Job Description
Are you a Paid Search Expert looking for a new role where you'll get to work on high-interest luxury beauty and lifestyle brands? Looking for a role where you can influence the client's overall approach to marketing beyond just Google? Then look no further - we may have the role for you....
Who we are
We are a brand-new media agency with big ambitions. At just over a year old, we have a growing list of exciting clients incl. Dr Barbara Sturm, LYMA, Omorovicza, Earl of East and many more.
We are now looking for a passionate Paid Search Manager, who’s excited about working in a start-up, to join us as one of our founding employees. You’ll get a stake in our business, a generous package and the opportunity to accelerate your career.
NOTE: If you meet ~70% of the requirements below and aren’t sure whether you should apply, please do.
What we stand for
We love media and believe that to do good work, we need to create the right environment and values for our team. Here is what drives us
- Take Pride - Love the work you do
- Shake it up - Innovate, test and be creative
- Speak the truth - Be honest and open
- Run with it - Proactively drive the change you want to see
- Be kind - Leave your ego at the door and reward/invest in each other’s success
Who you are
You’re a brilliant Paid Search Manager who loves growing clients' businesses through performance marketing and building collaborative working relationships with clients.
Must-haves:
- Min. 4+ years’ experience of managing paid search/shopping campaigns
- Ideally with luxury, beauty or fashion retail/ecommerce experience
- A confident client manager who is kind, personable and leads with empathy
- Technical whizz with experience of managing campaigns optimised towards onsite conversions, however, has a clear understanding that search/affiliates are also brand building channels
- Be ambitious, curious and inquisitive
- You've got a naturally solution-oriented problem solver with an entrepreneurial spirit, who enjoys tackling challenges head-on
- A fully developed understanding of digital marketing and broader business metrics
- Good grasp of excel and powerpoint
- Google Adwords and Google Analytics certified (And Bing if you’ve got it)
What you will do
You’ll primarily be working on our biggest Luxury Beauty client reporting directly into the Account Lead (who’s from a Paid search background). The primary focus of the role will be planning and executing paid search, running structured testing, elevating Search, P-MAX and YouTube creative, whilst providing account management directly to the client.
Whilst the role will be focused on paid search, we would see this role broadening to support our clients with their overall growth strategy, as well as activation across other channels.
Key responsibilities include
Account management
- Collaborate closely with your clients, proactively supporting them and our wider team on the day-to-day management of performance media campaigns
- Overtime you'll become the lead client contact for our latest luxury beauty client
- Own preparation and lead weekly client status meetings
- Proactively identify opportunities/challenges before they arise, designing client-oriented solutions to ensure you’re always one step ahead
- Be a thought leader for paid search, regularly attending in-person meetings with your client
- Input into agency pitches and other client plans
Media
- Deliver the day-to-day running of all paid search (Search, P-MAX, Shopping), YouTube and other advertising across the Google ecosystem.
- Media planning including the production of detailed media plans built around clear rationale and business outcomes
- Own the strategic optimisation of campaigns, actively advising on both media and creative decisions which will influence performance
- Build and own the client’s learning agenda, including the testing roadmap
- Deliver insightful analysis which drives improved performance via reporting
- Work with clients to forecast and set targets, building trust in your skills as a media professional
- Build relationships with key media owners, forging useful relationships across measurement and creative teams
Team & people
- Build our agency search capabilities and hire a search executive/graduate as the agency grows
- Become a trusted source of truth for all things paid search, helping to share your expertise with the wider agency
- Work with our founders on improving our Paid Search product, ensuring that the tools, tech, processes and training we use are best-in-class
What’s in it for you?
- £43,000-£50,000 base salary (dependent on experience)
- 10% performance bonus
- 5% pension
- Flexible working with 3 office/client site days per week (Tue/Wed/Thu) in White City
- 28 days holiday + bank holidays
- Accelerate your career outside a large agency group, growing with the business as it does
- Work on fun and engaging accounts where innovation goes a long way
- Be creative: your ideas will become campaigns
- Culture of developing your skills and broadening your marketing experience across new channels
- Work directly with and learn from our founding team
- Modern office space at Soho works in White City