Paid Social Senior Account Executive - Starling

OMD Group Limited; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media agency in the UK is seeking a Senior Paid Social Account Executive to manage and optimise campaigns across platforms such as Meta, TikTok, and LinkedIn. This role will involve close collaboration with the Account Manager and Director, ensuring campaigns are data-driven and effective. The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role and a proactive mindset. Flexible working options available.

Benefits

Flexible working model

Professional development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion commitment

Qualifications

• Experience in a paid social role, agency or client-side preferred.
• Experience with Meta Ads Manager; knowledge of TikTok and LinkedIn is beneficial.
• Strong data-handling and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Set up and manage paid social campaigns on multiple platforms.
• Monitor campaign performance and implement optimisations.
• Prepare reports with insights and recommendations.

Skills

Paid social experience

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Proactive and enthusiastic

Team player

Tools

Meta Ads Manager

TikTok

LinkedIn

Job description

Paid Social Senior Account Executive – Starling

MG OMD, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Senior Paid Social Account Executive to join the Starling Bank account. This role involves delivering data-driven, commercially-focused campaigns across platforms such as Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn. You’ll work closely with the Account Manager and Account Director to plan, activate and optimise campaigns that drive acquisition and brand-building. You’ll take ownership of campaign builds, QA processes, reporting and platform relationships, while supporting more junior team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Set up and manage paid social campaigns across Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and more
• Monitor campaign performance and make optimisation recommendations
• Support with briefing, planning and audience strategy development
• Prepare and deliver performance reports with clear insights and actions
• Coordinate creative asset delivery and platform approvals
• Maintain strong relationships with media partners and platform reps
• Help support Account Executives and contribute to their development
• Keep up to date with industry trends, platform updates and regulatory guidance

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience in a paid social role, either agency or client-side
• Working knowledge of Meta Ads Manager; TikTok and LinkedIn experience a bonus
• Strong attention to detail and confidence working with data
• Good organisational skills – able to juggle multiple tasks and deadlines
• Proactive, enthusiastic, and comfortable speaking with clients and partners
• A team player with a collaborative mindset and eagerness to learn
• Experience working with finance or app-based brands (useful but not essential)

About The Agency

MG OMD was established in 1990 as a challenger media agency (Manning Gottlieb Media) that placed craft, trust and performance at the heart of media planning and buying. Since joining Omnicom network’s OMG (Omnicom Media Group) in 1998, we have continued to retain our founding ethos of providing clients with bespoke approaches, unprecedented insight, specialism, security and transparency; helping our clients to use media to unlock their competitive advantage and deliver innovative, effective and award-winning work and campaigns that create difference that matters. MG OMD is the second-largest media agency in the UK. We are the most awarded media agency in both the history of the IPA Effectiveness Awards and Thinkbox’s TV Planning Awards and have this year been named as Agency of the Year in The Media Leader UK awards, Campaign Global awards and Campaign UK awards. With over 500 employees working across some of the UK’s leading brands including the John Lewis Partnership, Virgin Media O2, British Airways, Specsavers, HM Government, LNER, Sony Pictures and Age UK; it is our people who ultimately make the award-winning difference. We are committed to a flexible, collaborative culture with a focus on diversity of thinking and professional development. We have IPA CPD Gold and CPD Platinum accreditations and have been featured in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work in 2023 and 2024.

Flexible Working: At OMG, we support a hybrid working model with three days in the office and two remote days. Standard hours are 9:30–17:30 with core hours 10:30–16:30; examples of flexible start/finish times are provided. We encourage open conversations to support diverse needs and strive to create an environment where people can perform at their best.

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