Senior Paid Social Strategist

Senior Paid Social Strategist  

Location: Hull / Hybrid 
Salary:  Starting at £35000 per annum DOE + Flexible Working, *Every other Friday off and Excellent Benefits 

Are you experienced in Paid Social and ready to be part of the changemakers in performance marketing? Summit is a leading digital marketing agency who specialise in online retailing, and we have an exciting opportunity for a  Senior Paid Social Strategist to join us on a hybrid basis (2 days in our fantastic office) located near the beautiful Fruit Market and Marina area of Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. 

We offer flexible start and finish times as well as having every other Friday off*. We trust our people to work flexibly around their lifestyle and family arrangements.

For 22 years, we have worked with some of Europe’s most successful retailers and brands, helping them to transform their online business, growing their customer base and making them more money from retailing online. We pride ourselves on their retail experience, business agility, genuine people, and our proprietary technology, combining all of these with performance marketing expertise to drive measurable value for clients. 

As the Senior Paid Social Strategist, you will support the development of our paid social proposition, working closely with the Performance & Strategy Director to ensure a compelling story for the market. You will test and tweak the proposals based on successful and unsuccessful pitches. A key focus of the role will be to own the delivery of training across paid social ensuring all training requirements are met and define training plans for teams and new starters.  

About the day to day!  

• Own the Social proposition at Summit and support the Head of Paid Media with the continuous development of our proposition 

• Key member of the pitch process for paid social channels across the business and being a key stakeholder in new business and ensure they integrate with other core channels, including search, affiliates, content and SEO 

• Own the delivery of training on social across wider teams within Summit ensuring a highly skilled delivery team across all clients 

• Own client onboarding and drive performance across all clients ensuring we meet client objectives 

• Identify new technology that we need to integrate into our paid social offering that will enhance our overall proposition 

About you  

A knowledgeable Paid Social Strategist with a proven history of client delivery and development, you will also have: 

• 3 to 5 years of Paid Social experience across Meta, Tik Tok, Twitter, Snapchat and Linkedin 

• Been in a senior social role either agency or client side 

• History of ongoing social proposition development 

• Experience of using social tools such as Sprinklr, Sprout Social and Pulsar 

• Fantastic communication skills with the ability to liaise with senior stakeholders and clients 

• Proficiency in supporting others with performance challenges, driving insights and developing appropriate strategies 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills along with an analytical, detail-oriented approach 

What can we offer you? 

On offer is a salary circa £35000 plus per annum depending on experience as well as a range of excellent benefits including flexible start and finish times, up to 29 days' holiday per year (plus bank holidays), milestone days off, Bupa health cash plan, life assurance and Annual Bonus Scheme.

Additional keywords: paid social, strategist, paid media, digital marketing, performance marketing, retail.   

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their sex; religious or similar philosophical belief; race; age; sexual orientation; or disabilities. 

If you require any reasonable adjustments such as access or information in an alternative format, please inform us soon as you are able so that we can make the appropriate adjustments. 

Please note, in line with GDPR, your details will only be retained for a period of 12 months from application date and then deleted, unless advised otherwise.