Cairo - Senior Associate – Paid Social

Company Description:
In ‎2015, Periscopix were thrilled to join the Merkle organisation as part of
their drive to become a worldwide leader in tailored data-driven digital
marketing. Merkle is a performance marketing agency which specialises in the
delivery of personalised customer experiences across platforms and devices. We
call it 'people-based' marketing, and we are proud to be recognised as an
industry leader. Merkle, headquartered in the States, have focused on
expansion by acquiring businesses internationally and by joining the Dentsu
Aegis Network, one of the largest Global media companies, in ‎2016. This has
offered us opportunity to further expand our growth and services.
Job Description:
We're looking for someone passionate about Paid Social to join our growing
team and continue to push the boundaries on what's possible with Facebook,
Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Snapchat and other Social platforms! Our team works
across a varied portfolio of clients of all shapes, industries and sizes, and
we work very closely with the major social platforms to remain at the cutting
edge of our field. We're looking for people who are geeks (and proud) who want
to be positive disruptors in our industry.
This role is best suited to someone with ‎2+ years of hands-on Paid Social
experience. It requires an understanding of general marketing principles as
well as business acumen to support understanding of our clients and the
digital marketing space. It supports the development and execution of
strategic and tactical initiatives designed to successfully achieve our
clients' goals. The role is diverse and requires the individual to efficiently
prioritize and manage multiple work streams at once, work both individually
and within a team, effectively communicate, and have an ability to
continuously self-educate in this dynamic digital marketing space.
As a Senior Associate you will also have responsibilities when it comes to
training and mentoring less experienced members of the team in campaign set-
up, best practices and account management.
Life as a Senior Paid Social Associate at Merkle
* Understand client objectives and design paid social strategy aimed at achieving them
* Implementation, optimization and reporting of clients paid social activity
* Responsible for set up, testing and recommendations on campaigns
* Client account management and liaison on Paid Social campaigns
* Data manipulation and interpretation for campaign analysis, using actionable insights to improve performance through optimization
* Daily engagement and collaboration with internal teams, platform partners and client teams
* Complete activities according to best practices, standard operations procedures and team member guidance
A few of the benefits
As we progress and develop as a company, you will too. Within our fast-growing
company, there 's plenty of opportunity to develop your skill set and you'll
be encouraged to be curious and share new ideas. In exchange for your
contribution to our award-winning company, we make sure you take advantage of
a generous holiday allowance and are paid a competitive salary. We're really
proud of our company values and culture; we have regular company / team
socials and want all our employees to enjoy coming into work. Some of our
benefits include:
* Friendly, approachable office atmosphere - and business-casual dress code
* Regular company socials (where social distancing allows)
* On-site Games Room with ping pong, pool table and xbox
* The company pays for our lunch on the last Thursday of every month
* Private healthcare
Qualifications:
What we are looking for in you
* We anticipate the successful candidate will have circa ‎2+ years of experience in Paid Social at account executive or account manager level.
* Experienced in Paid Social campaign management; set up, activation, optimisation and reporting
* Extensive experience optimising paid social campaigns to meet campaign objectives
* Familiarity with Facebook Business Manager, and preferably also LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok and Snapchat
* Well versed in reporting platforms like Microsoft Excel
* Have managed other on an account or within a team
* Fluent in Arabic and English (written and spoken)
Additional Information:
Merkle does not discriminate against job applicants on the basis of age,
disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or
maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or
belief, sex or sexual orientation. Experience stipulated in this job
description serves as a guide only and all applications will be considered on
their merits, irrespective of experience.
As part of our Diversity and Inclusion agenda, and as an Equal Opportunities
employer, if you require reasonable adjustments during the selection process
please engage directly with your Recruiter.

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