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Position at GroupM Nexus
OPENMIND
Job Title: Manager - Social (12-month FTC)
Department / Team: OPENMIND UK Team
ABOUT OPENMIND
OpenMind by WPP is an integrated agency model drawing on talent from across WPP. It has been created to accelerate the European transformation for Nestlé's media function. Core to the solution is the advanced best data and technology capabilities, fuelled by WPP's investment in AI, to maximise the impact of Nestlé media investment
ACCOUNT OVERVIEW
OpenMind was recently awarded the ZEUR assignment for Nestle Europe. With 47 countries, +450 team members, and regular new product launches, the account is looking for a Category Manager to provide Social activation for UK category .
OVERVIEW OF ROLE :
We are looking for a P aid S ocial specialist to continue their career as Account Manager. This person will assume day-to-day responsibility for the paid social output of Nestle . This person will also be required to develop strong relationships with clients, suppliers, and other stakeholders becoming a trusted voice for all things paid social. As such the ideal candidate is someone with extensive knowledge of paid advertising across all of the key social channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snap, TikTok etc).
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Campaign Management
- Overseeing the production of comprehensive paid social media plans (+ supporting material) that align with client's objectives and KPIs. Able to clearly articulate the rationale for proposed campaign tactics (channels, budget, audience, formats etc.) and present these back, both to internal and external stakeholders.
- Overseeing a hybrid team (made up of both local and Global Hub employees) responsible for the end-to-end setup of paid social campaigns across all the relevant social platforms. Comfortable troubleshooting and helping train junior team members to use advanced features such as bid rules and 3rd party optimisation/creative/measurement tools.
- Responsible for maintaining the standard of regular quality assurance (QA) checks undertaken by those working on the account to ensure campaigns are set up to defined best practice standards (and helping to evolve these best-practices as necessary).
- Working with team to ensure the standard and accuracy of weekly/monthly campaign performance reports. Leading client calls on a regular basis and supporting the wider team to present results as necessary.
- Ensuring all performance commentary delivers valuable insight and recommendations to clients. Working with the team to identify trends and recommend actions on-platform to capitalise/mitigate these trends as necessary.
- Ensuring the standard of end-of-campaign reporting and quarterly/annual reviews. Leading standalone research projects as required by the client.
Client & Partner Management
- Responsible for delivering on the over-arching paid social strategy across the account(s) and ensuring this ties in with the wider digital and comms strategy.
- Acting as a key social point-of-contact for your client(s) ensuring their continuing confidence in the quality of the team and agency's social output.
- Demonstrating a deep understanding of the media and technology developments that influence your client's business. Able to identify opportunities to test and innovate in the paid social space, presenting these opportunities to stakeholders and securing client backing.
- Managing internal and external stakeholders to ensure multiple projects can be delivered simultaneously and to the required standard.
- Building and maintaining relationships with the key media partners including Meta, Twitter, Snap, TikTok, Pinterest and others.
People Management
- Ensuring the effective management of both the local team and Global Hub employees, ensuring workloads are sufficiently monitored & prioritised to ensure deadlines are met.
- Working your Account Manager and the team leadership to help train and develop entry level team members. Leading by example to motivate and encourage all those with less experience on the team.
- Communicate clearly and in a timely manner with internal and external stakeholders as required across email, chat, video and in-person. Leading presentations where necessary.
- Attend and lead regular internal meetings and training sessions in order to actively contribute to a collaborative and friendly paid social community.
- Leading the recruitment process for your immediate team and working with the head of department to assist with wider team recruitment as needed. This will involve leading interviews, making staffing decisions and acting as an ambassador for the team to potential candidates.
Operational Excellence
- Identify opportunities to test and innovate in the paid social space. Presenting these opportunities to stakeholders and securing client backing. Developing these into initiatives that can be used to further evolve the standard & efficiency of paid social buying across the wider team.
- Developing tailored testing/learning agendas for clients that drive clear and actionable insight on each social platform.
- Working closely with planning team + other channel specialists to ensure paid social activity compliments and enhances the wider marketing mix.
- Responsible for the accurate and effective management of agency finance processes. Ensuring the immediate team fulfil the mandatory finance process in a timely and accurate manner to ensure prompt payment/invoicing and minimise finance queries.
YOUR KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES:
- Extensive experience setting up and optimising paid social campaigns across a number of the key social platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snap, TikTok etc). Training certifications in any of the key platforms would be a plus (e.g. Meta Blueprint).
- Experience planning large-scale paid social campaigns, preferably across a mix of brand and direct-response objectives.
- Experience compiling detailed and insightful end of campaign reports & presentations. Experience managing a team to jointly compile regular client presentations (QBRs, annual reviews etc).
- A clear a track record of working with clients and external stakeholders. Forming strong relationships is key to the role, the ideal candidate should feel comfortable presenting to clients and leading calls as required.
- Experience line managing others, helping ensure day-to-day workloads are effectively managed. The ideal candidate should also have experience training and mentoring those more junior across all things paid social and should be able to communicate effectively with people from all diverse backgrounds, cultures, countries.
- Teamwork is key to this role , and we are looking for someone who is collaborative, friendly, and with a can-do attitude.
- Excellent presentation skills and advanced PowerPoint .
- Good communication skills .
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