About the Role
Shape high-performing paid social campaigns, build trusted client partnerships, and help a talented team do its best work. This hands-on role allows you to influence work from brief to optimization while contributing to an inclusive agency culture. We seek individuals who enjoy turning data into action and exploring better ways to connect brands with people.
Responsibilities
- Lead paid social strategy across audience planning, creative best practice, bidding, and campaign activation.
- Build trusted client relationships by translating performance data into clear insights and practical recommendations.
- Own campaign delivery across platforms including Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Reddit.
- Develop testing roadmaps to explore new platform features, tools, and opportunities for sustainable growth.
- Maintain high standards across briefs, budgets, measurement, optimisation, financial checks, and reconciliation.
- Support and empower colleagues through thoughtful delegation, constructive feedback, and shared learning.
- Collaborate with wider media teams, identify delivery risks early, and keep work aligned with client objectives.
Requirements
- Experience developing and activating paid social strategies that support measurable marketing or business goals.
- Ability to interpret performance data, select meaningful KPIs, and turn findings into actionable recommendations.
- Confidence communicating with clients and presenting ideas clearly to different audiences.
- Strong organisation and attention to detail across campaign delivery, budgets, and financial processes.
- A collaborative approach to supporting colleagues and maintaining a positive, inclusive team environment.
- Curiosity about emerging platform capabilities, automation, and new ways to improve campaign performance.
- Sound judgement, adaptability, and a willingness to question established approaches constructively.
Skills
- Paid social strategy
- Audience planning
- Creative best practice
- Bidding
- Campaign activation
- Client relationship management
- Performance data interpretation
- Platform expertise (Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit)
- Testing roadmaps
- Budget management
- Measurement
- Optimization
- Financial processes
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Adaptability
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Office-based (4 days per week)
Benefits
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical cover
- Reflection Days
- Shared Parental Leave
- Access to Employee Action Groups (EAGs)
About the Company
- Spark Foundry is the Acceleration Agency, helping brands identify, learn, and respond to opportunities faster than the competition.
- We offer a launchpad for future growth, utilizing proven approaches.
- Our approach involves cutting-edge planning, insightful tools, flexible trading, challenging relationships, and a focus on people development.
- We are a diverse agency that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce.
Equal Opportunity
- Spark Foundry is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.
- We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.
- We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.
- We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process.
- We will work with candidates to ensure the recruitment process works for them, accommodating any access needs.
