid Social media activity on all paid social channels, Meta as priority

* Manage a team

* Own the relationship with key partners (e.g. Meta, Twitter, Snap, LinkedIn, Sprinklr, IAS) and ensure
quality execution across the team

* Work directly and closely with clients to develop plans, manage issues and maintain positive relationships

* Manage internal and external stakeholders and strong ability to prioritize work and be communicative and
upright when workload seems unachievable

* Ensure client work is of high quality, delivered to brief, deadline, budget and submitted to awards

* Helps lead and execute on the annual client strategy and planning to ensure the best work

* Challenge client with innovative thinking and formats

Skills Needed to apply:

* Strong experience across paid social media planning and buying, either in a specialised team or agency

* Deep knowledge and understanding of social media, as well as an understanding of the paid and organic
social landscape, with proven strategy, planning, activation and new business skills

• Experience within retail / automotive clients