Paid Social Executive

Company Description

With a history that dates back over 80 years,Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the centre of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, we are the flagship Publicis Media agency that uses our ‘Power of One’ business model, with teams that span multiple disciplines across clients such as Aldi, P&G, P&O Ferries, Primark, Samsung, Stellantis, and Visa. 

We place a huge focus on our People and have driven flagship D&I and L&D programmes within Publicis Media; our goal is to help every individual reach their fullest potential and we encourage everyone to make “Brave Plays” in how they approach their work and their own career development. As a result, we have an exceptionally energised and committed talent base, all of us proud of our welcoming and supportive culture, as evidenced by our recognition as one of Campaign’s Best Places to Work for three years in a row (2021, 2022 and 2023) and most excitingly, Media Week's Agency of the Year 2023!

Performics Summary

The Starcom Performics team is widely acknowledged as a world class, results-driven specialist team. Our achievements include being ranked #1 for current offering and for strategy in Forrester Wave Performance Marketing Agencies Report. We work across most major verticals including Travel, Consumer Electronics, Retail, FMCG, Automotive and Financial services. This gives us the opportunity for a diverse and exciting client portfolio including (but not limited to) Samsung, P&G, Fiat, Visa, P&O Ferries, Dominos and Ancestry. Such an exciting portfolio is testament to our brilliant team, who are well versed and provide full service digital performance, inclusive of Paid Search, Paid Social, SEO and Affiliates. We are proud of our talented team and the excellent work we do which has led us to celebrate 15+ specialist award wins over the last 3 years. We’re keen to grow, and therefore are looking for an Executive to join our Performance team here at Starcom.

Overview

What will you be doing?

The role of the Paid Social Executive is to help the central team with the coordination of Paid Social across +50 global markets. The central Performics team in London runs all activity centrally and is tasked with best in class strategy and deployment. The Paid Social Executive will be supporting the Account Manager in coordination of global activations, execution of campaigns and assisting with wider account projects. The role is a great opportunity to work on a unique luxury brand.

Responsibilities

• Creating and developing media plans
• Building audience segments
• Booking and running campaigns across social media platforms
• Budget monitoring and pacing
• Producing and updating reports and summary presentations
• Drawing insights from data analysis
• Keeping up to date with industry developments
• Communicating with the client for planning and reporting stages

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

• Luxury Brand Focus: Committed to meeting luxury client expectations, building trust, and using client insights to improve media recommendations.
• Strategic Thinking: Anticipates trends and future outcomes with broad perspective and future orientation.
• Analytical Skills: Extracts insights from data and provides actionable recommendations.
• Results-Driven: Energetic, action-oriented, and eager to learn to improve team and client performance.
• Teamwork: Collaborative, builds trust, and fosters cooperation to solve problems for the team’s benefit.
• Values and Ethics: Open to change, curious, and committed to growing digital expertise and contributing to the agency’s success

Additional Information

Employees joining The Pack, which is an early careers programme that connects, supports and develops you to kick-start your career with us, initially start with an annual salary of £28,000. 

The recruitment process: 

Step 1: Apply and get started!
Step 2: Show us what you’ve got – complete some fun, interactive tasks through Arctic Shores’ assessment. Look out for this in your emails following your application!
Step 3: A quick chat with a recruiter to get to know you better and for you to ask any questions and let us know if you require any adjustments.
Step 4: Join us for a virtual assessment day where you can showcase your skills and strengths. 
Step 5: We’ll give you feedback, post assessment day, whether or not we move forward with your application.

Starcom has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Planswe also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• REFLECTION DAYS - Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week. 

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).