Senior Paid Media Executive

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OnSocial is hiring a Senior Paid Media Executive for a fully remote role across the UK and Dubai, with a listed salary of £30,000 to £35,000 per year.

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Role Snapshot

• Original title: Senior Paid Media Executive
• Company: OnSocial
• Location: London, UK; fully remote across UK & Dubai
• Salary: £30,000 to £35,000 per year
• Seniority: Senior Level
• Employment type: Full-time

Company Overview

OnSocial is a social-first agency combining creative and performance to elevate brands’ social presence. The agency works across strategic consulting, digital marketing campaigns, creative production, and management to help companies grow through paid advertising and organic activity.

Founded in 2019, OnSocial is based in London, England and has 8 employees, including 2 in marketing.

About the Role

OnSocial is hiring a Senior Paid Media Executive to work directly with the Head of Paid Media on day-to-day delivery across three to five live client accounts. This is an execution-first role focused on building, optimising, monitoring, and managing paid campaigns across Meta Ads, Google Ads, and other relevant channels.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day campaign execution across paid search and paid social platforms.
• Build, optimise, and monitor campaigns across Meta Ads, Google Ads, and other relevant channels.
• Manage audience updates, budget management, and platform-level adjustments.
• Set up campaigns end-to-end, including ad builds, copy QA, creative coordination, audience segmentation, and launch.
• Monitor performance daily and make changes to hit targets.
• Support client reporting by pulling data, spotting trends, and flagging issues early.
• Coordinate with clients and the internal team to keep assets and timelines moving.
• Maintain campaign trackers, naming conventions, and account hygiene.

Qualifications

• Solid hands-on experience running paid campaigns in Meta Ads Manager and Google Ads.
• Genuine account ownership on at least one platform, not just supporting from the sidelines.
• Comfortable building campaigns from scratch without needing step-by-step guidance.
• Strong understanding of paid media KPIs, including CPM, CPC, CTR, CPL, CPA, ROAS, and conversion rate.
• Able to read account data and form a clear view of what is working, what is not, and what needs to change.
• Able to distinguish between performance problems and creative problems.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, organised, and comfortable communicating campaign updates clearly.
• Comfortable using AI to work faster and improve output quality.

Bonus Points

• Experience with events, hospitality, festival, or entertainment accounts.
• Experience across other paid channels, including TikTok.
• Exposure to Meta CAPI, GA4, GTM, or Merchant Centre.
• Familiarity with PMax, Shopping campaigns, or ecommerce feed structures.
• Experience with reporting tools or client-facing decks.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary: £30,000 to £35,000 per year, depending on experience.
• 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays and team days off.
• Workplace pension scheme with company contributions, with standard 3-month postponement.
• Fully remote day to day, with regular team days, offsites, and in-person client time.
• Optional co-working in Dubai or London.
• MacBook and the kit needed to do the work.
• Portfolio of live accounts across events, entertainment, and e-commerce.
• Direct day-to-day mentorship from a Head of Paid Media with 10+ years of hands-on experience across Meta and Google.
• AI-forward team using AI in the actual work.
• Four-person team with no layers, no red tape, and no middle management.

Apply Through SalaryGuide

The full role opens on SalaryGuide, where you can review the paid media role context, company breakdown, and salary benchmark before applying.

This is a strong fit for someone who wants hands-on ownership of real paid media accounts, live budgets, and performance results across events, entertainment, hospitality, e-commerce, and consumer brands.