Digital Media Lead - Paid Search - Amazon

Enderby, Leicester, UK (On-site)

£52K/yr – £66K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and optimize a retail media program with multi-brand reach, balancing large budgets, agency partnerships, and cross-functional alignment to deliver high-margin performance across marketplaces.

  • Channel Ownership: Plan and scale profitable activation across major marketplaces with internal teams and external partners.
  • Partnership & Testing: Manage media agency relationships and test new marketplace opportunities to lift ROAS.
  • Reporting & Alignment: Deliver performance insights to marketing and trading teams to support broader business goals.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Plan, build, and execute highly profitable performance campaigns in collaboration with key internal stakeholders.
  • Implement effective strategies to maximize product visibility, improve search rankings, and drive high-intent traffic to product listings across multiple third-party platforms.
  • Oversee daily activity and collaborate with partner agencies and the in-house team to continuously optimize campaign performance.
  • Manage, mentor and develop a high-performing team of 4 digital media professionals.
  • Cultivate and direct the relationships with our media agency and key marketplace partners.
  • Partner with the wider marketing and commercial trading teams to ensure retail media activity supports broader business goals.
  • Manage comprehensive performance reporting for all third-party channels. Regularly present key findings, insights and strategic recommendations to the wider business.
  • Working closely with marketplace partners to identify, test and scale new opportunities.
  • Stay up to date with the rapidly evolving retail media landscape and industry best practices.

Requirements

  • Proven extensive experience in digital performance media, with a minimum of 3 years specifically in retail media or paid search.
  • Proven track record of planning, optimising, and managing large scale performance digital media activations with significant budgets.
  • Extensive experience successfully managing external partners and media agency relationships.
  • Strong numeracy and advanced Excel skills; highly logical with a natural aptitude for data and problem solving.
  • A highly collaborative individual who works exceptionally well as part of a wider team.
  • Experience managing multi-language or multi-region campaigns is a distinct advantage.
  • Experience of working with Amazon in a paid search / retail media capacity is highly desirable.

Preferred

Benefits

  • 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
  • Company performance based bonus
  • Sharesave scheme
  • On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
  • 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
  • Early VIP access to sale stock
  • Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
  • Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
  • Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
  • Free on-site parking
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Next Plc

NEXT PLC is a company based out of DESFORD ROAD ENDERBY, LEICESTER, United Kingdom.

Enderby, England, GBR
803 employees (45 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
62.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
41.3%
Direct
30.7%
Referral
21%
Social
5.2%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~807

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
24 (3% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5