Growth Strategist (Paid Social)

Role: Growth Strategist
Function: Growth Strategy, Performance Media Buying, Creative
Reports to: Head of Growth
Location: Remotefirst (UKbased), with optional access to a London, Leeds or Manchester office.
Seniority Level: MidSenior
Salary: £50,000 £60,000 + Performance Bonus

About Us

Founded by Olly Hudson and Joe Marston, Soar With Us is one of the fastestgrowing advertising agencies for ecommerce brands in the UK. We’re built on the core values of collaboration, innovation, and accountability. With a team of over 40 APlayers, we profitably spent more than £250m on Meta, Google, and TikTok ads in 2024, helping brands like The Essence Vault, Art of Football, and Bee Inspired scale rapidly.

As a Growth Strategist, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the growth journey of our clients. You’ll be the link between data, creative, and performance, using insights to fuel strategic decisions and deliver exceptional client outcomes. This is a highimpact role for someone who thrives on data, creativity, and rapid problemsolving.

Our Values

At Soar With Us, our values define how we work, make decisions, and build lasting client relationships:

• Extreme Ownership: Taking responsibility for every outcome within your control.
• Radical Curiosity: Challenging assumptions and exploring what’s next to drive smarter, more innovative results.
• Kind Candour: Saying what needs to be said with honesty, empathy, and purpose.
• ClientCentricity: Thinking like owners, acting in our clients’ best interests, always.

• Requirements

  As a Growth Strategist at Soar With Us, you’ll take ownership of client growth, transforming datadriven insights into impactful strategies that drive revenue and customer acquisition. You’ll be the link between creative direction and performance, ensuring every campaign is both strategically sound and operationally effective. Your role will span from highlevel planning to ontheground execution, providing a complete growth solution for your clients.
  

  Growth Strategy and Planning:

  • Develop comprehensive 12month growth roadmaps, aligning creative, performance, and financial goals.
  • Use the Growth Xcelerator to set ambitious, databacked KPIs for revenue growth and customer acquisition.
  • Conduct indepth market research and competitive analysis to identify highpotential growth opportunities.
  • Regularly review and adapt strategies based on performance data and client goals.
    

  • POD Leadership and Collaboration:

    • Lead a crossfunctional Performance Operating Division (POD), coordinating efforts between Account Managers, Media Buyers, and Creative Strategists.
    • Drive alignment across teams to ensure consistent messaging, creative quality, and datadriven decisionmaking.
    • Act as the strategic anchor within the POD, setting direction and ensuring everyone is working towards the same client outcomes.
      

    • DataDriven Optimisation:

      • Use platforms like Shopify, Triple Whale, and ad account analytics to monitor performance, identify trends, and make realtime optimisations.
      • Transform raw data into actionable insights, guiding creative adjustments and media strategy refinements.
      • Regularly assess the health of client accounts, ensuring that targets for ROAS, CAC, and customer LTV are consistently met or exceeded.
        

      • Client Communication and Relationship Building:

        • Build strong, trustbased relationships with clients, acting as their primary strategic advisor.
        • Present clear, databacked insights and growth recommendations, ensuring clients understand the impact of your work.
        • Provide regular performance updates, helping clients connect daytoday tactics with longterm growth goals.
          

        • Creative Collaboration:

          • Partner closely with creatives to develop impactful, conversionfocused campaigns that align with strategic goals.
          • Use data to refine creative direction, ensuring every asset is designed to drive measurable results.
            

          • What Success Looks Like…

            6 Months:

            • Consistently driving profitable growth for client accounts.
            • Building strong relationships within your POD, driving effective collaboration.
            • Developing repeatable workflows for creative and performance strategy alignment.

            • 12 Months:

              • Trusted with highvalue clients, known for strategic impact and growth results.
              • Created bestinclass workflow structures, driving exceptional client outcomes.
              • Potential to step up to Senior Growth Strategist, leading larger teams and complex accounts.

              • 24 Months:

                • Recognised as a key leader in growth strategy within the agency.
                • Managing some of the largest and most complex accounts, delivering industryleading results.
                • Potential to advance into roles like Lead Growth Strategist or Head of Growth Strategy, shaping the agency’s overall approach to client success.

                • You…

                  • Ownership mentality: you win or learn, you never blame.
                  • Proactive, solutionsdriven, and resilient under pressure.
                  • Attention to detail is second nature to you.
                  • Confident relationshipbuilder with strong communication skills.
                  • Ability to selfmanage priorities in a fastpaced agency environment.

                  • Skills & Experience:

                    • Minimum 3 years of handson experience managing paid media campaigns on Meta or Google.
                    • Deep understanding of Acquisition channels, landing pages, ecommerce best practices, and growth levers.
                    • Proven track record in producing accurate forecasts and datadriven strategies.
                    • Strong grasp of creative ideation, databacked execution, and performance analysis.
                    • Clear, confident communicator with a talent for simplifying complex ideas.
                    • Experience leading crossfunctional teams, aligning creative and media strategies for maximum impact.
                    • High proficiency in Shopify, Triple Whale, and other Ecommerce analytics tools.

                    • Benefits

                      • LongTerm Holiday Scheme: 25 days annual leave, including your birthday off and additional days for longterm service.
                      • Life Insurance: Financial security for your loved ones, including Smart Health services for 247 health and wellbeing support.
                      • Private Health Insurance: Comprehensive cover with rewards and wellness perks after 6 months of service.
                      • Cash Plan: Reimbursement for routine healthcare expenses, including dental, optical, and physiotherapy.
                      • Company Pension: Autoenrolment scheme with employer contributions for your longterm financial stability.
                      • Professional Development: Access to resources and courses for ongoing skill growth.
                      • End of Year Bonus Scheme: Performancebased rewards for high achievers.
                      • Kudos System: Peer recognition platform to celebrate great work.
                      • Remote or Hybrid Working: Flexibility to work remotely, inoffice, or a mix of both.
                      • • Working Abroad Scheme: The opportunity to work from abroad for up to 30 days at a time