Head of Search : Growing Digital Agency in Glasgow

With around 15 years of experience in digital marketing under their belts, my award winning client – a thriving, growing full service digital agency pride themselves on their excellent teamwork, outstanding clients and commitment to delivering fantastic results for some of the biggest names in within the leisure and lifestyle industry.

Each member of the their team of experts is valued and supported on their journey which is why they promise to focus on your personal development, giving you the chance to hone your existing skills and learn new ones as you progress your career in digital work to future proof your career.

The agency operates across a variety of digital marketing, content marketing and paid channels such as Google Ads, Microsoft (Bing), Meta (Facebook & Instagram), TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest and LinkedIn.

Responsibilities

This Paid Media / SEO Team Lead role will lead the development and execution of successful paid media campaigns across Google Ads, Bing Ads, and Meta Ads. You'll also mentor the team, ensuring high-quality work and client satisfaction. You will also get involved with SEO and Content Strategy.

• Directly manage key paid media accounts across Google Ads, Bing Ads and Meta Ads. This includes the development of paid media strategies across channels, the build and launch of campaigns, budget management and monthly reporting. 
• Oversee the provision of keyword research, copy drafts and recommendations provided to clients to ensure the highest standard of work. SEO and content management strategy.
• Review new campaign activity across the team to ensure technical and general setting accuracies before launch.
• Oversee budget management across the team to ensure the most efficient budget allocation of spend according to client priorities.
• Support team with optimisation opportunities in their accounts based on recent performance and client priorities.
• Review monthly report commentary across team to ensure it provides sufficient context to the demonstrated performance.
• Engage with clients directly in a timely manner to discuss search engine and performance and opportunities to further grow their accounts & meet their business objectives.
• Prioritise your task load in an organised manner, ensuring clear communication with the team to ensure expectations are met.
• Work directly with the head of department to ensure client expectations are being met and the team have the correct support in place.

This is a Team Lead role who will strategise and direct all digital channels … PPC/Paid Media, SEO, Content. You should also have hands on, grass roots experience in these areas. So we are looking for an inspirational leader to help the team learn and grow as well as get involved with client presentations / new business.

We are looking for a minimum of 5 years’ digital agency experience along with demonstrable knowledge of Paid Media and Search, this will be at a strategic level.

This role is based in Glasgow city centre and you will be in the office Monday/Tuesday/ Wednesday (WFH Thursday/Friday), this is a must – so you will definitely live in commuting distance from here. This is NOT a remote role and this will not be considered.

Salary range £50,000 – £65,000 depending on experience.

FURTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Gilchrist Recruitment Partnership are a specialist recruitment agency and recruiting partner within the Marketing, Digital communications/PR, Creative & Design and Advertising industry for Scotland, both agency and client side.

When submitting your application, please outline your current salary, salary expectations and notice period. It is also essential that you are already legally permitted to work in the UK with the associated paperwork if you are not a UK citizen.

If you are not currently living in Scotland, please explain/outline your plans and timelines for relocation to Scotland. We are a Scottish based recruiter who generally do not represent “remote” opportunities – thus you will be either living in Scotland or have solid plans to relocate.

We cannot guarantee a response to each individual application, made necessary by the level of response we receive. We will contact only those candidates we wish to shortlist. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that no applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race.

Unless clearly stated otherwise, the advertised position is a permanent contract.