Paid Social Senior Account Executive - Starling

Paid Social Senior Account Executive - Starling

About the Role: Senior Paid Social Account Executive – Starling Bank MG OMD is looking for a Senior Paid Social Account Executive to join the team working on Starling Bank – one of the UK's most innovative digital banking brands. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a solid grounding in paid social who’s ready to take the next step, gaining more responsibility across strategy, client relationships and campaign performance.

As a Senior Account Executive, you’ll be a key part of the team delivering data-driven, commercially-focused campaigns across platforms such as Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn. Working closely with the Account Manager and Account Director, you’ll help plan, activate and optimise campaigns that drive real business impact – from acquisition to brand-building.

You’ll take ownership of campaign builds, QA processes, reporting and platform relationships, while also supporting more junior team members. This is a brilliant opportunity to sharpen your performance marketing skills on a high-profile, fast-moving account.

Key Responsibilities

• Set up and manage paid social campaigns across Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and more
• Monitor campaign performance and make optimisation recommendations
• Support with briefing, planning and audience strategy development
• Prepare and deliver performance reports with clear insights and actions
• Coordinate creative asset delivery and platform approvals
• Maintain strong relationships with media partners and platform reps
• Help support Account Executives and contribute to their development
• Keep up to date with industry trends, platform updates and regulatory guidance

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience in a paid social role, either agency or client-side
• Working knowledge of Meta Ads Manager; TikTok and LinkedIn experience a bonus
• Strong attention to detail and confidence working with data
• Good organisational skills – able to juggle multiple tasks and deadlines
• Proactive, enthusiastic, and comfortable speaking with clients and partners
• A team player with a collaborative mindset and eagerness to learn
• Experience working with finance or app-based brands (useful but not essential)

If you’re looking to step up into a more senior role on a high-performing account with clear room to grow – we’d love to hear from you.

About the Agency

MG OMD was established in 1990 as a challenger media agency (Manning Gottlieb Media) that placed craft, trust and performance at the heart of media planning and buying. Since joining Omnicom network’s OMG (Omnicom Media Group) in 1998, we have continued to retain our founding ethos of providing clients with bespoke approaches, unprecedented insight, specialism, security and transparency; helping our clients to use media to unlock their competitive advantage and deliver innovative, effective and award-winning work and campaigns that create difference that matters. MG OMD is the second-largest media agency in the UK. We are the most awarded media agency in both the history of the IPA Effectiveness Awards and Thinkbox’s TV Planning Awards and have this year been named as Agency of the Year in The Media Leader UK awards, Campaign Global awards and Campaign UK awards.

With over 500 employees working across some of the UK’s leading brands including the John Lewis Partnership, Virgin Media O2, British Airways, Specsavers, HM Government, LNER, Sony Pictures and Age UK; it is our people who ultimately make the award-winning difference. True to our ethos, we work hard at creating a spirit and atmosphere that inspires our people to be considerate, honest, and professional whilst also being stimulating, imaginative and inspirational. We want people who are great to work with, fun to be with and who genuinely care; about each other, our clients, our media partners and doing great work. In return, we provide an amazingly collaborative culture, where open communication and an unwavering commitment to diversity of thinking, diversity of background and diversity of skillsets runs through everything we do. All backed up by the highest standards of training, development and support in the industry; so much so, that we have attained IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) CPD Gold Accreditation for the 13th year running and maintained our CPD Platinum Accreditation for the 7th consecutive year, showcasing our commitment to continuous professional development. We were also featured in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work in both 2023 and 2024. Our being named is completely based on the opinions and perspectives of our employees which makes the accolade all that more special.

Flexible Working

At Omnicom Media Group, we are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in-person connections with the flexibility of remote working. Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely. For example, you could start work at 8:30 and finish at 16:30 or start at 10:30 and finish at 18:30.

We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best – both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.

Be Your Best

We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at beyourbest@omnicommediagroup.com to let us know how we can support you.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG

At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.

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