Paid Media Lead

5 months ago

Manchester, United Kingdom MDPI UK Full time

A pioneer in scholarly open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. Our mission is to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines. We operate more than 400 diverse, peer-reviewed, open access journals supported by over 35,500 academic editors. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available.

**Location**:Manchester

This is a full-time in office role. The office is located next to Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

- Line manage team of specialists and coordinators.
- Responsible for the development, successful implementation and communication of the paid social media and digital marketing strategy for a portfolio of key brands (journals, initiatives, corporate).
- Build and visualise complex campaign and audience segmentation structures.
- Manage portfolio budget.
- Provide training, support and mentorship to team members and others across the business.
- Weekly monitoring and monthly/quarterly reporting of campaign performance.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with portfolio and others across the business.
- Develop bespoke paid strategies for key campaigns.
- Key message and content creation.
- Content oversight/approval

**Profile**:

- Academic degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising (or related).
- 3+ years’ experience of developing social media and digital marketing strategies for business
- Experience in managing or mentoring team of digital marketing professionals.
- Very good knowledge of Advertising Managers including Google and Bing
- Very Good knowledge of Google's suite of digital marketing tools and platforms
- Excellent understanding of brand, communication, and digital marketing principles.
- Excellent English language skills (written and spoken), other language skills are beneficial.
- Excellent organizational, analytical and prioritization abilities.
- Interest in science and science communications (previous experience in the industry a plus).
- Experience of running campaigns to generate sales or leads a plus.

Please include a cover letter explaining how you meet the key requirements of the role.

**Benefits**
- **Flexible Working Times**
You are able to start work anytime between 7-9am, and finish between 3pm-6pm.
- **Special Days Off**
Getting married or moving house? No need to use up your holidays, MDPI offer paid time off for such occasions.
- **Our Culture**
A friendly working environment with monthly lunch parties, office snacks and seasonal events.
- **Bonus Incentives**
Depending on your role, you may be eligible for one of our bonus schemes which rewards high-performing employees.
- **Perkbox**
You will have access to our benefit platform called “Perkbox.” This will provide you with a range of discounts and benefits across various retailers, including savings on food, drinks, tech, travel, and more.
- **Health Cash Plan**
After passing probation, employees are enrolled into our private health membership with Bupa. You can claim money back on dental, doctors, and prescriptions amongst many other health services
- **Modern City Centre Office**
Located next to Piccadilly Gardens, our office is a 10 minute walk from both Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road train stations. There are also tram stops outside of the building.
- **Cyclescheme**
Save between 25-39% on a bike and accessories.
- **Techscheme**
Save up to 10% on tax when purchasing tech equipment from places such as Ikea and Currys

**About MDPI**

A pioneer in scholarly open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities **since 1996**. Our mission is to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines. We operate more than **400** diverse, peer-reviewed**, open access journals supported by over **66**,**0**00 academic editors**. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available.

**MDPI is headquartered in Switzerland with additional offices in Europe**, **Asia** and North America**.** We are committed to ensuring that high quality research is made available as quickly as possible. We also support sustainability projects, with sustainability as a key theme in many journals and through the MDPI Sustainability Foundation.

**Initiatives**

At MDPI, we develop and maintain various platforms in order to better serve the scientific community. Please find here-below a list of our main platforms:

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