Head of Paid Social
Location: London Hybrid
Nest Commerce is one of the UK’s fastest-growing performance marketing agencies, built for ecommerce and retail brands. We partner with category-leading names such as Urban Outfitters, The Folio Society, Damson Madder, Crew Clothing and Hims, helping them scale sustainably through cutting-edge performance strategy and proprietary technology. Our in-house AI platform, Hummingbird, gives us an unmatched competitive edge by automating optimisation, generating creative at scale, and empowering our teams to deliver market-leading results. We’re founder-led, independent, and fiercely ambitious, with a culture that blends commercial impact with genuine care for our people.
The Head of Paid Social will lead the evolution of Nest’s paid social offering, shape channel strategy at senior level and build a high-performing function that delivers standout results for ambitious ecommerce brands. Reporting to the COO and sitting within the senior leadership team, this is a high-impact opportunity to influence proposition, product direction and business growth while working closely with specialists, clients and platform partners.
Key Responsibilities:
* Define and evolve the paid social strategy to create a measurable performance advantage for clients
* Lead, coach and grow a high-performing team of paid social specialists
* Improve internal processes, workflows and scalability across the function
* Contribute to the direction and adoption of Hummingbird and related innovation projects
* Partner with key clients, internal teams and platforms including Meta, TikTok, Pinterest and Snap to drive stronger outcomes
Candidate Experience:
* Strong paid social leadership experience within an agency, ecommerce or retail environment
* Proven success building, mentoring and developing high-performing teams
* Commercially minded, with the ability to turn insight into profitable action
* Highly analytical, confident with performance data and comfortable challenging convention
* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including senior client conversations
Company Benefits:
* A senior leadership role with real influence over channel direction and business strategy
* The chance to shape market-facing thinking in a specialist, fast-growth ecommerce agency
* Exposure to proprietary technology and AI-led product development
* A culture that values initiative, smart problem-solving, pace and continuous improvement
* The opportunity to work alongside experienced leaders and ambitious ecommerce brands
Apply today for this Head of Paid Social opportunity and help shape the future of performance marketing at Nest. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all employees and job applicants. In line with the Equality Act 2010, we strive to create and maintain a working environment in which everyone is able to make the best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit.
Due to a high number of applicants, we are only able to respond to successful candidates.