Manager, Paid Search in Cardiff

We are Brainlabs, the High-Performance media agency, on a mission to become the world's biggest and best independent media agency. We plan and buy media that delivers profitable and sustained business impact. Brainlabs has always been a culture-first company, with a set of shared principles, philosophies and values documented in The Brainlabs Handbook, which has evolved into The Brainlabs Culture Code. This Culture Code consists of 12 codes that define what it means to be a Brainlabber, focusing on continuous development and creating a proud company culture.

As a manager in Paid Search, you’ll deliver best-in-class work for clients, applying your Paid Search knowledge and experience to positively impact client deliverables and the wider team. You will help define the campaign delivery plan, including objectives and optimisation strategies, while generating and promoting innovative concepts through our test and learn approach.

In this role you will:

• Be responsible for delivering highly successful campaigns that outperform KPIs, to budget and on-time.
• Define campaign delivery plans and measurement targets.
• Effectively track and optimise campaigns.
• Act as a point of contact for clients on day-to-day tasks and deliverables.
• Develop and implement guidelines and processes contributing to automation or process improvement.
• Contribute to developing a best-practice roadmap for our Paid Search offering.
• Mentor others across the practice to grow capability and knowledge.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has a strong Paid Search delivery track record with 2+ years of experience.
• Is passionate about their craft.
• Has demonstrable success in optimising Paid Search campaigns through automation and technology adoption.
• Understands how other channels work and optimise together.
• Is a confident, dynamic, engaging and authentic communicator who cares about quality and continuous learning.
• Is passionate about growing the knowledge of those around them.
• Has excellent presentation skills and strong data analysis and reporting skills.
• Has a strong attention to detail, is methodical and process-oriented.

Success in this role looks like:

• Living our culture code every day.
• Effective campaign creation and delivery metrics.
• Meeting internal targets on technology adoption and process optimisation.
• Hitting quality assurance metrics on all campaigns led.
• Meeting client satisfaction targets (internal & external).
• Creating and meeting learning certifications across the practice.
• Actively mentoring less experienced Paid Search colleagues.

Brainlabs actively seeks and encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and identities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, committed to equal opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.