Overview
As a Paid Search Manager, you’ll take senior ownership of paid search across large, performance-driven accounts, including a newly-landed, complex multi-brand client. Sitting within a newly merged activation function, the role offers real autonomy, early exposure to paid social, and the opportunity to help shape how search operates in a more integrated model. You’ll be trusted to stabilise and grow inherited accounts quickly, act as a senior voice within your patch, and support junior team members where needed, all while delivering against ambitious commercial outcomes at the UK’s largest independent media agency.
The role
As a Paid Search Manager, you’ll own the day-to-day delivery of best-in-class paid search campaigns, bringing advanced PPC and e-commerce expertise to every stage – from brief through activation to performance analysis. Working closely with a Paid Search Account Director and the wider team, you’ll independently develop smart, data-driven strategies that exceed client expectations and drive search maturity. You’ll build strong relationships with clients and partners, confidently offering informed POVs beyond your immediate remit while delivering against ambitious performance targets.
About the7stars
the7stars is unlike any other agency. The distinction started the day we launched in 2005 when we named ourselves after a pub, but more importantly when we made a promise that we were going to do things differently.
And this commitment has stuck with us. It guides how we work, how we think and how we treat one another and can be expressed in a single word.
Freedom.
Our Freedom philosophy lives across our entire business from people, product and planning. It means we plan & buy media how we want, develop careers how we want, take holiday when we need it, invent tools when we need them, give people a platform to speak up, question and express themselves freely – but more importantly it has allowed us to create an amazing place to work.
We have a unique working environment and open structure which encourages personal development through client contact, team work, training, exposure to all media and internal teams – and a “sky’s the limit” approach to your growth within the agency.
the7stars is c300 passionate media people that are able to focus purely on creating great work for our clients.
If thinking freely and with integrity is your bag, then the7stars is an agency you should meet.
the7stars has a bespoke and inspiring working culture. We operate a flat structure without job titles and encourage an entrepreneurial attitude where you get out what you put in.
We are looking for people who get excited by the solution, have ideas and are passionate about the ability of media to make a real difference to businesses
Core responsibilities
Client Servicing & Engagement
* Act as the main point of contact for assigned clients, building strong relationships and responding promptly to both planned and ad-hoc needs.
* Independently manage day-to-day account delivery, drawing on wider team expertise where appropriate and mentoring junior team members.
* Support the development and delivery of PPC roadmaps, with a clear focus on Search Maturity.
* Present performance analysis, updates, and strategic recommendations with confidence, demonstrating strong industry and competitive insight.
* Identify opportunities to add value through specialist paid search expertise.
* Maintain a high level of attention to detail, ensuring accurate, error-free documentation.
* Develop and deliver effective media plans aligned to client objectives, budgets, audiences, and platforms.
* Activate and optimise campaigns using advanced paid search features, tools, and third-party partners to maximise performance and ROAS.
* Monitor and optimise campaign performance against agreed targets, producing accurate reporting to inform decision-making.
* Identify and leverage new opportunities, including platform updates and betas.
* Design and run tests with clear objectives, robust measurement, and documented learnings.
* Use agency reporting solutions to create clear, customised reports aligned to client and agency standards.
* Demonstrate an understanding of paid search within the broader digital strategy, selecting relevant KPIs and measurement approaches to drive business outcomes.
* Build strong relationships with media partners and stay close to industry trends and emerging opportunities.
* Collaborate with client teams and specialists to deliver integrated campaigns.
* Support team delivery by managing workload effectively and delegating where appropriate.
* Share knowledge on PPC best practices, emerging technologies, and industry developments.
* Contribute to wider agency initiatives, including search excellence, digital maturity, process improvement, and training, supporting continuous learning and industry recognition.
A bit about you
We’d love to talk to you if you’re someone who brings strong hands-on Paid Search experience across Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising, with a solid grasp of performance measurement and a track record of delivering results through smart, detail-driven execution.
If you’re someone who’s proactive, comfortable taking ownership, and enjoys collaborating with others to push search forward, the7stars could be just what you’re looking for. Built around freedom, the business gives you the space to lead, test, and grow - with exposure beyond core paid search if that’s where your curiosity takes you
Benefits
* Uncounted holiday
* Summer profit-share and Christmas bonus (discretionary)
* Hybrid working and flexibility
* Personalised training plan & coaching
* Optional private medical insurance & cashback plan
* Life Assurance, Critical Illness and Income Protection
* Enhanced family policies
* “Work from anywhere” allowance
* Season ticket loans and expensed Railcard
* Company bar
* New Business Bonus eligibility in year one
the7stars is committed to creating a diverse environment, where employees feel empowered to share different ideas, perspectives and experiences in a collaborative and creative work environment. Equality and inclusion are at the heart of our culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
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