Growth Executive Accelerator

Growth Executive Accelerator

Function: Growth Strategy | Performance Marketing | Data & Analytics
Reports to: Head of Growth
Location: Hybrid - Working
Compensation: £35,000-£45,000 + Benefit Scheme + 27 Days Paid Holiday + Private Healthcare

Part of The Growth Accelerator Programme

As a Growth Executive, you'll be enrolled in The Soar Group's Growth Accelerator; a structured development programme designed to accelerate high-potential performance marketers into future Growth Strategists.

Alongside your day-to-day responsibilities, you'll receive ongoing mentorship, structured training, commercial development and strategic exposure designed to fast-track your growth.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a commercially minded Growth Executive to join our growing Growth team.

You'll work directly alongside Growth Strategists supporting the growth of ambitious eCommerce brands through performance analysis, strategic research, growth diagnostics and execution.

This role is ideal for someone who already understands performance marketing fundamentals and wants to develop deeper commercial, analytical and strategic skills.

You'll gain exposure to how high-growth businesses scale whilst building the foundations required to progress into a Growth Strategist role.

About Soar

The Soar Group is one of the UK’s fastest-growing performance agency groups, home to three specialist agencies. On the inside, we work as one:

• Hambi Media: Performance creative agency for Meta, delivering High Production, UGC, and Static ads. The UK’s largest performance creative division in the UK.
• For You Advertising: The UK’s #1 independent TikTok agency, specialising in TikTok paid media, TikTok Shop, and creator-led content at scale.
• Soar With Us: Paid social and paid search, managing media buying and growth strategy across the group’s client portfolio.

Together, the group manages over £100M in ad spend, works with category-leading D2C brands, and operates the UK’s largest Creative Strategy department with design, production, strategy, and UGC all under one roof.

What Sets Us Apart

• Nominated for Meta’s Creative Diversity Award 2025, the only independent agency recognised.
• Highest independent agency spend on Meta in 2025.
• Official TikTok Agency Partner, Creative Partner, and one of the only TikTok Shop Partners across UK and US.
• Two production studios (London and Manchester)
• Creators of D2C Diaries, one of the UK’s leading eCommerce podcasts
• Partnered with Meta, TikTok, Foreplay, and Triple Whale.

Requirements

Performance Analysis & Reporting

• Analyse account performance across Meta, Google and TikTok to identify trends, opportunities and performance bottlenecks.
• Monitor and report on key commercial metrics including ROAS, MER, CAC, AOV, Contribution Margin and Customer LTV.
• Build clear performance summaries that translate data into actionable insights for Growth Strategists and clients.
• Support forecasting, pacing and growth modelling exercises by maintaining accurate performance data and reporting.
• Proactively surface performance anomalies, emerging opportunities and areas requiring strategic attention.
• Help develop a deeper understanding of what is driving account performance beyond platform-level metrics.

Growth Diagnostics

• Conduct detailed account audits to identify opportunities across acquisition, creative, conversion and customer journey performance.
• Analyse campaign, creative and landing page performance to uncover growth opportunities and optimisation priorities.
• Support the development of strategic recommendations by gathering data, insights and supporting evidence.
• Identify patterns and trends across accounts that can be leveraged to improve performance and inform future testing.
• Assist Growth Strategists in diagnosing growth constraints and validating potential solutions through data analysis.
• Contribute to the development of account-specific growth hypotheses and testing roadmaps.

Research & Opportunity Identification

• Conduct competitor, market and customer research to support strategic planning and growth initiatives.
• Analyse industry trends, platform developments and emerging opportunities within the eCommerce landscape.
• Monitor competitor activity, creative trends and offer positioning to identify areas of competitive advantage.
• Support the identification of new growth levers across acquisition, retention, conversion and creative strategy.
• Consolidate research findings into clear insights and recommendations that inform strategic decision-making.
• Continuously seek new ideas, frameworks and opportunities that can drive stronger client outcomes.

