We’re looking for a brilliant, hands-on Senior Paid Media Manager to join us at our HQ in Malmesbury. This is a role for a true paid media specialist, someone who lives and breathes performance marketing, loves interrogating data, and is relentlessly focused on commercial outcomes looking for the next big step in their career.

You’ll be responsible for planning, launching, and optimising paid media campaigns across a range of channels, initially managing activity in Canada and the United Arab Emirates, with all other markets to follow as the team grows. This role will be our first in-house paid role, with plans to build out our in-house team. This role will grow into the lead for that team, so we need a natural people manager who can adapt quickly as their team grows.

While performance is key, you’ll also have a strong understanding of what great creative looks like, and how messaging, formats, and audiences work together to drive results. You will have worked with creative teams and be obsessed with testing creative to get the best results.

This role is UK-office based, working closely with our in-house marketing, creative and brand teams, as well as our growing teams based in the US and Europe.

Key Responsibilities

Paid Media Strategy & Planning

Support the development of the paid media strategy across key channels including Paid Search, Paid Social, Shopping, Display, Programmatic, and Retargeting
Plan and manage activity across multiple markets (initially Canada and United Arab Emirates), balancing performance and brand objectives
Translate commercial goals into clear media plans, forecasts, and channel budgets

Campaign Management & Optimisation

Launch, manage, and optimise paid campaigns to drive revenue, customer acquisition and ROAS
Continuously test and refine targeting, creative, bidding strategies and landing pages
Test and refine audiences, creative formats, bidding strategies, and landing pages
Ensure best practice implementation across platforms (e.g. Google Ads, Meta, Pinterest, and others as required)
Work closely with creative and brand teams to shape briefs that are insight-led and performance-focused
Understand how creative, copy, format, and audience targeting impact results across channels

Budget Ownership & Performance

Own paid media budgets and pacing, ensuring efficient spend and strong return on investment
Monitor performance daily and provide clear insight into what is driving results
Identify opportunities to scale, improve efficiency, or reallocate spend based on performance data

Reporting & Insights

Deliver regular performance reporting with clear, actionable insights and recommendations
Work with analytics teams to ensure robust tracking, attribution and measurement
Use data to inform wider marketing and commercial decisions

Stakeholder Management

Collaborate closely with internal teams (eCommerce, Creative, Brand, CRM) to ensure alignment
Act as the internal expert on paid media, advising on best practice and emerging opportunities for your target markets

Skills & Experience

Essential

Proven experience managing paid media campaigns with significant budgets
Strong hands-on experience across Paid Search and Paid Social, including Pinterest, Meta, and Google
Demonstrated ability to drive performance against commercial KPIs (ROAS, CPA, revenue)
Strong analytical skills and confidence using performance data to make decisions
Experience working across multiple markets or regions
Experience in eCommerce, DTC, and B2B environments
Working with team, ideally managing a small team of their own.

Desirable

Familiarity with attribution models, analytics and MMM platforms (e.g. GA4, Fospha)
Exposure to international scaling or market expansion
Experience working in multiple languages.

What We’re Looking For

A genuine enthusiasm for paid media and performance marketing
Commercially sharp — you care deeply about what drives revenue and profitable growth
Curious, proactive, and always looking for better ways to improve results
Confident owning your channel while collaborating closely with others
Happy to be based in our Malmesbury HQ and embedded in the wider marketing team

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