Paid Social Associate Partner - Maternity Cover (12-month FTC)

Role Purpose

Overview of role:

The Paid Social Associate Partner is responsible for planning and activation across various Paid Social platforms for a client or group of clients, ensuring effectiveness and helping to develop our overarching Paid Social strategy.

Associate Partner:

An Associate Partner is a specialist activation position within a team and will often be the main point of contact for the client. An Associate will be a self-sufficient, proactive person who will support the Partner on the strategy of the function; they will be responsible for product activation, effectiveness and analysis as well as quality assurance. An Associate Partner will be client facing and be responsible for the performance for a client, channel or function.

Role Responsibilities Strategy

• Planning - forecasting and campaign planning.
• Testing - proactive testing and innovation ideas, planned on a roadmap.
• Integration - linking up with other products and disciplines, with Data & Creative products deployed as solutions.
• Review - monthly and quarterly review meetings, with high quality presentations.

Deployment

• Management - product personnel briefed, performing & motivated.
• Campaign - all activity deployed on time according to best practice.
• Performance - oversight, analysis, reaction & adaptation, with targets met.
• Communication - responding to queries & attending calls / meetings.
• Reporting - production, accuracy & commentary; punctual delivery, no errors, actionable insights.
• Quality - auditing, pacing and general checks leading to error free activity.

Role Details

Reports to: Paid Social Partner

Location: Manchester & Hybrid

Hours / Days: 5 days per week

Estimated Start Date: 1/05/2026

Skills & Experience Required

To be successful in this role:

• 3-6+ years of Paid Social media experience.
• A positive, flexible, can-do attitude.
• Ability to coordinate and prioritise multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Confident, approachable, and able to build strong relationships.
• Confidence in creating and editing compelling content.

Skills & Experience

• Must have:
• Significant hands-on experience in paid social media (and at a minimum within Meta), with an understanding of best practices, product updates, and industry trends.
• A proven track record of successfully executing paid social media strategies for various clients or organisations.
• Up-to-date industry knowledge.
• Experience with other social media advertising platforms, such as TikTok, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Snapchat or Reddit.
• An advanced understanding of pixel implementation and CAPI (Conversion API).
• Experience with social media analytics tools and an understanding of media attribution.
• Experience working with Excel & Google Sheets.
• Experience with PowerPoint/Google Slides.
• Experience working with data.
• Experience presenting and speaking to clients.
• Experience running DR and brand activity for clients.

Desirable:

• Meta Blueprint certification
• Experience with other social media advertising platforms like Pinterest, Snapchat, or TikTok.
• Experience with social media management tools like Hunch, Spirable or Smart.ly
• Experience running feed campaigns within social media platforms.
• Understanding of measurement lift studies within social media campaigns.
• Experience with influencer marketing campaigns on social media platforms.

Expectations for all Open Partners Employees

• Follow our Employee Handbook
• Live by our values
• Smarter - Aim high, train hard, embrace next
• Faster - Learn fast, adapt fast, act fast
• Better - Think, say and do what's best