Paid Search Manager in Bicester

We are looking for a full-time, creative, and proactive Paid Search Manager to join our paid media and creative agency based in a beautiful Oxfordshire location. The Paid Search Manager role requires you to have 6+ 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 multitask and manage multiple client accounts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take end-to-end ownership of our clients’ PPC accounts. You’ll manage the account strategy, optimisations, test schedules, identify growth opportunities and work to quickly and positively resolve any performance issues.
• Work closely with The Paid Social & Creative team.
• Plan, build and activate best-in-class PPC campaigns that align with our clients’ 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.

About You:

You’ll be confident, analytical and a natural communicator with a passion for all things PPC. 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:

• 6+ years’ experience working in a dedicated PPC role.
• You’ll be highly proficient in Google Ads, YouTube & Microsoft Ads with proven experience managing PPC campaigns for clients across a range of sectors.
• Strong knowledge of Google Ad scripts.
• 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 Center, and Google Analytics 4.
• Experience using Shopify and implementing product feed optimisations would be advantageous. As would Klaviyo and other CRM systems for first-party data audience segmentation.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong time management with the ability to juggle multiple priorities in a busy agency environment.
• Excellent writing and proofreading skills with attention to detail are essential.
• Experience working in an agency environment is desirable but not essential.

Work for the ‘European Paid Media Agency of the Year 2025’. A stunning Oxfordshire countryside office in an old school house. 23 days holiday + birthday off + additional holiday for tenure. Regular team socials and events. Learning resources and personal development plans. Free snacks, drinks, and nearby free parking. Company pension contributions.

If you’re a talented paid search expert with a passion for building scalable paid media campaigns that drive results for clients, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and bring your expertise to The Evergreen Agency!