Paid Senior Account Executive (US)

Introduction
Socially Powerful is a global social-first marketing agency specializing in influencer marketing, paid social, social commerce, and creative strategy. We help some of the world's leading brands connect with audiences through innovative, data-driven campaigns that deliver measurable business results.

Our team is made up of ambitious, collaborative, and creative individuals who are passionate about social media, digital marketing, and driving performance for clients. As we continue to grow across the US market, we're looking for a Paid Senior Account Executive to join our Paid Media team.

About the role
As a Paid Social Senior Account Executive, you will support the planning, execution, and optimization of paid social campaigns for a range of leading brands across industries including Fashion, Beauty, Gaming, Tech, and Lifestyle.

You'll play a key role in the day-to-day management of campaigns across major social platforms, helping to drive performance through audience targeting, testing, reporting, and optimization. Working closely with the wider Paid Media team, you'll gain exposure to integrated social-first campaigns while developing your expertise across paid social strategy and execution.

Key Responsibilities

Support the planning, launch, management, and optimization of paid social campaigns across Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, LinkedIn, and other relevant platforms.
Manage day-to-day campaign delivery, budgets, audience targeting, and performance to ensure client objectives and KPIs are achieved.
Monitor campaign performance and implement ongoing optimizations to improve efficiency and overall campaign effectiveness.
Produce campaign reports and performance analyses, providing actionable insights and recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders.
Support the development of media plans, audience strategies, testing frameworks, and campaign forecasts.
Collaborate with Creative, Influencer Marketing, and Client Services teams to deliver integrated campaigns and high-performing ad creative.
Assist with client communications and account management, ensuring a high standard of service and campaign delivery.
Stay up to date with paid social trends, platform updates, industry developments, and emerging advertising opportunities.

Required Skills & Experience

1-3 years' experience in Paid Social, Performance Marketing, or Digital Advertising, ideally within an agency environment.
Hands-on experience managing campaigns across Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, and LinkedIn.
Strong analytical skills with experience using GA4, platform reporting tools, and performance dashboards to drive campaign optimizations.
Understanding of key paid media metrics including ROAS, CPA, CTR, CPM, CAC, and conversion rate optimisation.
Excellent organisation, project management, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously.
Proactive, detail-oriented, and eager to learn within a fast-paced environment.
Experience working with eCommerce, consumer brands, influencer whitelisting, paid amplification, or social-first campaigns is advantageous.
Relevant platform certifications (Meta Blueprint, TikTok, Pinterest, or Google) are a plus.

Workplace Benefits

14 days paid vacation, plus an additional day for your birthday
Health, dental and vision insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan

Location: This role is open to candidates based anywhere in the United States. Applicants must be available to work 9:00am–6:00pm EST. For candidates located in New York, this is a hybrid position requiring three days per week in our New York office.

Salary

Minimum: 55000
Maximum: 85000
Currency: USD
Pay period: Annual

About the company

Socially Powerful helps brands win attention on social media through a full suite of social-first marketing services. It combines influencer and creator marketing, social-strategy, paid media activation, creative and content production, and always-on social management, powered by proprietary technology and AI product development. The team of 200+ specialists works across the UK, US, Europe, China and Dubai to execute fast, scalable campaigns that drive real business outcomes. What sets them apart is their mix of rapid execution, hands-on creative production, and a proprietary tech stack that enables data-driven planning and optimization at scale. Their stated goal is to grow into a £100M global agency, sharing their journey publicly while continuing to serve leading brands such as TikTok, L’Oréal, AB InBev and Ralph Lauren.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

United Kingdom

Founded

2016

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

Dubai Media City office opens September 10, 2026, expanding access to Gulf brand spending.
Socially Powerful's August 2026 content-repurposing thesis matches brands' demand for licensed creator assets.
Named clients like Amazon, L'Oréal, Primark, and Pernod Ricard validate enterprise sales credibility.

What critics are saying

Free ARIA discovery commoditizes Socially Powerful's moat as competitors copy similar tooling.
Omnicom's September 15, 2026 15,000-job cut pressures client budgets and agency retainers.
TikTok, Meta, and Amazon can absorb creator workflows, shrinking outsourced agency demand.

What makes Socially Powerful unique

James Hacking moved to Dubai on September 10, 2026, signaling founder-led local execution.
ARIA indexes 200M creator profiles, blending natural-language search with visual discovery.
Socially Powerful combines creator campaigns, paid social, content production, and usage-rights strategy.

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Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Paid Vacation
Hybrid Work Options
Gym Membership
Wellness Program
Company Social Events
Professional Development Budget
Conference Attendance Budget
Commuter Benefits

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

1 year growth

20%

2 year growth

17%

Creative Business News

Sep 10th, 2026

Socially Powerful expands to MENA: Founder James Hacking relocates to Dubai to spearhead new regional base.

Socially Powerful expands to MENA: Founder James Hacking relocates to Dubai to spearhead new regional base. Dubai, UAE, 9th September: Socially Powerful, the global social-first creator marketing agency, has announced its strategic expansion into MENA with the opening of a new Dubai office in Dubai Media City on September 10th. To spearhead the agency's next chapter and deeply integrate the business into local culture, Founder James Hacking is relocating to the UAE to lead the regional operation. The Dubai opening marks the agency's third global base. Joining hubs in London, where Socially Powerful was founded and remains headquartered, alongside New York. The expansion perfectly aligns with the UAE's strategic push to become the global capital of the creator economy, fueled by initiatives like the national Creator Fund, long-term Golden Visas for creative talent and the 1 Billion Followers Summit. Driven by soaring brand investment in lifestyle, beauty, and fashion, the regional influencer marketing industry is experiencing unprecedented momentum, with the GCC market alone projected to surge to over $771 million by 2032. "The MENA creator economy is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, and we have ambitious goals to capitalise on that momentum," said James Hacking, Founder of Socially Powerful. "I started out as a creator myself back in 2006 as a football freestyler, long before the 'creator economy' was a recognised term. Because of that background, I know you simply cannot lead in a market this dynamic from a desk 3,000 miles away. Moving here to lead our new headquarters personally ensures we operate with the agility and founder-level dedication this market deserves. We're here to work shoulder-to-shoulder with local talent, deeply understand the cultural nuances, and combine our global methodology with the region's incredible creative pulse". Socially Powerful brings a disruptive agency model to the region, moving away from transactional influencer deals to foster genuine, long-term creator partnerships. This creator-first philosophy is backed by the agency's extensive research engine - producing global whitepapers and localised market intelligence that give brands a strategic, trend-setting edge. Complementing its hands-on creative and strategic services, the agency is also bringing its proprietary AI-powered global influencer marketing platform, ARIA, to the market as a free-to-use tool to aid the broader industry. Functioning as an intelligent data layer, Aria analyzes over 200M+ creator profiles via natural language and visual search, giving brands a way to refine talent selection. Socially Powerful already boasts a heavyweight global roster, partnering with brands including Amazon, L'Oréal, Levis, Primark, Pernod Ricard, Wella. As the agency officially opens its doors this September, leadership has outlined aggressive growth milestones for the next 12 months. About Socially Powerful Socially Powerful is a global social-first creator marketing agency founded in 2017, with a presence across the United Kingdom, and United States. Founded by social media pioneers who grew alongside platforms like Facebook and YouTube, the agency specialises in delivering bold marketing campaigns that leverage technology, creative storytelling, and deep social media insights. The agency excels in influencer marketing, social strategy, video content, and distribution, consistently achieving marketing performance that outperforms traditional channels. The views expressed in this media release are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cision.

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