Paid Media Account Manager in Hertfordshire

Paid Media Account Manager

Reports to: Paid Media Account Director

Job Type: Full – Time, Perm

Salary: up to £45k+ (DOE)

Location: Office based in Hertfordshire, with hybrid working

Honchō are looking for a Paid Media Account Manager to join our growing team.

Within this role, you’ll get the chance to work with international brands in the retail, automotive and direct to consumer sectors, aiming to improve performance across their core KPIs.

This role is ideal for someone with 4+ years experience in the Paid Search with a good understanding of how Paid Search can be beneficial to a clients business. The ideal candidate would be comfortable taking control of activity from strategy through to execution. You’ll have a superb eye for detail and a love for delivering exceptional Paid Search campaigns.

Job Specifics:

• Manage large scale PPC and shopping campaigns across Google and Bing - and manage all paid search advertising campaigns.
• Manage large scale PPC budgets for a range of clients.
• Support the team to define PPC strategy for a range of clients, including mobile and tablet campaigns.
• Working with the project manager to ensure team activity is planned in advance while maintaining healthy profit margins across all clients.
• Assist Paid Media Manager or Paid Media Account Director in achieving department’s commercial objectives and goals.
• Help the business in maintaining a healthy relationship with all clients and technology suppliers.
• Actively identify opportunities to upsell and cross sell other services provided by Honcho.
• Personal development of more junior members of the team, including 121s and the creation of Personal Development plans.
• Mentoring junior team members to ensure that they develop a wealth of experience within Search industry.
• Work within a team, both in person and remotely, to achieve results.
• Encourage innovation and automation to increase team’s capacity.

Operational skills required:

• Market leading knowledge of running paid campaigns - including hands on ability to conduct high return on investment campaigns for our clients.
• Effective presentation, written and verbal communication skills – both internally and externally
• Ability to manage upwards appropriately ensuring you have all the information you require to complete task, request help and training where necessary and proactively manage deadlines and any workload issues with your manager
• Timely and accurate delivery of work to the agency and clients
• Be confident and take the attitude that it’s never too soon to make a constructive contribution to the discussion, volunteer new ideas and make suggestions for improved ways of working.

Personality traits suited to this role:

• Articulate with good communication skills
• Strategic thinker
• Diplomatic and team orientated
• Approachable and organised

Skills needed:

• 3 to 5 years’ experience within a similar role
• Solid understanding of PPC channel
• Fully GAP qualified & accredited in all department tools & platforms.
• Experience in using management software – Marin, Kenshoo, Double Click etc.
• Ability to communicate confidently and succinctly to clients at the most senior level
• Strong interpersonal skills

Benefits

• 30 days holiday (excluding bank holidays)
• Birthday day off
• Early finish on a Friday
• Free yearly eye test
• 2 days paid charity volunteering
• Free Honchō Merchandise
• Critical Life Cover
• Idyllic offices (with onsite swimming pool & tennis courts)
• Company Socials
• Paid Sick Pay (grows with service)
• Free therapy/counseling sessions
• Christmas Eve & New years eve off
• Bright Exchange (gives all employees access to discounts and deals from other companies that use the platform)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Hybrid Working

About Honchō

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