Media and Search Lead

London, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the media and search strategy to maximize brand visibility, ROI, and multi-channel performance, balancing paid and organic efforts with data-driven optimization.

  • Media Strategy & Planning: Define across PPC, paid social, digital display, and traditional channels, aligning to business objectives.
  • Budget & Partnerships: Manage the annual media budget, optimize spend, and negotiate terms with media partners.
  • Insights & Reporting: Measure ROI, produce leadership-ready insights, and drive continuous optimization with internal teams and agency partners.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop a comprehensive media strategy aligned with objectives, leveraging multi channels to maximise brand visibility, customer and revenue generating metrics.
  • Plan and implement media campaigns across channels, including traditional and digital channels .
  • Management of budget and resourcing initiatives across multiple channels and campaigns, where applicable.
  • Building and maintenance of relationships with media partners, including if applicable securing advantageous terms for media placements and the negotiation of rates and contracts.
  • Measuring the effectiveness of media, providing insights for continuous improvement and demonstrating ROI.
  • Development of reports and presentation to communicate key findings on media performance metrics and trends to relevant senior stakeholders and internal teams.
  • Join us as a Media and Search Lead, where you will be accountable for shaping and owning our media and search strategy. You will manage a significant annual media budget, and lead delivery across PPC, paid social, and digital display, while enhancing organic search and SEO performance. Working closely with internal marketing teams and our agency partner, you’ll drive effective, efficient and compliant media investment, using insight, data and experimentation to maximise brand and commercial impact.
  • The role can be in either Edinburgh or Glasgow.

Requirements

  • Experience owning the end-to-end media and search strategy.
  • Proven experience of planning, buying and optimisation of paid media (focus on PPC, paid social and digital display) aligned to business and brand objectives.
  • Managing a substantial media budget.
  • Solid analytical and commercial mindset.
  • Proven people leadership and team management experience.

Preferred

  • Regulated industry experience in particular within financial services.
  • Knowledge of econometric or advanced media measurement methodologies.
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Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. Our vision is to be the UK-centred leader in global finance. We are a diversified bank with comprehensive UK consumer, corporate and wealth and private banking franchises, a leading investment bank and a strong, specialist US consumer bank. Through these five divisions, we are working together for a better financial future for our customers, clients and communities.With over 325 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries and employs approximately 83,500 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.Barclays is a trading name of Barclays Bank PLC and its subsidiaries. Barclays Bank PLC is registered in England and is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Registered in England. Registered No. 1026167. Registered office: 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP.

Founded in 2018
London, England, GBR
80K employees (1,454 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
420.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
51.2%
Direct
40.9%
Referral
6.3%
Social
0.9%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~79.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,057 (1% of company)
Median Career Experience
17 years
Median Tenure
5.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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