Strategic Execution

• Support the implementation and delivery of growth roadmaps across a portfolio of client accounts.
• Work closely with Growth Strategists, Media Buyers and Creative teams to ensure strategic initiatives are executed effectively.
• Coordinate testing initiatives and ensure actions are completed to a high standard and within agreed timelines.
• Help maintain alignment between strategic priorities, account activity and client objectives.
• Track the progress and impact of strategic initiatives, ensuring key learnings are documented and shared.
• Drive accountability across projects by proactively following up on actions, deliverables and next steps.

Client Support

• Prepare strategic reports, presentations and performance reviews for client meetings.
• Attend client calls and contribute relevant insights, observations and recommendations where appropriate.
• Support Growth Strategists in communicating performance updates, opportunities and strategic initiatives.
• Build a strong understanding of client businesses, objectives and growth challenges.
• Help ensure a consistently high standard of client communication, responsiveness and professionalism.
• Develop confidence presenting performance insights and strategic recommendations to both internal and external stakeholders.

AI & Operational Excellence

• Leverage AI tools daily to accelerate analysis, research, reporting and strategic output.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency through automation, systems and AI-enabled workflows.
• Support the development and adoption of internal AI tools, processes and best practices.
• Use AI to enhance insight discovery, idea generation and problem-solving across client accounts.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and evaluate how they can improve client outcomes and team performance.
• Contribute to a culture of innovation, continuous improvement and operational excellence across the Growth team.
  

Skills & Experience

Essential

• 1-3 years experience in Paid Social, Performance Marketing, Growth Marketing, Digital Marketing or a similar role
• Hands-on experience managing or supporting Meta advertising campaigns
• Comfortable analysing campaign performance and making data-driven recommendations
• Experience working with performance metrics such as ROAS, CPA, CAC, CTR and Conversion Rate
• Experience contributing to testing, optimisation and campaign improvement initiatives
• Strong understanding of the customer acquisition funnel and key growth levers
• Experience working within a fast-paced agency, eCommerce or performance-focused environment

Your Growth Accelerator Journey

Phase 1: Foundations

• Build a strong understanding of eCommerce growth, commercial performance and strategic analysis whilst supporting Growth Strategists across client accounts.

Phase 2: Strategic Contribution

• Begin contributing insights, recommendations and growth opportunities whilst developing confidence in strategic thinking and client communication.

Phase 3: Ownership

• Take ownership of larger initiatives, strategic projects and growth workstreams whilst preparing for progression into a Senior Growth Executive position.

Benefits

We believe exceptional performance comes from investing in exceptional people. Alongside The Growth Accelerator, you'll receive a comprehensive package designed to support your development, wellbeing and long-term career growth.

Time Off

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Long-service reward scheme with an additional day of annual leave awarded each year after 2 years of service
• Annual work-abroad allowance, allowing you to work remotely from another location for up to one month each year

Health & Wellbeing

• Private healthcare cover
• Life insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Access to wellbeing initiatives and support
• Hybrid working model designed to support work-life balance

Financial Benefits

• Competitive salary with clear progression opportunities
• Performance-based bonus opportunities
• Company pension scheme
• Regular salary reviews linked to performance, development and impact

Learning & Development

• Full access to The Growth Accelerator Programme
• Weekly growth strategy training sessions
• Direct mentorship from Growth Strategists and senior leaders
• Regular workshops covering growth, AI, leadership and commercial strategy
• Ongoing access to industry-leading training resources
• Exposure to external experts and thought leaders within eCommerce and performance marketing

Industry-Leading Technology

• Access to cutting-edge AI and automation systems
• Exposure to proprietary tools and workflows built by our AI & Automation division
• Training on the latest growth, analytics and performance platforms
• Opportunity to help shape and adopt new technologies across the business

Culture & Community

• Regular company socials and team events
• Peer recognition and reward schemes
• Collaborative, high-performance culture
• Direct access to senior leadership and decision-makers
• Opportunity to work alongside some of the UK's leading growth, media buying and creative talent