Paid Social Manager

EF Education First

$85K — $105K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of hands-on paid media management experience
  • Deep expertise in Meta Ads (Facebook/Instagram)
  • Experience managing TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube Ads, and Reddit
  • Familiarity with Paid Search and Display advertising
  • Strong track record managing campaign budgets and optimizing results
  • Proficient in Google Analytics/GA4
  • Strong writing skills and a good eye for design

Responsibilities

  • Develop and own the paid social strategy across all channels
  • Lead day-to-day management, optimization, and A/B testing of paid social campaigns
  • Monitor campaign performance against monthly/yearly goals
  • Identify and evaluate new paid social platforms and beta opportunities
  • Build high-impact campaigns, ad sets, and ads with sophisticated targeting
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration to define campaign messaging
  • Establish a proactive creative refresh and testing schedule

Benefits

  • Commitment to professional growth with monthly trainings and workshops
  • Four weeks paid vacation your first year and ten paid holidays
  • Exciting business travel opportunities
  • 25% company match on 401(k) contributions
  • Market-leading medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Access to fertility care and family-building support
  • Wellness benefits including a yearly fitness reimbursement
  • Frequent social and learning events
Full Job Description
Job Description

We9re looking for a Paid Social Manager who is equal parts creative storyteller and data-driven strategist. This role sits on our growth team and is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, brings proven strategic vision to the table, and knows how to turn insights into scalable growth. You will own the strategy and execution of our paid social campaigns to drive significant improvements in our acquisition metrics and support our customer acquisition goals. If you9re a seasoned professional with extensive experience managing paid campaigns across Meta platforms, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, Paid Search, and Display-this could be perfect for you!

What you9ll do:

  • Develop and own the paid social strategy across all channels, aligning with broader business objectives and growth targets
  • Lead day-to-day management, optimization, and A/B testing of paid social campaigns across channels, ensuring efficient spend.
  • Monitor campaign performance against monthly/yearly goals, ensuring paid social efforts contribute to business objectives.
  • Identify and evaluate new paid social platforms and beta opportunities to drive incremental growth and competitive advantage.
  • Build high-impact campaigns, ad sets, and ads with sophisticated targeting, placements, and objectives.
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration to define campaign messaging, positioning, and objectives.
  • Establish a proactive creative refresh and testing schedule to prevent ad fatigue and maintain audience engagement.
  • Partner with creative and content teams to brief, develop, and deliver fresh creative assets.
  • Leverage backend performance data in Tableau and other analytics tools to uncover trends, generate strategic insights, and drive data-informed decision-making.
  • Assist with paid search and display initiatives, helping manage campaigns and drive optimizations.
  • Share platform insights and emerging social trends with the paid media and marketing teams to inform broader strategy.
  • Manage UTM tracking and tagging to ensure accurate attribution across all campaigns.
  • Prepare and present performance reports and recommendations to senior leadership, translating complex data into clear insights.
  • Collaborate with analytics teams to develop new dashboards and reporting frameworks as needed.
  • Stay ahead of platform updates, industry trends, and emerging opportunities to continually improve paid social strategy.


Who you are:

A creative thinker with a sharp analytical eye. You spot trends, experiment boldly, and turn tricky problems into scroll-stopping campaigns. Curious, detail-oriented, and full of get-up-and-go, you thrive on challenges and love turning ideas into results. Social media isn9t just what you do, you9re always exploring new platforms, formats, and trends in your own life. In addition, you have...

  • 5+ years of hands-on paid media management experience
  • Deep expertise in Meta Ads (Facebook/Instagram) with advanced knowledge of campaign structure, optimization, and platform capabilities
  • Experience managing TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube Ads, and Reddit
  • Familiarity with Paid Search and Display advertising and ability to support optimization efforts across these channels.
  • Strong track record managing campaign budgets and optimizing results.
  • Adept at running A/B and multivariate tests to optimize creative, copy, and targeting.
  • Proficient in Google Analytics/GA4 and deriving actionable insights.
  • Strong Excel skills for reporting and analysis.
  • Comfortable creating weekly/monthly reports and delivering results clearly.
  • Must be detail oriented and have strong organizational skills.
  • Strong writing skills and a good eye for design
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, able to turn complex ideas into clear, actionable insights.
  • Comfortable learning new platforms and adapting to evolving trends.
  • Able to work independently and collaboratively.
  • Bonus points if you have: Experience with Tableau


Why you9ll love working here: Perks, Benefits, and more!

This is the most fun, high caliber place you9ll ever work. Ask any employee why they love EF (whether they9ve been here 10 minutes or 10 years) and they9ll probably tell you the same thing: it9s the people. When you work at EF, you join a purpose-driven, international and energetic community that thrives on continuous learning, fearless innovation and mutual support.

In addition, you can expect:
  • Commitment to professional growth: robust monthly calendar of trainings and workshops
  • Four weeks paid vacation your first year, ten paid holidays, and two floating holidays
  • Exciting business travel opportunities
  • 25% company match on your 401(k) contributions
  • Market-leading medical, dental and vision coverage, along with options for life and disability insurance, accident and hospital insurance, legal and pet insurance
  • Dependent care, healthcare and commuter Flex Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • Access to fertility care and family-building support
  • Wellness benefits including a yearly fitness reimbursement
  • Frequent social and learning events, including access to our employee-run resource groups
  • Robust Employee Assistance Program
  • Tenure-based sabbatical eligibility
  • EF Product Discounts (discounts on travel, international language schools, Au Pair program and more)
  • Discounts at local venues and businesses
  • Amazing offices designed to match the caliber of the people who work there, plus the flexibility of working from home three days a week
  • Compensation range for this role is $85,000-$105,000/year, based on experience


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