Account Director, Search (FTC)

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own the global search strategy with regional EMEA nuance, turning strategic guidance into campaigns, tests, and cross-team learning.

  • Own the strategy across platforms while balancing regional needs to drive continuous improvement.
  • Shape test designs and innovation to push the learning agenda and performance.
  • Maintain deep platform expertise and stakeholder alignment to ensure best practices while respecting regional realities.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the global search strategy while tailoring to regional nuances (EMEA), ensuring tests, learnings, and recommendations drive continuous improvement.
  • Lead test design and innovation frameworks to shape the account learning agenda and optimize performance.
  • Maintain in-depth platform and bid-management expertise, ensuring adherence to best practices and facilitating cross-team communication with stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills across all platforms
  • Expert organisational skills, great attention to detail
  • Provides high-level oversight through strategic reviews of all tactics
  • Concrete knowledge of all areas of digital marketing and media
  • Ability to adhere to and meet deadlines and project manage multiple requests
  • Excellent client relationship and management skills
  • Proven problem-solving skills and ability to think outside of the box for creative solutions
  • Ability to lead and motivate team members in a positive light
  • Detail oriented and responsive, deadline-driven with strong quantitative reasoning skills
  • Delivers results against priorities proactively with little or no senior input

Preferred

  • Apple search experience (preferred but not required)

Benefits

  • Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
  • We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events.
  • We’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
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WPP Media

Media is changing. So are we. We are WPP's global media collective, built for the AI era.We bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create innovative solutions that deliver unparalleled growth for brands - in every market, every day.

30K employees (6,827 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
159.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$9.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.3%
Direct
46.3%
Referral
10.7%
Social
5.7%
Paid
2.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~30.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6,288 (21% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
21