Senior Paid Social Specialist
Cardiff
£40K £50K
Page 1 Recruitment is proud to be partnering with a fast-growing, specialist comparison platform based in Cardiff. As the business continues to scale, our client is looking to appoint a Senior Paid Social Specialist to take ownership of paid social performance and play a key role in the next phase of growth.
Known for their friendly, inclusive, and highly supportive culture, this is a business that genuinely values its people. Youll be joining a performance-driven team that balances commercial ambition with a strong focus on autonomy, evidence-led decision making, and worklife balance.
This is a senior, hands-on individual contributor role, offering full technical ownership of paid social performance across Meta, TikTok, and emerging platforms, with responsibility for meaningful budgets and commercial risk.
About You
Extensive hands-on experience in paid social within performance-led environments
Demonstrable end-to-end ownership of paid social campaigns across Meta and/or TikTok
Strong experience managing, scaling, and optimising meaningful paid social budgets
A structured, evidence-led approach to testing, optimisation, and insight generation
Strong capability planning, briefing, and iterating paid social creative across static and video formats
Ability to diagnose performance shifts and clearly explain decisions, trade-offs, and outcomes
Clear communicator able to collaborate effectively with Paid Media, SEO, Content, Design, Operations, and Sales teams
Bonus Points
Meta or TikTok certifications
Experience refining testing frameworks or defining paid social best-practice standards
Hands-on creative production experience using Canva or Adobe tools
Familiarity with CRO principles and insight-led creative optimisation
Whats in it for you
£40K £50K DOE
Annual pay review
Two paid weeks off over Christmas and New Year, plus annual leave
Birthday and work-anniversary paid leave
Bupa private medical and dental cover
Flexitime between 6am and 8pm, with no core hours
Enhanced pension contribution
Free city-centre parking
Monthly takeaway Fridays, Employee of the Month awards, and regular team socials
Clear opportunity to grow within a scaling paid media function
Please note this is a fully onsite role, based in central Cardiff, five days per week.
Interested? Click Apply or contact Page 1 Recruitment today to find out more.
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