Paid Media Campaign Manager (Google Ads)

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Hands on Recruitment have partenered with a full service digital marketing agency who are on the hunt for a Digital Paid Media Campaign Manager – Google Ads. The Digital Media Campaign Manager plays a key role in delivering best-in-class campaign execution across multiple client accounts. This role requires hands-on management of paid media campaigns across Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, OOH, and Programmatic platforms.

You’ll be responsible for day-to-day implementation, monitoring, and optimisation of digital campaigns, as well as providing key input into media planning, reporting, and performance analysis. It’s a detail-focused, performance-led role that supports the wider media team, ensuring our campaigns run accurately, efficiently, and effectively.

This role requires strong platform knowledge, an analytical mindset, clear communication skills, and the ability to interpret data and translate it into actionable insights.

The successful candidate will:

  • Have around 3 years’ experience in a similar role, working directly with Google Ads.
  • Showcase strong numeracy, analytical, organisational, and communication skills
  • Be sufficiently Google & META Blueprint certified

Position Requirements:

  • Implement campaigns across digital platforms as per approved schedules, including briefing in external media bookings with media owners (print / out of home / programmatic)
  • Daily monitoring of campaigns to ensure spend levels and KPIs are met
  • Proactively suggest recommendations on how to improve campaign performance
  • Assist in the creation of media schedules and chase lists
  • Monthly campaign reporting – including insights and recommendations
  • Conduct Google Search analyses – with search keyword analysis and recommendations, and implementations thereof.
  • Have a strong understanding of the relevant channel, formats, and metrics relative to all media objectives.
  • Keep up to date with the latest ad capabilities across channels – staying up to date with platform changes and specifications for ad units – with updates to chaselists if any changes occur.
  • Understanding of Google Tag Manager and GA4. HubSpot/CRM platform understanding is beneficial.
  • Strong professional communication skills – both written and verbal
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with a collaborative attitude and outgoing personality.

Experience in a similar role is key. We’re looking for people who not only know what they’re talking about but also who can see through the data and implement the insights accordingly.

Our client’s culture is one of self-motivation and responsibility. An assertive, proactive, team-player features well on our ladder of requirements.

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