Paid Media Account Manager

ABOUT THE ROLE

After a period of rapid growth, we're looking for a skilled Paid Media Account Manager to take charge of a selection of our client accounts.

You'll play a vital role in the team by supporting account directors to deliver advanced digital advertising campaigns for an exciting range of brands.

This position requires direct experience in performance marketing platforms such as Google Ads, Meta, TikTok and DV360.

The nature of the role also demands a track record of working directly with clients to explain, execute and measure bespoke paid search campaigns across a range of budgets, as well as a high level of flexibility, common sense and attention to detail.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As an account manager, you'll get your hands dirty with all sorts of exciting and pioneering digital work and have a range of key responsibilities, including:

• Working closely with the account directors and members of the executive team to develop innovative and target-oriented performance marketing strategies for our clients
• Helping to lead client relationships and communications with key stakeholders across a broad range of clients
• Planning, building, implementing and optimising performance marketing campaigns whilst establishing and reporting on suitable KPIs
• Taking responsibility for the day-to-day running and management of these accounts, liaising directly with clients
• Carrying out technical changes, managing conversion tracking solutions and analysing and drawing insight from third-party analytics data
• Implementing innovative management techniques to maximise campaign performance
• Producing and delivering clear and concise campaign dashboards, reports and recommendations to clients
• Administering all budget activity, including budget recommendations, invoicing and billing
• Managing and developing the skills of your Account Executives, ensuring efficient delegation of tasks to encompass all day-to-day requirements of your clients
• Working with the wider team to ensure we're always following best practice across accounts, whilst analysing and assessing performance of all past campaigns
• Attending and leading relevant training sessions.

In return, we'll give you the opportunity to work with an amazingly dynamic and talented team on some incredible brands in a truly special working environment. We'll also enable you to broaden your digital skill set across digital channels as we provide you with a highly progressive training and development programme.

As a group company in a period of rapid international growth, we can offer exciting opportunities for progression in and enrichment of your career.

Requirements

As part of our dynamic, lively and fast-growing team, you'll need to demonstrate the following:

• At least two years' experience in paid media advertising
• Being an ambitious and positive team player with a passion and curiosity for digital marketing, ready to take the next step in your career
• An open, supportive and data-driven approach for the performance and outputs of key client accounts and other team members
• Thirst for knowledge and passion for self-development, as well as a willingness to learn and work across other digital channels
• Proven ability to develop and maintain excellent client relationships - including anticipating clients' digital marketing needs
• Experience of managing one or more junior digital marketing professionals
• Impeccable attention to detail in all areas of your work
• Outstanding interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, including an ability to communicate complicated information in a straightforward way for our clients
• Proven practical knowledge of Google Drive and/or Microsoft Office Applications, especially Sheets/Excel and Google Slides/PowerPoint
• Ability to thrive when working under pressure to strict deadlines, in a constantly changing environment, whilst maintaining a professional service
• Highly-developed creative problem-solving skills

Benefits

• 25-day holiday allowance (plus Bank Holidays) - plus extra time off over the Christmas period and one extra day's holiday accrued for every year of service
• 3pm finish on a Friday
• Flexible working hours. There are core hours you'll need to be online and deadlines to meet, but everyone is treated with trust and respect to create a proper work-life balance
• Hybrid working
• Structured personal development, a customised training programme and opportunities to attend industry conferences
• An active social events calendar and opportunity to input into the social calendar
• Opportunities to help further shape the business culture and agency benefits.

Sphere Digital Recruitment currently have a variety of job opportunities across digital so feel free to get in touch with us to find out how we can help you. Please take a look at our website.

Sphere is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications regardless of ethnic origin, race, religious beliefs, age, disability, gender or sexual orientation, and any other protected status as required by applicable law.

If you require any adjustments or additional support during the recruitment process for any reason whatsoever, please let us know.