Campaign & Paid Media Manager

London, UK (Hybrid)

£32K/yr – £35K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and lead paid media campaigns for prominent brands, turning briefs into effective multi-channel plans and delivering end-to-end management, optimization, reporting and cross-team collaboration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build strong relationships with clients and communicate clearly and confidently.
  • Turn client briefs into effective paid-media plans with the wider team.
  • Set up, launch, manage and optimise campaigns across platforms such as Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok and other relevant channels.
  • Monitor campaign performance, manage budgets and identify opportunities to improve results.
  • Create client reports and dashboards, turning campaign data into clear insights and recommendations.
  • Review creative performance and share learnings for future campaigns.
  • Work with job boards, media partners and suppliers to deliver campaigns effectively.
  • Manage multiple projects, deadlines and client expectations at pace.
  • As a growing agency, we encourage everyone to get stuck into wider business initiatives or help out where needed.

Requirements

  • Previous hands-on experience managing paid digital advertising campaigns, ideally across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and/or TikTok.
  • Experience optimising campaign performance, monitoring budgets and reporting on results.
  • Confidence communicating directly with clients and explaining performance in a clear, approachable way.
  • Strong organisation and the ability to manage your own priorities and workload across multiple projects.
  • Comfort working with numbers and interpreting campaign data.
  • A collaborative, positive and proactive approach when working with different teams.
  • Curiosity, enthusiasm and a genuine desire to keep learning.
  • Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Preferred

  • Agency experience, or experience working across multiple clients, campaigns or sectors, is desirable.
  • Experience with GA4, Looker Studio, Google Tag Manager or other reporting and measurement tools would also be beneficial.

Benefits

  • Casual dress
  • Enhanced maternity leave
  • Enhanced paternity leave
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Referral programme
  • Sick pay
  • Hybrid working: Minimum of 3 days per week in our London Studio near London Bridge
  • Annual Christmas trip / Socials: Every year the whole agency goes away for a two night trip, alongside regular agency socials throughout the year.
  • Tank supplies: Drinks, snacks and treats for those days when you are in the office
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PINK SQUID

We’re a multiple award-winning creative agency combining art with science to deliver beautifully intelligent employer branding communications.

Founded in 2010
London, England, GBR
63 employees (35 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

£32K/yr – £35K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range (£34K) is 11% below the median base salary for Paid Media Manager roles in the United Kingdom (£38K).

Paid Media Manager median pay in the United Kingdom

£38K/yr

Most pay falls between £35K and £43K. Based on 26 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (35% of company)
Median Tenure
5.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
54.2%
Direct
32.1%
Referral
7.5%
Social
4.8%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~64
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Campaign & Paid Media Manager

PINK SQUID · London, UK · Hybrid