Careers with learndirect
Head of Paid Social
Through education, people can transform their lives and reach career goals. learndirect Group has been empowering individuals to reach the height of their potential for many years, with a forward-thinking digital approach.
As the UK’s leading online learning provider, we have helped millions of learners gain qualifications that have led to exciting careers. Our work is to empower, inspire, and transform lives through flexible education made accessible to all.
Pearltech requires individuals with exceptional drive and ambition to help with one of the fastest growing learning technology companies in the education space.
One of Pearltech’s services to the education industry is to help prospective students who wish to take a course with one of education partners, and take them through a process of application, enrolment and undertaking their course.
As all courses are online, therefore this is an office based and telephone based role, requiring discipline and drive to ensure we deliver on the number of students required by our partners, whilst ensuring a best-in-class service to prospective students.
This critical learner support role will provide a proactive, professional and timely service to learners and will support the delivery of high-quality learning programmes.
This role requires individuals to be caring, ambitious and emotionally intelligent so that their service meets the needs of our diverse learners in the aim to influence their next steps in work and life. The department influences our learners’ futures and, at times, can change their life.
Job Purpose:
Reporting into the Group Chief Digital Officer, this role will have management obligations of one digital executive, as well as responsibility of the creation, development, and implementation of a data driven Paid Social strategy for the brands within the group. You will be commercially astute and adept at assessing data from campaigns and adjusting practices to increase ROI, lead generation and ultimately market share. It is imperative this candidate has their finger on the pulse and is confident with suggesting new and innovative ways to increase effective paid social activity for the business.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Create, develop, and implement a Paid Social strategy for the brands within the group.
• Management of a £5mil paid social budget.
• Work with internal creative teams and the digital executive to ideate, create, and activate
effective paid social campaigns on social platforms including but not limited to; Meta
Suite, TikTok, YouTube, etc with the aim to increase lead generation and sales.
• Research into and utilisation of influencer branded activity for paid social.
• Implement, manipulate, and develop pixels for paid social platforms.
• Track and analyse data from campaigns, utilising this information to formulate regular
optimisation plans to progress/improve future performance.
• Continuous research into new platform features, analyse ROI for utilisation for the
business and justify to stakeholders, then take ownership of projects.
• Management responsibility of one digital executive, with the view to grow your team.
What we are looking for in you:
- Previous experience in a Head of Paid Social/Paid Social Senior role is essential.
- Excellent understanding and proficiency in Paid Social across platforms including Meta Suite, TikTok, YouTube, etc, ideally from an FMCG/Retail/Ecomm/Agency background.
- Extremely commercially astute with the ability to view data from all platforms/brands and determine ways to improve/increase ROI and market share.
- Previous experience with managing a large marketing budget.
- Ability to implement/manipulate/develop pixels for paid social platforms.
- Enthusiasm for innovation with ability to uncover new platform features and justify requirements for the business.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Strong presentation ability with experience in success of influencing stakeholders.
Why work with us?
- Complete a course of your choice after your probation period
- Excellent holiday allowance plus bank holidays – to include one extra day’s holiday for your birthday / appreciation day
- £50 Amazon thank you Voucher for your birthday
- Company pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Perkbox Corporate Perks
- Refer a friend scheme
- Inclusive culture and positive working environment
- Staff social events
We are an equal opportunity employer, always looking for the right talent based on merit for every position. learndirect believes passionately in including all employees equally in the learndirect culture and mission. We actively encourage diversity of thought and champion our talented individuals.
