Senior Account Executive (performance and media)

Rickmansworth, Harrow, UK (Hybrid)

£28K/yr – £32K/yrSenior Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own client-facing campaign execution and optimization while turning data into actionable guidance for the team and the client.

  • Campaign Execution & Optimization: Set up and monitor campaigns across platforms, with daily performance checks and proactive tweaks.
  • Insights & Recommendations: Translate campaign data into concrete recommendations for improvements and client messaging.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the day-to-day management of client accounts.
  • Build strong relationships with clients and become a trusted point of contact.
  • Coordinate client meetings, agendas, actions and status updates.
  • Ensure client requests are handled efficiently and accurately.
  • Assist with campaign reporting, presentations and performance reviews.
  • Support Account Directors in maintaining excellent client service standards.
  • Support the implementation, management and optimisation of digital advertising campaigns.
  • Carry out quality assurance checks across campaign builds, tracking and reporting.
  • Review campaign setups to ensure accuracy across audiences, budgets, creative assets and tracking.
  • Monitor campaign performance daily and proactively identify opportunities for improvement.

Requirements

  • 1-3 years' experience within a media agency, digital agency, performance marketing team or similar environment.
  • Hands-on experience implementing and optimising digital advertising campaigns.
  • Experience using one or more major advertising platforms such as Meta, LinkedIn, Google Ads, DV360 or TikTok.
  • Strong understanding of paid media principles and campaign optimisation.
  • Excellent organisational and project management skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • High attention to detail.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Commercial awareness and willingness to take ownership.
  • Positive, proactive and collaborative approach.

Preferred

  • Experience with Campaign Manager 360 and Display & Video 360.
  • Experience with Higher Education, Financial Services or B2B clients.
  • Experience using GA4, Looker Studio or reporting platforms.
  • Google Ads, Meta or programmatic certifications.
  • Marketing, Business, Finance or related degree.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive onboarding and mentoring programme.
  • Funded IPA qualifications and industry certifications.
  • Continuous Professional Development programme with regular internal and external training.
  • Exposure to leading advertising platforms and technologies.
  • Opportunity to work on national and international campaigns.
  • Collaborative, supportive and ambitious agency culture.
  • Hybrid working and competitive benefits package.
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Hunterlodge Advertising

Hunterlodge Advertising is an integrated marketing agency focused on delivering measurable outcomes through strategy, creative, content, media, digital, and technology.Established in 1987, the agency works across paid, owned, and earned channels, aligning every campaign to a clearly defined objective and measurable return on investment.The approach is built around the Red Thread of Effectiveness. Each project begins with the outcome required, then works backwards to define the right balance of strategy, messaging, and channel execution.This includes search, paid media, and AI-driven discovery. As AI plays a growing role in how audiences research and make decisions, Hunterlodge ensures brands are not only visible, but clearly understood and consistently represented across websites, platforms, and third-party sources.Capabilities span campaign strategy, creative development, media planning and buying, content production, and digital performance, all supported by data, insight, and continuous optimisation.Hunterlodge has particular expertise in higher education, supporting universities with student recruitment, brand positioning, and campaign delivery across domestic and international markets.By connecting strategy, creative, content, media, and data, the agency delivers work that is measurable, effective, and aligned to modern discovery behaviour.

Founded in 1987
Rickmansworth, England, GBR
85 employees (38 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
54.2%
Direct
33.4%
Referral
7.2%
Social
4.1%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~85

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
31 (36% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2