Manager, Paid Social

WPP Media
New York, NY
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience managing paid social campaigns and working within integrated agency teams.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with hands-on paid social campaign management and strategic planning experience
    — “operational management of a client's paid social marketing initiatives”
  • Individuals who thrive in cross-functional, integrated agency environments
    — “Work closely with other internal departments to develop fully integrated social campaigns”
  • Professionals with a track record of delivering monthly client reports and campaign analytics
    — “Monitor, track and evaluate campaign performance analytics, based on critical client metrics”

Things to consider

  • Hybrid work arrangement requires in-office presence for four days a week
    — “teams in the office around four days a week”
  • Compensation range is wide, reflecting variable factors like experience and qualifications
    — “base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to define campaign strategies and deliverable plans based on client goals
    — “Understand the client’s product and their marketing objectives and goals to define a campaign strategy and deliverable plans”
  • Showcase your creative problem-solving and efficiency-boosting tactics in past roles
    — “Think creatively and develop tools and creative tactics to improve efficiencies”
  • Demonstrate your involvement in business reviews and automation projects
    — “Actively contribute to business reviews, corporate initiatives, automation projects”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • campaign performance
  • client satisfaction
Typical background
digital marketingmedia

Skills & requirements

Required

Paid SocialCampaign ManagementData Analysis

Preferred

Creative StrategyAutomation

Stack & domain

Paid Social MarketingCampaign StrategyPerformance AnalyticsReportingAutomationCreativityCollaborationProblem-solvingCommunicationMediaAdvertising

About the role

Original posting from WPP Media via Greenhouse

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth. 

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

About WPP Unite

WPP Unite is a specialized unit within the WPP network, designed to deliver integrated, transformative marketing solutions for some of our most strategic clients. We bring together talent and capabilities across disciplines—media, creative, strategy, commerce, and analytics—to operate as one unified team.

Our focus is not only on delivering exceptional work, but on continuously evolving how we work. We build and scale modern operating models, workflows, and tools that drive efficiency, transparency, and measurable impact across the business.

Role Summary and Impact

As a Manager, Paid Social, you will be responsible for the operational management of a client's paid social marketing initiatives. You will manage the less expert team members and focus increasingly on strategy development for the dedicated account(s).

Skills and Experience

Develop forecasts and plans, using input from your Director and Account Director.

Understand the client’s product and their marketing objectives and goals to define a campaign strategy and deliverable plans.

Work closely with other internal departments to develop fully integrated social campaigns.

Monitor, track and evaluate campaign performance analytics, based on critical client metrics.

Deliver monthly client reports.

Think creatively and develop tools and creative tactics to improve efficiencies.

Actively contribute to business reviews, corporate initiatives, automation projects, process changes and rollouts as well as new business efforts.

Create, or assist in creating, POVs, standard methodologies, and key process documentation.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.  

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

Please read our Privacy Notice (https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy) for more information on how we process the information you provide.

While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. 

The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, go to https://mybenefits.wpp.com/public/welcome for more details.

US Pay Range$60,000—$140,000 USD

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Source: WPP Media careers (Greenhouse)

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