Paid Media Manager
Bury (Hybrid)
Highly competitive packages on offer
Forward Role are proud to be exclusively supporting the highly successful eCommerce Retailer JD Sports, as they look to hire a brand new Paid Media Manager to join their market-leading in-house Paid Media division. Reporting into a talented and supportive Paid Media Lead, you will work across all major and emerging paid media platforms such as Google, Microsoft, YouTube, Meta, TikTok etc, managing the end to end performance campaigns with the support of your wider performance team.
Based in an incredible office space, you'll be surrounded by industry leading specialists to train, develop and upskill you in all areas of paid media and have significant annual budgets to manage. If you're a Senior Paid Search / Paid Social Executive, looking for your first step up into a Management role and are keen to develop yourself in the wider acquisition channel mix but haven't had the opportunity from your current employer to do so, this may be the opportunity for you Likewise, existing Managers who are keen to manage teams whilst also leading by example by first-in-class activations, the JD Sports team are keen to hear from you
Your day to day would look like:
* Demonstrate a sound understanding of all Paid Media elements, including campaign planning and best-in-class activation.
* Manage a team of two Paid Media Specialists
* Complete performance reports to a high standard, offering context and insight.
* Oversee the monitoring of daily delivery and performance and ensure regular optimisation of all campaign elements (segments, creative, landing pages, etc.) based on agreed campaign KPIs.
* Carry out daily budget checks to ensure spend phasing & performance falls in line with the agreed strategy, reacting to current trends and implement changes where necessary.
* Develop relationships with key partners to nurture performance growth (Google, Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, YouTube etc.)
* Where possible work closely with other digital and non-digital channels to identify channel integration opportunities.
* Collate data, examine and generate reports to carry out performance analysis to proactively ensure best possible results & identify opportunities.
Your skills & experience:
* 4+ years' experience in Paid Media – either Paid Social or Paid Search – both would be highly desirable
* eCommerce experience is essential - either in-house or agency side
* Literate in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Office365, Google Docs
* Effective communication skills
* Analytical & problem solver