Marketing Assistant (Paid Social)

Our Paid Social marketing team has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic digital marketeer at the start of their career journey!

The Marketing Assistant will work with the internal paid social media team to support the delivery of a key area within the business (including tactical implementation and delivery).

The team focuses on delivering excellence through paid social advertising data analysis and building relationships with our suppliers (e.g. LinkedIn Meta ResearchGate X/Twitter) and marketing planners.

Reporting into the Paid Social Marketing Manager you will support with the planning delivery and reporting of brand aligned ROI maximised effective and efficient paid social media marketing activity.

What you will be doing:

Build and implement new paid social advertising campaigns according to briefs

Create new ad copy

Support with reporting on campaign and post-performance

Carry out research in-line with marketing briefs

Work closely with planners to support their business targets

Report and monitor paid social campaign results and spend against our budget expectations and targets

Monitor competitor activity and discover new opportunities

Make recommendations to improve performance and drive further efficiencies

Identify any performance issues

Be closely involved with our ResearchGate campaigns

This role would suit someone who is passionate about digital marketing and is looking to develop their knowledge and understanding of digital marketing practices with a particular focus on paid social media advertising.

Qualifications :

What we are looking for:

An interest in social media and all things performance marketing

Strong numerical and analytical skills and comfortable working with data

Experience using Excel and presenting data

Excellent communication skills both verbal & written

Great time-management skills and the ability to prioritise tasks

An eagerness to learn and show initiative

Previous knowledge and experience of paid social media marketing would be beneficial but this is not essential

Additional Information :

Location: The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of either our Blackfriars London office or our Milton Park Abingdon (Oxfordshire) office to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in-person time.

Closing Date: Applications will close on 8th July 2025 . Please note we will be shortlisting candidates alongside advertising so please apply at your earliest convenience.

What we offer in return: 

• An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic flexible working culture
• 25 days annual leave per year plus a day off for your birthday 
• 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year 
• 4 paid volunteering days each year 
• Company funded single cover private medical insurance  
• Employee assistance programme offering 24/7 well-being support 
• Share Match Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares. 
• Pension scheme 
• Life assurance plus optical and medical care

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis 

If youre excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience dont fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and make a contribution regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources incentives and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy balanced life. 

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits develops and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit based factor. 

We genuinely care about our colleagues promoting work-life balance wellbeing and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: better yet check out our LinkedIn Life Page highlighting our accomplishments employees and company culture. Its also a good way of meeting our recruitment team who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F. 

know that sometimes the perfect candidate doesnt exist and that people can be put off applying for a job if they dont fit all the requirements. If youre excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience were looking for please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed.  As such Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race colour ancestry national origin religion or religious creed mental or physical disability medical condition genetic information sex (including pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age marital status citizenship or other protected characteristics under local law.    This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis please ask the Talent Acquisition team for more information. 

To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site:  Work :

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