Paid Media Director in Bath, Somerset

About us

We're a fast-growth agency helping global brands, household names, and high-growth scale-ups accelerate their business growth with Paid Search & Social, Organic Social, Influencer, Creative & Commerce. We have a team of 70 across London, Bath, New York & Miami, with ambitions to continue growing and being recognised as the best social agency.

First of all, here are some important things…

• Work From Home: We operate a hybrid model where team members come to the office 3 days a week. A lot of our team loves working collaboratively, but they also like the option and balance of working from home.
• Benefits Package: Our collaboration with Bupa & Perkbox gives you access to a wide range of health services, discounts and perks. You’ll also get your birthday off and can take advantage of our cycle-to-work scheme once you’ve completed your probation.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity: We know life doesn’t stop outside of work. Our enhanced parental leave policy is designed to give new parents the time, flexibility and support they need to enjoy their next chapter.
• Flexible Hours: Some people are early birds and others like to start later. We trust our team to get their work done, so you can choose your start and finish times to suit you.
• Equality & Inclusion: We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender or disability status. We’re building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.

Roles and Responsibilities

• As a Paid Media Director, you’ll lead your clients' Paid Media strategy across paid social and paid search, and oversee the client portfolio, leading a team of Paid Media Managers and Paid Media Execs.
• Lead strategic point of contact for clients, with your team of Paid Media Managers on the day-to-day comms.
• Continually optimise ad accounts to achieve the absolute best results for clients, considering performance across Google, Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, etc.
• Leading the account-wide growth strategy, overseeing clients with media budgets between £25k and £200k per month.
• Helping clients understand performance by reporting in a holistic, informative way, harnessing tools such as Looker Studio and AdNova.
• Core point of escalation for your clients between supporting the day-to-day and higher-level strategic business conversations.
• Collaborating with our Performance Creative strategists, designers and editors to drive creative performance on Paid Social, as well as overseeing the wider strategic requirements for each brand alongside your team.
• Managing 2x Paid Media Managers. Leading their weekly 1-1s and progression plans.
• Nurturing and developing the juniors within the team, ensuring the growth in their knowledge, capabilities and confidence.

Requirements

• Have 6+ years of experience in a Paid Media role, agency side preferred.
• A data-driven and analytical person who also likes to oversee some of the creative direction.
• Have a strong commercial mindset to be able to manage and develop client retainers.
• You’re a confident communicator and leader. Both internally, as a line manager to our team members and externally with our clients, having strategic conversations with senior client contacts.
• You understand and know how to develop performance creative strategies, and support briefs being written for our suite of creatives.
• Constantly curious and adaptable. The Paid Media landscape is always evolving, and staying up to date with platform updates, changes to media strategy, and understanding of the latest creative strategies is what helps us deliver our clients the best possible outcomes.