Paid Search Specialist in Yeovil

It’s a great time to join Screwfix. Thanks to the hard work of our team and record-breaking sales, we’re proud to be one of the fastest-growing retailers in the UK. This is a brilliant opportunity to step into a fast-paced ecommerce team and help shape how we invest a large-scale paid search budget. As a Paid Search Specialist, you’ll work closely with our PPC agency and in-house Paid Search team to deliver ambitious traffic and revenue targets, while keeping a sharp eye on ROI. You’ll be hands-on with optimisation, insight, and testing, and play a key role in translating marketing intent into high-performing search activity. If you love turning data into action and enjoy working across teams to make things better, this one’s for you.

Applications for this position will close at 8:00am on the 16th February.

Discretionary annual bonus up to 20%

• 33 days' holiday (including bank holidays, 5 of which can be taken flexibly)
• Hybrid working with up to 2 days working from home
• Flexible start and end times around core working hours
• Buy More Holiday - eligible colleagues can boost their holiday allowance by up to one extra week
• EV Car Scheme in Partnership with Tusker - eligible colleagues can lease a brand-new or pre-loved electric vehicle
• Up to 14% employer pension contributions
• Life cover up to 4x your salary
• Health cash plan and discounted gym memberships (up to 25% savings)
• 20% discount at Screwfix and B&Q

Key responsibilities

• Optimising spend allocation of a substantial paid marketing budget ensuring we deliver the required return on investment
• Support the construction and execution of a multi-market business strategy through paid search that delivers against our targets
• Collaborate with Google, Microsoft, and third-party agencies to manage paid search projects, employing a test-and-learn methodology
• Ownership of monitoring and optimising our Google Shopping feeds to identify opportunities for improvements that drive commercial value and ensuring the business is consistently keeping up with best practice
• Analyse market and competitor trends, providing actionable insights to senior stakeholders that improve revenue & ROI performance and strategy
• Collaborating with cross-function teams, ensuring our campaigns and strategies align to the wider business goals
• Pro-actively monitor and analyse campaign performance, making data-driven decisions to optimise ROI and revenue results
• Build and maintain comprehensive reports and dashboards, including communicating key insights and actions to varying levels of business stakeholders and share these reports where relevant
• Conduct external research as to keep up to date on the latest external PPC advancements in an evolving environment - share this insight with Line Manager as to supporting thinking within future ways of working, continuous improvement and change
• Act as the PPC bridge into marketing, understanding campaign intent, translating it into search activity, and feeding back performance learnings.
• Plan and optimise promotions, ensuring accurate assets, aligned with marketing campaigns.

Required Skills & Experience

• Experienced in carrying out analysis from several data sources to provide multi market insight to the wider business.
• Experience in managing relationships & communicating with other stakeholders.
• Competent in Microsoft office applications
• Previous paid search experience including use of Google Ads, Bing Ads, Google Analytics and SA360 is advantageous.
• Strongly analytically minded with the ability to pull together the key stories from large data sets.
• Logical thinker, who can break tasks & data into manageable, simple processes.
• Able to communicate and work effectively in a matrix, cross functional environment.
• Thrives within a changing, fast-paced and deadline driven environment.
• Is commercially aware, understanding the changing habits of customers and how it’s applied to Screwfix.
• Takes ownership of decisions that improve ways of working, performance and customer experience.
• Proactively finds improvement opportunities and brings fresh ideas.

At Screwfix, Your Wellbeing Comes First

• Financial wellbeing
• Wagestream access to track earnings and save
• Access to the Kingfisher Share Scheme
• Colleague support fund
• Exclusive offers and discounts via our Hapi app
• Cycle-to-work scheme and savings on bikes

Every day benefits

• Career progression and development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring to help you thrive
• Access to wellbeing resourcing including PepTalk
• Support networks available

Recruitment Process

We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you. From there you can expect a comprehensive process, with regular contact from the Talent Acquisition team who are always available, for any queries you may have. We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity that excites you.

Sustainability at Screwfix

We’re committed to building a better future for our community and our planet. That’s why we’re doing everything we can in six key areas: eliminating carbon emissions, reducing and recycling waste, sourcing responsibly, keeping products in use for longer, selling more sustainable products and providing sustainable packaging. We’re on a mission to put sustainability at the forefront of everything we do. Join us.

We’ve worked hard to create a culture of inclusivity and genuine community. We’re a company built on teamwork, and the best teams are ones in which everyone can share their view. Whatever your background, however you identify, you’ll be listened to, encouraged, and given the tools and training you need to get ahead. You’ll always know where you are with us. We’re open. We’re fair. And we believe in opportunities for everyone.

Please let us know at careers@screwfix.com if you need any additional support or adjustments when it comes to your application.

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