About Us
At Assembly, our mission is to find the change that fuels growth. We apply this principle to the work we do with our clients and to how we engage with our people. We’re a modern global agency bringing together media, data, technology and talent to make brands perform.
Our business is purpose driven. In March 2022, we were named Ad Age’s first ever Purpose-Led Agency of the Year, recognised for our mission to leave the world better than we found it. This year we became B Corp certified, the result of a two-year journey. We’re proud to have created a culture where diversity of thought, experience, and background are valued, within an environment that fosters continuous learning, adaptability, and a shared passion for meaningful impact. When you join Assembly, you become part of an award-winning global community of digitally led experts, home to 1,500 talented people across 25 offices globally. Together we create unique data, technology and media solutions that enable faster and smarter problem solving within an inspired, collaborative workplace.
Assembly is poised for its next chapter of growth. We’re a meritocratic, high-performance business with a progressive outlook and a growth mindset in all that we do. To realise our potential we need some new skills and thinking.
The core DNA of Assembly lies in digital performance marketing. New and existing clients are asking us to extend this expertise across all media, connecting traditional channels with digital methods of execution, measurement and automation. We were born the right way to do this – we’re building out from a leading digital and technology capability and adding the rest, rather than trying to reverse engineer a legacy business into a more modern version of itself. At Assembly we ask our people to embody three core values:
Show Up: actively contribute to a space of personal and collective growth
Make Change: embrace obstacles as opportunities, taking intentional steps to drive positive change.
Win Well: approach success with integrity, responsibility, and a commitment to collaboration, understanding that the journey is as important as the destination.
We look forward to meeting you and to discussing how we can grow together.
Overview
As a Paid Search Business Director, you will be directing your team to deliver best-in-class performance for your assembly of clients. You will be a specialist in AI-powered search practices and operations. With your extensive platform knowledge, you’ll navigate your team through the latest best practices, standardisation, and our product proposition enforcement. You provide strategic insight, instruct and develop your team of specialists, and are responsible for the quality of work we deliver.
This is a senior role within the search department, meaning you will be an escalation point of contact for clients and media/tech partners, as well as for our wider department. You will report to the Search Partner who you will be working with on delivering on our department projects for futureproof search. But you won’t stop there. You will live & breathe innovation, fostering a culture of continuous and responsible experimentation for your team.
You’ll be the guiding force for a team of Account Directors, Managers and (Senior) Executives, nurturing their careers within the agency.
Client Servicing
* You will be a thought-leader, bringing the latest industry news and updates to your clients in line with their ambitions.
* Enforce agreed service level agreements and general client agreements. You and your team will never over-promise and under-deliver. You take full ownership for your and your team’s output.
* You will work in partnership with senior client stakeholders, media owners, and tech partners to achieve performance gains.
* You will have a strong input into strategic client roadmaps, prioritised for impact.
* You will bring energy, insight and award-winning solutions to new business pitches.
Team Leadership and Processes
* Your team will be responsible for impeccable activation. You will enforce the highest standards, as per the Assembly formula for paid search success.
* You will be a source of constructive feedback for your team’s development.
* You’ll implement inclusive and agile ways of working which ensure that team members are connected even if they’re working in different locations.
* You will ensure that all agency processes are adhered to, from finance workflows to timesheet completion.
* Your team will produce zero errors. You monitor the ways of working, levels of daily diagnostics and non-negotiables to be checked each day to ensure zero errors. You will govern the systems in place to identify issues and provide solutions to improve before they become a problem.
* Train your team to find the insight that can help us fuel growth for clients and continually challenge the status quo.
Agency Collaboration
* You are an active senior leader of the search community - for your direct team, but also others in the department. You will be leading team meetings, and selected events and department projects.
* You will support with department resource planning and recruitment.
* Collaborate with other departments/specialisms in the agency to deliver on projects for clients.
Core Requirements
* Evidence of working with large multi-market clients, budgets, and leading strategy for Search.
* A leader for paid search knowledge and own thought leadership.
* Proven experience of leading high performing teams with multiple team members across job levels.
* Skilled in effective workflow management, you and your team work to the highest standard and deliver on time. You demonstrate a clear ability to manage multiple tasks and differing priorities.
* Successful communicator. You have an engaging way of communicating with clients and internal stakeholders alike, clearly and concisely talking about performance and strategy. You adjust to your audience and can make the complex simple.
* You offer solutions to challenges and are proactive in preventing issues before they arise.
* You have experience of working on successful new business pitches (full process).
* Expert knowledge of bid management platforms and other technologies (Google Marketing Platform suite, Adthena, Lunio etc.).
Equal Opportunities
Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, p
lease let us know.