Paid Digital Media Specialist

About the Role

Base Location: Perth, Glasgow, Reading, Cardiff, Belfast or Dublin (this is a hybrid role with 2 days per week based in one of our offices)

Salary: £33,500 - £53,500 (GB/NI) or €48,500 - €72,700 (ROI) + performance-related bonus + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

What is the Role?

As our Digital Media Specialist, you will manage and optimise paid digital media campaigns across SSE Airtricity (B2C & B2B) and SSE Energy Solutions brands (B2B) in Irish and GB markets. Working closely with the wider Energy Customer Solutions Marketing Team, this role will support acquisition and retention of customers across Energy and Low Carbon Solution products. As part of your role, you will:

- Work with third party agencies to develop, implement, and manage paid media plans and creative across multiple platforms (Google Ads, Facebook Ads, LinkedIn etc).

- Monitor and optimise campaigns to deliver maximum Return On Investment, ensuring paid digital campaigns are tracked end to end.

- Adopt an always on test strategy, considering ad copy, creative and landing page optimisation.

- Analyse and report on campaign performance, providing actionable insights to improve results.

- Collaborate with the ECS Marketing Team to align paid media plans with overall marketing objectives.

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

- Demonstrable experience in a similar role, working with Google Ads, Facebook Ads Manager, LinkedIn Ads, and other ad management platforms.

- The ability to craft compelling ad copy and creatives aligned with brand messaging and digital performance objectives.

- The ability to interpret data and extract actionable insights.

- Strong project management skills, capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously.

- Excellent communication skills to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

About our Business

SSE is a multinational energy company listed on the FTSE 100, with a vision “to be a leading energy company in a net zero world”. We’re investing £20.5bn+ by the end of the decade to help deliver our Net Zero Acceleration Programme.

Part of SSE Plc, Energy Customer Solutions is the Customer facing division – providing energy and low carbon solutions to over 1.3million customers. We have a strong market position with great customer relationships and expert customer teams working in Belfast, Cardiff, Dublin, Perth, and Reading. ​

In Great Britain we operate under the brand SSE Energy Solutions providing energy and related energy solutions (EV, Solar, Smart, Heating & Cooling etc) to businesses of all sizes and public sector organisations across Great Britain.

In Ireland – we operate under the brand SSE Airtricity providing energy and related energy solutions (Solar, EV etc) to homes, businesses including public sector organisations across the island of Ireland.

We have ambitious targets to help our customers on their journey to Net Zero by increasing the accessibility of green energy solutions through the provision of customer-driven propositions and we’re a partner to customers and stakeholders as they seek ways to respond to the climate crisis.

Help us power change.

What’s in it for you?

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement (including public holidays), enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for ‘Inclusion & Diversity at SSE’ to find out more.

Next Steps

All applications should be submitted online, and we'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Andy on andrew.elder3@sse.com or 01738 340826.

Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.

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