Paid Search Account Manager in Slough

About Us

Iris is a global integrated agency driven by one simple philosophy: Participate or Perish. We create ideas that earn attention and inspire people to interact with brands in meaningful ways. Working with some of the world’s most ambitious brands, we combine strategy, creativity, technology, and media to deliver impactful campaigns.

We’re on the hunt for an enthusiastic and driven Paid Search Account Manager to join our Performance Marketing team. This role is ideal for someone who loves building strong client relationships, leading campaign delivery and driving performance growth, while also being confident getting into the detail of paid search execution and optimisation.

As the Paid Search Channel Lead, you’ll work closely with Client Leads and senior account executives to deliver best-in-class paid search strategies and ensure seamless day-to-day account management. You will primarily work across a major global skincare client, managing multiple accounts across Europe in different markets and languages. The focus will be on upper-funnel brand visibility, delivering high-quality visits and improving budget efficiency by increasing qualitative conversion value per cost.

This role will have real impact, helping shape paid search strategies and ensuring campaigns are delivered to the highest standard across markets. You’ll play a key role in driving visibility with key skincare audiences, nurturing deeper onsite engagement, and contributing to long-term brand growth.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the day-to-day management of paid search activity across multiple European markets, acting as a key contact for clients and internal teams to ensure campaigns are delivered smoothly and effectively.
• Build trusted client relationships, maintaining clear communication around performance, priorities, timelines and growth opportunities while understanding wider business goals and challenges.
• Partner closely with Paid Search Strategy Leads and channel specialists to translate strategy into high-impact execution, ensuring activity aligns with wider brand and business objectives.
• Drive a strong test-and-learn approach across campaigns, leading testing roadmaps across targeting, creative, bidding strategies and audience segmentation, and turning insights into actionable recommendations that improve performance and inform future strategy.
• Oversee the end-to-end campaign lifecycle across Search, including planning, briefing, QA, optimisation oversight, budget pacing, reporting and post-campaign reviews.
• Independently manage workflows and delegate tasks across junior team members, ensuring high-quality delivery, strong project management and effective prioritisation across multiple markets and deadlines.
• Analyse campaign and consumer performance data across Google Ads, Google Analytics, Looker Studio and internal datasets, using a data-led approach to identify opportunities, optimise performance and proactively address underperforming campaigns.
• Approach challenges with structured, solutions-focused thinking, identifying risks early and proactively presenting recommendations and solutions to both clients and senior leadership.
• Support and mentor junior team members, helping develop their channel expertise, client communication skills and overall growth within the team.
• Contribute to a collaborative, high-performing team culture through open feedback, knowledge sharing and proactive communication.
• Stay up to date with paid search platform updates, tools and best practices, sharing learnings and opportunities with the wider team and clients to drive innovation and performance improvements.

What we’re looking for

• 3-4 years’ experience managing paid search campaigns, ideally for consumer brands and in an agency environment.
• Strong understanding of paid search channels, particularly Google Ads, alongside a good grasp of conversion funnels, optimisation tactics, audience targeting and core.
• Experience managing client relationships, coordinating projects and balancing multiple priorities across different accounts or markets.
• Proficient in Excel and comfortable using reporting and analysis tools such as Looker Studio and GA4.
• Strong analytical and organisational skills, with the ability to interpret campaign data, identify opportunities and communicate clear recommendations.
• A collaborative and proactive mindset, with confidence taking ownership of tasks, solving problems and ensuring smooth day-to-day account delivery.
• Clear communication and presentation skills, with confidence sharing updates, insights and rationale with teammates, stakeholders and clients.

Nice to have

• Experience managing multi-market or multi-language paid search campaigns, especially across Europe.
• Familiarity with upper-funnel paid search strategies and driving visibility through informational or content-led campaigns.
• Exposure to testing frameworks, automation tools or workflow efficiencies (e.g., bid strategies, scripts, bulk workflows, reporting automation).
• Experience supporting account growth opportunities or contributing to strategic recommendations for clients.

Why this role?

• Join a driven and collaborative team known for its deep expertise across the digital landscape, from Search and SEO to analytics, content and conversion optimisation, giving you the chance to learn from experts across the full ecosystem.
• Work with a major global skincare brand that is reshaping how consumers seek advice and information online. You’ll help drive visibility across multiple markets and languages, supporting a client with big ambitions and plenty of room to test, learn and innovate.
• Develop both your client management and paid search expertise, taking increasing ownership of strategic planning, campaign recommendations and performance-led growth opportunities.

Equal Opportunities

Iris is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.