Senior Paid Media Manager

Walker and Sloan are proud to be working with a a fully integrated marketing agency in the West Yorkshire, as they are keen to bring on board an experienced Senior Paid Media Manager to the team on a full time bases.

About us:

We're an integrated growth and marketing partner, working with ambitious brands to drive real commercial outcomes across performance, brand and strategy.

What you'll be doing:

• Owning the paid search and paid social activity across a portfolio of key client accounts.
• Turning client objectives into campaign plans, budgets and a clear set of tests.
• Building, managing and optimising campaigns day to day, keeping performance and spend on track.
• Setting up, checking and troubleshooting conversion tracking in GA4, Google Tag Manager and the ad platforms.
• Digging into campaign, website and client data to find what's driving leads and sales, and turning it into clear recommendations.
• Being the main day-to-day contact for your clients, and taking them through results each month: what happened, why, and what we’ll do next.
• Working alongside colleagues in offline media, so digital works as part of the wider media plan.
• Bringing new ideas to the table, from testing new platforms and formats to using automation and AI to work smarter.

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience managing paid media within an agency (Paid Media Manager, Performance Media Manager, Senior PPC or Paid Social Manager, or equivalent).
• Strong hands-on expertise in Google Ads and Meta Ads, with a track record of improving results for clients.
• Confidence with GA4 and Google Tag Manager: you can set up, test and troubleshoot conversion tracking yourself.
• An analytical mind: comfortable pulling data together, spotting what matters and explaining it simply.
• Commercial awareness: you measure success in client outcomes and return on investment.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with the confidence to take ownership of a problem and see it through.
• Clear, confident client communication, in meetings and in writing.
• Bonus points for Merchant Center and Shopping feeds, enhanced conversions or offline conversion imports, Meta Conversions API, server-side tagging, or SQL/BigQuery.

Why join:

• Competitive salary of £50,000–£60,000, depending on experience.
• Ownership of some of our most important client accounts, with the freedom to make decisions on them.
• Work directly with our senior leadership team, with no layers in between.
• Access to our in-house tracking, reporting and dashboard tools, and the chance to help shape how we use them.
• Integrated work across digital and offline media, so you see how the whole plan fits together.
• A genuinely stable culture with client and staff retention rates most agencies would envy.
• Flexible hours built around real life, not just the 9-to-5.
• A real next step: as the paid team grows, there’s room to step up and lead it.

If interested please contact Lee Curry at Walker and Sloan.