Paid Social Manager

The Business: Nigel Wright are delighted to be working exclusively with a creative marketing agency, working with a diverse range of clients across sectors including education, local authority, private sector, and retail. Agency is growing, with PPC/Paid now one of the fastest-expanding service areas alongside creative and media. Looking for a paid expert to join in-house and help shape the future of our paid media offering. The Role: You’ll be the agency’s in-house specialist, taking ownership of all paid search and paid social activity. You’ll work closely with the creative, media, and client services teams, supporting pitches, proposals, campaign delivery, and reporting. You’ll be client-facing, trusted to lead conversations, and expected to bring fresh thinking and best practice to everything you do. Campaign Management: Plan, execute, and optimise PPC campaigns across Google, Bing, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, and other platforms. Client Engagement: Attend client meetings, support pitches and proposals, and act as the agency’s PPC expert. Reporting & Analysis: Build and maintain dashboards (e.g., Looker Studio), deliver insightful reports, and communicate results to clients. Mentoring: Potential to support and mentor junior staff or apprentices as the department grows. Continuous Learning: Stay up to date with the latest PPC trends, tools, and platform updates. The Person: Experience: 3 years in a PPC role, hands-on experience, ideally agency-side (but strong in-house candidates with multi-sector experience will be considered). Breadth: Hands-on experience with both paid search and paid social (Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, Bing, etc.). Commercial Acumen: Comfortable working with a range of budgets, from small projects to six-figure annual spends. You will be responsive, have great attention to detail and experience in (or desire to) manage and develop more junior members of the team. A can-do attitude is key, appetite to support a small agency and the growth of it. Hybrid role, with the option to compress hours - Based in Central Newcastle.

Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, GB

Posted Date: 11/12/2025