We are looking for a Paid Search Executive to join our eCommerce Marketing team. Based from Next Head Office in Leicestershire, with a competitive salary range and great benefits!
What you’ll take on
As a Paid Search Executive, you will support the day to day management and optimisation of our presence on global marketplaces such as Amazon, Zalando and more.
Reporting to our Senior Digital Marketing Executive, you will be responsible for the hands-on execution of advertising campaigns. This is an ideal role for a performance marketer with a foundational understanding of digital advertising who is looking to specialise in international ecommerce, retail media or marketplaces.
What else is involved?
- Ad Management: set-up and monitor Sponsored Product Ad campaigns across various 3rd party platforms
- Daily maintenance: perform regular bid adjustments and budget optimisations to ensure campaigns stay within budget and meet ROI targets
- Creative: work with internal teams to ensure the right creative and products are live in each campaign.
- Reporting & analysis: collate weekly and monthly performance data across multiple territories to help the team understand what is driving sales.
- Cross-functional working: act as a point of contact for the trading team, supporting the Senior Digital Marketing Executive and Channel Lead in preparing materials for meetings.
What you’ll bring
- Proven experience in digital performance marketing, with at least 1 year specialising in Paid Search
- Confident with numbers and proficient in Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables).
- An awareness of ad technology and integrations. Familiarity with SKAI/Kenshoo, SA360 or Amazon ad tech is a significant advantage.
- Proven ability to manage multiple tasks at once and meet deadlines in a fast-paced retail environment.
- Clear verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain data findings to team members.
Our Leicestershire Head Office is an inspiring place to work, but we know life happens. We offer hybrid working (currently 3 days in the office, 2 from home) to ensure your work works for you.
You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
- Company performance based bonus
- Sharesave scheme
- On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Early VIP access to sale stock
- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
- Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Free on-site parking
- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
- Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.
