At Assembly, our mission is to find the change that fuels growth. We apply this principle to the work we do with our clients and to how we engage with our people. We’re a modern global agency bringing together media, data, technology and talent to make brands perform.
Our business is purpose driven. In March 2022, we were named Ad Age’s first ever Purpose-Led Agency of the Year, recognised for our mission to leave the world better than we found it. This year we became B Corp certified, the result of a two-year journey. We’re proud to have created a culture where diversity of thought, experience, and background are valued, within an environment that fosters continuous learning, adaptability, and a shared passion for meaningful impact.
When you join Assembly, you become part of an award-winning global community of digitally led experts, home to 1,500 talented people across 25 offices globally. Together we create unique data, technology and media solutions that enable faster and smarter problem solving within an inspired, collaborative workplace.
Assembly is poised for its next chapter of growth. We’re a meritocratic, high-performance business with a progressive outlook and a growth mindset in all that we do. To realise our potential we need some new skills and thinking.
The core DNA of Assembly lies in digital performance marketing. New and existing clients are asking us to extend this expertise across all media, connecting traditional channels with digital methods of execution, measurement and automation. We were born the right way to do this – we’re building out from a leading digital and technology capability and adding the rest, rather than trying to reverse engineer a legacy business into a more modern version of itself. At Assembly we ask our people to embody three core values:
Show Up: actively contribute to a space of personal and collective growth
Make Change: embrace obstacles as opportunities, taking intentional steps to drive positive change
Win Well: approach success with integrity, responsibility, and a commitment to collaboration, understanding that the journey is as important as the destination.
We look forward to meeting you and to discussing how we can grow together.
As a Paid Social Account Director, you will be directing with your team to deliver best-in-class performance for your assembly of clients. With your platform knowledge, you’ll navigate your team through the latest best practices, standardisation and our product proposition enforcement. You will use this to define paid social strategy for your clients that delivers effective use of social to exceed client business objectives.
You’ll be the main point of contact for client and partner relationships, and through impeccable operations you will manage the workflow for your team. You will guide your client set through a vigorous roadmap of progression. But you won’t stop there. You will innovate, fostering a culture of continuous and responsible experimentation.
This role presents an exciting opportunity to work across a global B2B account to outline the paid social strategy and approach across multiple business units, as well as overseeing two B2C accounts in the fashion and retail spaces across EU markets. You’ll be the guiding force for a team of Account Managers and Account Executives, overseeing their work and nurturing their careers in paid social.
Act as the strategic lead on paid social clients to define frameworks that hit our client’s KPIs and business objectives
Act as the most senior point of contact from a paid social perspective across a portfolio of clients, assuming ultimate responsibility for all implemented programs
Lead key client accounts independently, managing client escalations, and providing inspiration both to clients and internal stakeholders
Line management of a paid social team, and mentoring and support of direct reports
Overseeing all elements of the delivery, optimisation and reporting of campaigns to ensure market leading execution
Monitor quality control on daily workflow and ensure that team processes are followed, including Quality Assurance processes in campaign activation and for all client deliverables
Working with the Head of Paid Social and our sales team to develop and deliver pitches to win new business and drive overall team growth
Cross-selling Paid Social to Assembly's existing client base by working with Client Leadership to proactively identify opportunities
Act as an internal expert on emerging trends, technologies and opportunities across Facebook apps, Pinterest, Snapchat, Twitter, Linkedin and emerging platforms.
Work with media partner contacts to seek value add opportunities on clients and develop relationships with key platform partners
Ensure Paid Social plays a key role in the client’s marketing mix by keeping abreast of developments across social platforms and constantly encouraging integration with senior agency personnel
Work with the Head of Paid Social and other Account Directors towards the development and execution of overall Paid Social team initiatives
Strong Paid Social experience, gained in an agency setting
Experience with Linkedin for B2B brands, ideally running Lead Generation activity.
Senior client handling and relationship management experience essential
Demonstrable experience of delivering best-in-class paid social campaigns and driving forward the agenda on innovation, testing, and measurement.
Experience planning and managing both Brand and Performance campaigns for multi-market clients across multiple Paid Social platforms
Management of activity across international markets referential but not requisite
Experience in managing a team and goal setting for direct reports
Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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