Paid Media Strategist (Google Ads and Meta Ads)
We are looking for a full-time, creative and proactive Paid Media Strategist to join our rapidly growing digital marketing agency based in a beautiful Oxfordshire location.
The Paid Media Strategist role requires you to have at least 2 – 3 years of previous PPC experience in either an agency or in-house role. Ideally suited to someone looking for their next career challenge, the role is fast-paced, client-facing and requires the ability to multi-task and manage multiple client accounts.
Are you looking to accelerate your skills in a small and nimble digital marketing agency? Looking for an agency that supports your working style and career goals? Do you love seeing clients’ businesses grow as a result of your hard work?
If you do, then you might be a good fit for our Paid Media Strategist role…
Key Responsibilities:
Day-to-day activity will vary depending on the requirements of our clients, but will include:
- Take end-to-end ownership of our client’s paid media accounts. You’ll manage the account strategy, optimisations, test schedules, identify growth opportunities and work to quickly and positively resolve any performance issues.
- Plan, build and activate best-in-class paid search and social campaigns that align with our client’s wider paid media strategies.
- Work towards specific ROI objectives for each client, maintaining an awareness of their overall commercial goals.
- Carry out day-to-day monitoring of budgets and performance across Evergreen’s client portfolio.
- Collate activity and performance reports for both internal and client stakeholders.
- Develop a solid relationship with our clients through regular communication, calls and meetings.
- Actively manage task lists with multiple priorities and stakeholders.
Who we are:
We are a paid media and creative agency based in Oxfordshire. We have been helping a wide variety of businesses in the home, garden and lifestyle sectors to increase enquiries, leads and sales since 2013. We have an exceptional team of talented individuals and are looking to add more enthusiastic and skilled people to our organisation.
We have a portfolio of SME, retail and consumer businesses primarily in the home, garden and lifestyle sectors. Variety guaranteed!
We’re based in a beautifully converted barn between Bicester and Buckingham, so this role will be ideal for anyone living within a commutable distance in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire or Gloucestershire.
We are looking for someone who enjoys coming into the office to really help the whole agency run smoothly, work closely with colleagues and bond with the team. We offer an office/WFH split of 2/3.
About You:
You’ll be confident, analytical and a natural communicator with a passion for all things Paid Media.
First and foremost organisation and attention to detail are essential, along with an ability to stay calm under pressure in a fast-paced agency environment.
The right person for this role and our agency ideally has/is:
- At least 2-3 years experience working in a dedicated Paid Media role.
- You’ll be highly proficient in Google Ads & Meta Ads with proven experience managing campaigns for clients across a range of sectors.
- Experienced in using Google Ads Editor to build and optimise campaigns.
- Able to demonstrate commercial awareness with a deep understanding of how paid media fits into a wider marketing strategy to achieve a client’s commercial objectives.
- Hands-on experience using the wider Google ecosystem, including; Google Tag Manager, Google Search Console, Google Merchant Centre and Google Looker Studio.
- You’ll be comfortable using Google Analytics 4 and Meta Pixel for measuring the impact and success of campaigns.
- Experience using Shopify and implementing product feed optimisations would be advantageous.
- Experience with TikTok and Pinterest are desirable, but not essential.
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
- Strong time management with the ability to juggle multiple priorities in a busy agency environment.
- Excellent writing, proofreading skills and attention to detail are essential.
- Experience working in an agency environment is desirable but not essential.
Perks include:
- Working for the official ‘Best Agency to Work For’ – UK Company Culture Awards, 2023
- Working for the official ‘Best Integrated Agency’ – UK Search Awards 2023
- 2 days office/3 days WFH split
- An additional day off on your birthday (23 days holiday as standard)
- An additional days’ holiday for each year with the company (capped +5 days/years)
- Company pension contributions
- Free fruit, sweets and snacks provided in the office
- Newly renovated office in stunning rural location
- Free on-site parking
- Regular team socials (go karting, theme parks, regular dinners and drinks)
- Excellent personal development plans and clear career paths throughout the company
- Learning library and resources provided
- Regular employee recognition through company awards
We are looking for someone to start as soon as possible, so we’d love to hear from you if the above sounds right up your street.
Your Background/Previous Roles May Include:
PPC Executive, Google Ads Executive, Senior PPC Executive, PPC Specialist, PPC Manager, Google Ads Manager, Paid Media Executive, Paid Media Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, Digital Marketing Executive.