Manager, Paid Social

PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network delivering smart strategic thinking and creative innovation for the world's leading brands. Brilliant media thinking is in our DNA. A culture of thought-leadership, creativity and innovation has seen us grow from a challenger agency in the UK, to a global leader with over 6,000 employees in over 100 offices worldwide. We combine the latest industry insight with the best creative minds to produce planning innovation and create award-winning work for some of the world's largest advertisers. Finding a better way is our ethos and sums up how we approach everything - from a new client brief to the way we work.

Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Drive overall digital strategy and associated tactics to meet client's goals, working closely with account lead(s)
• Established as leader with the client and across all departmental teams within OMD and our agency partners (PHD, etc), effectively prioritizing/negotiating needs between all parties
• Effectively manage and develop junior team members (mentoring, training, etc.)
• Prioritize and manage quarterly priorities and ad-hoc requests to ensure they are executed on time and to client expectations by entire client team
• Ability to problem solve, such as finding solutions for issues not yet attempted
• Proactively share learnings and best practices across the organization
• Establish oneself as an expert within their functional department and client team
• Identify ways to improve team efficiency and effectiveness, such as new processes
• Bring new proactive ideas to help meet client goals and grow business

Communication

• Ability to consult/educate/negotiate with clients and agency partners

• Effectively communicate paid media insights, reporting, trends, and new initiatives to client/agency partners and vendors (as Social has ownership of the vendor relationships)

• Ability to present recommendations/ideas to client and internal team

• Ability to effectively merchandise successes to the client

• Help educate client team on latest trends, best practices, technologies, etc.

• Demonstrates appropriate judgment through proper escalation

Functional Expertise

• In-depth knowledge of:
• Paid social optimizations (proactive and reactive)
• Forecasting and opportunity/gap analysis
• Campaign management tools, including bid rules/management
• Advanced social knowledge
• Monitoring new social trends and products and evaluating application to client
• Research tools/competitive analysis
• Budget/pacing and billing
• Understanding integrated media
• Client scope
• Industry trends

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising or communications
• 3+ years of work experience managing online marketing/advertising accounts
• Be a proactive self-starter
• Possess general knowledge of direct marketing principles and strategies
• Have polished presentation, communication and listening skills
• Have strong organizational skills as applied through an ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Be confident in analyzing and acting on marketing data
• Software experience in Meta, Pinterest, TikTok, etc.

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This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Compensation Range

$50,000-$95,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.

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