The Role

The Paid Social Manager is the key support resource for Core’s clients in managing paid promotional campaigns through social media platforms. The Paid Social Manager will collaborate with respective teams to develop strategy for paid social promotions and will be responsible for setting up, optimizing, and reporting on social campaigns. 2+ years digital buying experience is essential as well as excellent knowledge of social platforms and optimization techniques for social campaigns. (Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Linked In, Pinterest, Tik Tok).

The roles require strong collaboration and communication with the wider Media Teams & Investment teams within Core. A crucial element of this role is the candidate must be consistent in delivering the highest standard output.

Responsibilities / Key Performance Indictors (KPIs):
The role of Paid Social Manager owns the responsibility to manage, assist in planning, implement, and optimise a variety of our clients paid campaigns across all social media channels. Included in this is the use of digital ad billing tools to bridge the gap between client and supplier. This role is central to the efficient and effective running of the day-to-day digital service including ownership of paid social campaigns, capturing data insights, identifying social trends, timely and accurate billing, and working with the team to deliver innovation.

The Paid Social Manager will work closely with the Media Planning teams and Investment teams and will manage the delivery of the paid social campaign and will ensure that it is aligned with the overall media rationale. This will all be delivered accurately and by adhering to processes as outlined in our ways of working.

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Why us?

Why us?

• Flexible and hybrid working
• 24/7 access to professional development through Linked In Learning along with career progression and mentoring
• The opportunity to work across a huge range of clients within so many different categories from sport, retail, food and drink, to alcohol, insurance, banking and so much more
• 21 days annual leave plus a day off on your birthday, company closure days at Christmas and early finish on bank holiday Fridays
• A company culture that promotes work-life balance
• Family-focused benefits including paid maternity and paternity leave as well as maternity phase back program, fertility treatment supports and paid pregnancy loss leave
• Access to mental health and well-being programs including paid health insurance for you and your dependents under 18
• Professional financial advice; employer contributory pension and life assurance
• Make a difference by joining our D&I, CSR, Green, Social or Great Place to Work committees; you’ll get an extra days leave for your efforts.
• And lots more …

OUR COMMITMENTS
Our industry relies on creativity and innovation – these are skills that are not bound by gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, membership of the Traveller community, marital or family status, disability, age, socio-economic background, or any other attributes. Core is committed to diversity in its workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants. If you need reasonable accommodation for any reason at any part of the interview process, please contact us and let us know the nature of your request and we will do our best to help.

About us

Core is Ireland's largest marketing communications company with over 300 people working across the key areas of marketing communications - research, data science, strategy, planning, creative development and implementation. We are now a collective of nine practices, working towards a single purpose - to expand the possibilities of what brands can achieve. At Core, we believe that change can move us forward and compel us towards new possibilities. Our wonderful people are at the centre of our success. It is essential that we keep building a high-trust working environment that supports our people and enables them to flourish. There is no magic formula for becoming a great place to work. Instead, it involves working together, through constant change, to match the personal dreams and ambitions of our people with the aspirations of the organisation.
Over the years, we have cemented our position as a great place to work, time and time again. Core was voted Agency Network of the Year for 2024. This year, we were again voted as one of Irelands Best Workplaces by the Great Place to Work Institute for the 15th year, alongside being awarded a Best Workplace for Health and Wellbeing, and a Best Workplace for Women in 2024.