Paid Media Manager

Windsor, Slough, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the paid media engine across Meta, Google, LinkedIn and TikTok with end-to-end ownership from planning to reporting, driving lead and engagement campaigns while tying in messaging, assets and landing pages for a unified results engine.

  • Growth/Performance: Own planning, setup, optimisation and reporting with platform mix and audience strategy aligned to objectives.
  • Creative and QA: Write platform-appropriate ad copy, brief designers, test creatives and ensure flawless tracking and QA before launch.
  • Cross-functional Alignment: Collaborate with social, creative and content teams to ensure campaigns feed into landing pages and broader client goals.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end delivery of paid media campaigns, from campaign planning through to setup, optimisation and reporting.
  • Recommend the right campaign structure, platform mix, audience approach and optimisation strategy based on the campaign objective.
  • Write paid media copy and adapt messaging for different platforms, audiences and markets.
  • Create simple paid media assets where required, or brief designers clearly on the assets needed for each campaign.
  • Set up campaigns across Meta, Google Ads, LinkedIn and TikTok, ensuring targeting, budgets, placements, tracking and creative are correctly configured.
  • Manage live campaign optimisation, including budget shifts, audience refinements, creative testing, copy testing and performance improvements.
  • Support lead generation, traffic, awareness, engagement and conversion-led campaigns, with a particular focus on Lead Campaigns and Engagement campaigns.
  • Monitor campaign performance regularly and proactively flag issues, opportunities and recommended actions.
  • Produce weekly, monthly and end-of-campaign reports that are clear, useful and commercially focused.
  • Analyse campaign performance across key metrics including CPL, CPC, CPM, CTR, conversion rate, reach, frequency, engagement and lead quality where available.
  • Use previous campaign data to support budget planning, forecasting and CPL estimates.
  • Work closely with internal teams to ensure paid campaigns are aligned with wider social, creative, content and client objectives.
  • Provide feedback on landing pages, forms and user journeys where they may affect campaign performance.
  • Stay up to date with platform changes, algorithm updates, AI tools and paid media enhancements across Meta, Google, LinkedIn and TikTok.
  • Maintain high standards of campaign QA before launch, including checking copy, links, tracking, targeting, budgets, dates and naming conventions.

Requirements

  • Experience managing paid campaigns across Meta and Google Ads.
  • Working knowledge of LinkedIn Ads and TikTok Ads.
  • Experience running lead generation campaigns and engagement campaigns.
  • Strong understanding of campaign setup, audience targeting, creative testing and optimisation.
  • Ability to write clear, platform-appropriate ad copy.
  • Experience producing weekly, monthly and campaign performance reports.
  • Comfortable working across multiple clients, campaigns and markets at the same time.
  • Strong attention to detail, especially when setting up and QA’ing campaigns.
  • Ability to interpret performance data and turn it into clear recommendations.
  • Confidence explaining paid media performance to internal teams and clients in a straightforward way.
  • Experience planning paid media budgets across different platforms and markets.
  • Ability to estimate CPLs and likely performance based on historic data.
  • Experience with campaigns across the UK, EU, US, UAE and KSA.
  • Understanding of tracking, pixels, conversion events, UTMs and platform attribution.
  • Experience working with designers or content teams to shape paid media creative.
  • Interest in AI developments, automation and algorithm changes within paid media platforms.

Preferred

  • Experience planning paid media budgets across different platforms and markets.
  • Ability to estimate CPLs and likely performance based on historic data.
  • Experience with campaigns across the UK, EU, US, UAE and KSA.
  • Understanding of tracking, pixels, conversion events, UTMs and platform attribution.
  • Experience working with designers or content teams to shape paid media creative.
  • Interest in AI developments, automation and algorithm changes within paid media platforms.
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Plus 1 Communications

P1C is a fully integrated communications, marketing, PR and digital solutions agency with international offices. We are focused on telling your story, reaching your consumer with the messages you need them to hear and using the right platform at the right time. What makes us different, is our attitude as we strive for perfection and set high expectations.We build our client relationships on a balance of trust and transparency and will only promise excellence where we can truly deliver excellence.With a talented team of professionals in the UK, UAE and ASIA we are your storytellers. Our services include - Public Relations and digital marketing solutions; Web design and development, social media, app design and development, SEO and content marketing with measurable results.

Founded in 2013
London, England, GBR
31 employees (16 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
531
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.7%
Direct
36.1%
Referral
13.5%
Social
4.4%
Paid
1.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~31

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Marketing Team Size
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