PAID MEDIA LEAD – LONDON / MANCHESTER (HYBRID)
KEY POINTS
• Hybrid role based in London or Manchester
• Salary upto £60K
• Lead paid media strategy across search, social, video, and display
• Drive performance, innovation, and integrated campaign delivery
• Competitive package with strong progression potential
ABOUT THE CLIENT
We’re supporting an established organisation experiencing rapid growth across digital and performance marketing. They are now looking to bring in a Paid Media Lead to strengthen their paid proposition and deliver impactful, insight-driven campaigns across key platforms. This is a hands-on leadership role within a collaborative, fast-moving environment.
THE BENEFITS
• Hybrid working and flexible environment
• Opportunity to lead paid strategy across major platforms
• Work closely with strategy, creative, PR, influencer, and social teams
• Strong progression as the paid function continues to scale
THE PAID MEDIA LEAD ROLE
In this role, you’ll lead strategy, planning, activation, and optimisation across Google, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and wider paid channels including video, display, and native. You’ll act as the main point of contact for clients, delivering high-quality reporting, actionable insights, and consistent KPI performance. You’ll collaborate across SEO, social, creative, and strategy teams to deliver integrated campaigns, while also helping shape and grow the paid media function internally.
PAID MEDIA LEAD ESSENTIAL SKILLS
• 5+ years’ experience in biddable media, ideally agency-side
• Proven results across Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn
• Strong understanding of targeting, attribution, and optimisation
• Confident presenting strategies and reports to clients
• Experience managing budgets of £50K–£500K+ monthly
• Comfortable mentoring juniors and working in fast-paced environments
TO BE CONSIDERED:
Please either apply through this advert or email me directly via cameron.chambers@searchability.com. For further information please call me on 07719067562.
By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.
KEY SKILLS
Paid Media, Paid Social, PPC, Biddable Media, Google Ads, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Programmatic, Display, Video, Optimisation, Reporting, Performance Marketing, Integrated Campaigns