Senior Paid Search / PPC Account Manager - Global Digital Marketing Leader

Senior Paid Search / PPC Account Manager - Global Digital Marketing Leader
Brighton
£35,000 - £45,000 + Excellent Company Benefits + Perks 

++ Excellent opportunity for a commercially focussed Senior Paid Search / Biddable Media specialist with hands-on delivery and client facing skills to join a global marketing technology & solutions leader ++

Who we are:

We are a leading international technology and solutions provider to the Digital Marketing industry. Using a combination of technology and service to help businesses move towards data driven decision making, we empower marketers to transcend the conventional and achieve the full potential of digital marketing. We deliver data-driven personalised ad experiences that engage consumers – across screens, platforms and traditional publishers – and influence them to purchase. Our commitment to transparency provides consumer journey insights that allow us to continually optimise for performance.

Our parent company is one of the world’s leading internet service companies, providing a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, e-reading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports. The group is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Western Europe and the Americas. Founded in 1997, the company is headquartered in Tokyo, with over 10,000 employees and partner staff worldwide. To learn more, we invite you to visit our global home.

The Senior Paid Search / PPC Account Manager Role:

We are expanding our Paid Search offering to the UK, off the back off significant growth in the US, Japan and Australia. The Senior Account Manager will form part of our multi-channel Client Services team, responsible for managing Paid Search campaigns and internal support teams.

The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated self-starter and a strong team player; able to work closely with our US Paid Search team to ensure best-practice in Paid Search, and with our UK Client Services team to execute Paid Search campaigns as part of a wider digital marketing strategy.

About You:

+ Strong paid search and project management experience required. Successful candidates may bring experience from an agency, client, or consulting environment.

+ Must have experience with forecasting, budgeting, campaign creation, restructure, management of traditional PPC campaigns, (such as RLSA, DSA, Shopping, YouTube, Display, etc.)

+ Proficiency in Excel. Intermediate experience with pivots, macros, etc.

+ Experience in launching and/or on boarding search accounts of various sizes is preferred. Inclusive of PPC account creation in search engines, new PPC program fundamentals (time zone, currency tracking, etc.), on boarding basics (granting access, creating Master Client Centre, etc.)

+ Ability to use historical account data and insights to make planning decisions

+ Ability to conduct client meetings with minimal help from Senior Manager and Director

+ Effectively prioritises, delegates, and communicates deliverables for projects w/ support team

+ Strong and clear communication with clients regarding budget pacing, strategies, and tracking to goals

+ You can demonstrate strategic aptitude by recommending, applying, and measuring appropriate tactics and tests for all accounts

+ You’re able to effectively communicate and collaborate with any integrated marketing team associated with their accounts

+ Comfortable analysing and speaking to large data and performance reports

+ Leadership skills

+ You’re able to build solid rapport with clients and able to diffuse difficult client situations

+ You continuously look for emerging industry trends to test and develop

+ You’ll hold a Bachelor’s degree and/or working towards a search certification such as AdWords

+ Knowledge of bid management platforms such as Kenshoo

Locations:

Our UK offices in Brighton and London are great to work in and we are proud of our friendly and welcoming culture. This role is based in Brighton, which has as a roof terrace, juice bar, pool table, free weekly lunches, fantastic quarterly parties and the beach only a few minutes’ walk away.

Benefits we Offer:

+ 5 weeks holiday
+ Pension scheme
+ Private medical/dental insurance
+ Critical illness cover, income protection and life assurance
+ Discretionary bonus
+ Exceptional training and development opportunities
+ Childcare vouchers and bike to work scheme
+ Free weekly lunches and breakfast
+ Friday afternoon beers in the office

You may have worked in the following capacities:
Senior PPC Account Manager, PPC Executive, PPC Manager, Paid Search Account Manager, Paid Search Executive, Senior PPC Executive, PPC Campaign Manager, Biddable Media Manager

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