Paid Social Account Manager
Job Description
Overview
MG OMD is seeking a Paid Social Account Manager to join the team managing two high-profile clients, Pladis and Nissan, spanning FMCG and automotive sectors. This role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced paid social specialist to take ownership and lead campaign planning and delivery across a diverse portfolio.
About the Role
As the Paid Social Account Manager, you will be the day-to-day lead for your accounts, responsible for campaign planning, activation, and performance management. You will collaborate closely with Account Directors to shape strategy and manage delivery, while supporting and mentoring junior team members. Building strong relationships with client teams, media owners, and internal stakeholders will be essential to ensure campaigns are executed to the highest standard.
On Pladis, which includes household brands such as McVitie’s and Jaffa Cakes, your focus will be on brand-led campaigns across Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, and other relevant platforms, often aligned with seasonal moments and new product launches.
On Nissan, you will support a mix of brand and performance activity across the UK and European markets, working alongside digital and media teams to deliver integrated, measurable campaigns.
This is a hands-on role requiring management of the full campaign lifecycle—from brief through to reporting—with a strong emphasis on accuracy, efficiency, and performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day campaign planning, activation, and optimisation across both accounts
- Develop media plans and audience strategies aligned with broader client objectives
- Oversee campaign setup and quality assurance to ensure smooth and timely execution
- Monitor campaign performance and produce insightful reporting
- Support client communications and help manage ongoing relationships
- Mentor and support Account Executives, fostering development and collaboration
- Stay up to date with platform updates, creative trends, and industry innovation
Person Specification
- Experience managing paid social campaigns across major platforms (Meta essential; TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat advantageous)
- Strong understanding of audience targeting, measurement, and optimisation techniques
- Comfortable working with data to track performance and inform recommendations
- Excellent project management skills with strong attention to detail
- Confident communicator, both internally and with clients
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment
- Proactive mindset with a team-first approach
About MG OMD
Established in 1990 as Manning Gottlieb Media, MG OMD is a challenger media agency placing craft, trust, and performance at the heart of media planning and buying. Since joining the Omnicom Media Group (OMG) in 1998, MG OMD has maintained its ethos of providing bespoke approaches, unprecedented insight, specialism, security, and transparency.
MG OMD is the second-largest media agency in the UK and the most awarded in the history of the IPA Effectiveness Awards and Thinkbox’s TV Planning Awards. In 2024, it was named Agency of the Year at The Media Leader UK Awards, Campaign Global Awards, and Campaign UK Awards.
With over 500 employees working across leading UK brands including John Lewis Partnership, Virgin Media O2, British Airways, Specsavers, HM Government, LNER, Sony Pictures, and Age UK, MG OMD prides itself on its people who make the award-winning difference.
The agency fosters a culture that is considerate, honest, professional, stimulating, imaginative, and inspirational. MG OMD values individuals who are great to work with, fun to be with, and genuinely care about colleagues, clients, media partners, and delivering excellent work.
MG OMD offers a collaborative culture with open communication and a strong commitment to diversity of thinking, background, and skillsets. The agency provides industry-leading training, development, and support, holding IPA CPD Gold Accreditation for 13 consecutive years and CPD Platinum Accreditation for 7 consecutive years. MG OMD was also featured in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work in 2023 and 2024, based entirely on employee feedback.
Flexible Working
Omnicom Media Group supports flexible working while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. The hybrid working model includes three days in the office and two days remote, balancing in-person connection with flexibility.
Standard working hours are 9:30 to 17:30, with core hours from 10:30 to 16:30. Employees can flex their start and finish times around these core hours, for example starting at 8:30 and finishing at 16:30 or starting at 10:30 and finishing at 18:30.
Open conversations between employees and managers are encouraged to support individual circumstances and high-need periods, aiming to create an environment where people feel supported to perform their best both professionally and personally.
Be Your Best
MG OMD is committed to enabling candidates to showcase their talents and make adjustments during the recruitment process as needed. Candidates are encouraged to discuss specific requirements with their Talent Team member or contact the agency confidentially to request support.
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