Head of Paid Media

London, UK (Hybrid)

£50K/yr – £70K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own paid media strategy across TikTok and connected channels, turning ad spend into GMV and ROAS across a portfolio of brands.

  • Own paid media strategy across TikTok and connected channels, leading end-to-end campaigns, Shop Ads, retargeting, live commerce and creative testing.
  • Drive commercial outcomes by using paid to boost GMV and ROAS, not just traffic, and align with trading calendars and product launches.
  • Build scalable frameworks, testing routines, and reporting standards; translate performance into actionable creative briefs for the content team.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own paid media strategy across Somerce's client portfolio on TikTok and connected channels
  • Define how paid is used to accelerate GMV - not just drive traffic, but drive commercial outcomes
  • Build scalable paid frameworks that integrate with trading strategy, affiliate activity and live commerce
  • Stay ahead of TikTok's ad product developments, algorithm changes and platform best practices
  • Set the internal standard for how paid campaigns are planned, executed and reported
  • Lead end-to-end campaign management across TikTok Ads, including:
  • TikTok Shop Ads across all formats
  • Retargeting and audience strategy
  • Live commerce ad amplification
  • Plan budgets, bid strategies and campaign structures to maximise return on ad spend

Requirements

  • Proven experience owning paid media strategy and execution at a senior level
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of TikTok Ads Manager and TikTok Shop ad products
  • Track record of delivering ROAS and GMV targets, not just traffic metrics
  • Deep understanding of creative performance on TikTok - what works and why
  • Comfortable managing significant media budgets across multiple client accounts
  • Experience managing and developing a paid media team
  • Highly data-literate - you live in dashboards and make fast, confident decisions
  • Desirable: Experience at a social commerce or performance agency
  • Desirable: Background in beauty, fashion, lifestyle or FMCG paid media
  • Desirable: Familiarity with TikTok Shop-specific ad formats including GMV Max and VSA
  • Desirable: Experience integrating paid strategy with affiliate, live commerce or organic content

Preferred

  • Experience at a social commerce or performance agency
  • Background in beauty, fashion, lifestyle or FMCG paid media
  • Familiarity with TikTok Shop-specific ad formats including GMV Max and VSA
  • Experience integrating paid strategy with affiliate, live commerce or organic content

Benefits

  • Competitive salary, benchmarked to experience and performance
  • Performance-related bonus aligned to commercial impact
  • 28 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Hybrid working with offices in London and Manchester
  • Flexible working hours - we care about output, not clock-watching
  • Lead the paid function at one of the UK's leading TikTok Shop agencies
  • Regular performance reviews focused on development and impact
  • Direct exposure to high-growth brands across the UK, US and EU
  • Opportunity to shape how paid integrates with the full Somerce offering as we scale
  • Company pension scheme
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We are Somerce. We exist to build the best team in social commerce globally. It's not our goals that unite us, but the things we do to achieve them. We are obsessive over TikTok Shop and all are striving towards a clear mutual goal.

Founded in 2024
London, England, GBR
48 employees (15 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46%
Direct
37.2%
Referral
9.6%
Social
5.3%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~48

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
13 (27% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2