Paid Social Account Director
CompanySpark Foundry
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At5/14/2026
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Description
Company Description
Who We Are in the UK?
Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency.
We help brands to identify, learn and respond to opportunities faster than the competition.
Every client has an area of their business they need to accelerate, from short-term goals to long-term transformation.
We’ve proven our approach during the most difficult year on record. Now we’re using it to provide a launchpad for their future.
Come be an accelerator with us.
How We Accelerate
We are diverse though our experience, people and the clients we look after - and we celebrate that diversity. Our people hold us accountable to our beliefs and via regular surveys and our grass roots D&I team, The Collective, and internal next generation board, Firestarters, we hold regular events and work continually towards generating ideas, initiatives and educating our people to ensure we are a diverse and inclusive agency.
As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Spark Foundry is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.
Overview
Who We Are in the UK?
Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency.
We help brands to identify, learn and respond to opportunities faster than the competition.
Every client has an area of their business they need to accelerate, from short-term goals to long-term transformation.
We’ve proven our approach during the most difficult year on record. Now we’re using it to provide a launchpad for their future.
Come be an accelerator with us.
How We Accelerate
- Planning: an approach that works in practice rather than theory, arming planners with the ability to create cutting edge campaigns
- Intelligence: a suite of tools that give definitive answers to big questions, and uncovers actionable insights about real people
- Trading: a model built on flexibility and trusted relationships, underpinned with bold guarantees
- Relationships: a culture of asking challenging questions to better understand the brief – we are not a ‘yes’ agency
- People: a strong history of recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds and accelerating their careers
We are diverse though our experience, people and the clients we look after - and we celebrate that diversity. Our people hold us accountable to our beliefs and via regular surveys and our grass roots D&I team, The Collective, and internal next generation board, Firestarters, we hold regular events and work continually towards generating ideas, initiatives and educating our people to ensure we are a diverse and inclusive agency.
As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Spark Foundry is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.
Overview
We are hiring a Paid Social Account Director to lead one of our most high‑profile retail partnerships: ASDA. This role sits at the heart of performance, shaping how paid social drives real commercial impact for a complex, fast‑moving brand with scale. You’ll blend strategic thinking, data‑led decision making, and people leadership to help ASDA connect meaningfully with customers across platforms. If you enjoy building trusted client partnerships and growing teams while solving real business challenges, this role offers genuine influence and scope.
Responsibilities
What you’ll be doing
Skills we’re looking for
Responsibilities
What you’ll be doing
- Own the paid social strategy for ASDA, ensuring activity delivers clear, measurable business outcomes aligned to wider retail and e‑commerce goals.
- Act as a senior, trusted client partner, confidently guiding stakeholders through platform, privacy, and measurement changes.
- Lead multi‑platform planning, activation, and optimisation, embedding testing to demonstrate incremental value from paid social.
- Champion data‑led thinking by developing robust measurement frameworks that go beyond surface‑level platform metrics.
- Partner closely with wider agency teams to integrate paid social seamlessly into broader media and performance plans.
- Create clear, effective processes that support quality delivery, financial governance, and sustainable ways of working.
- Lead, coach, and support your team, fostering an inclusive culture where people feel valued, challenged, and supported to grow.
Skills we’re looking for
- Proven experience leading paid social strategy and delivery on large, complex client accounts, ideally within retail or commerce‑driven environments.
- Strong understanding of paid social platforms, with the ability to form a clear point of view on strategy, creative effectiveness, and innovation.
- Confidence translating data and insights into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
Spark Foundry offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives, including:
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At Spark Foundry, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.
We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.
Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.