Paid Social Executive

The role

Reporting directly to the Head of Paid Social, you’ll play a hands-on role in supporting the planning, building, and management of full funnel paid social campaigns. 

There will be opportunities to brief and create content for both paid and organic social to further support client success.

With full paid social training available, once ready you will:

• Assist in building and delivering paid social strategies across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, LinkedIn and X. 
• Support the team in managing campaign budgets and ensuring effective spend allocation. 
• Contributing to monthly reports and sharing insights.
• Build creative briefs and content to be used on paid and/or organic social channels.
• Management of client social media accounts.
• Lead the communication with your clients including emails and scheduled Teams calls.

What’s on offer

We think we’ve built a great place to work, where every individual feels rewarded for the effort they put in. Enjoy this along with:

• Competitive salary, £25k to £30k dependent on experience 
• Hybrid working - 2 days a week in our Altrincham office
• Flexitime
• 27 days annual leave
• Plus your birthday off
• Mental wellbeing BUPA programme
• Dark Horse will carbon offset your role with The Dark Forest (greed and green is good)
• Working in an amazing team learning from some fantastic people

Key skills and attributes

• Curious and eager to develop expertise in paid social.
• Comfortable working with data, interpreting insights, and making data-driven decisions.
• Interested in marketing funnels, customer journeys, and attribution models.
• A strong communicator who can simplify complex information.
• Organised and able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience of creating content for social media.
• Passionate about keeping up with trends and developments in social media and digital marketing.
• An interest and appetite for using and testing AI.
• Any exposure to social platforms - even from personal projects or studies.

This role is perfect for someone looking to develop a career in digital marketing with hands-on training and development opportunities. If you're driven and ready to grow, we’d love to hear from you!