Paid Media Executive - Publishing & Media Company

Great opportunity for a highly capable and detail-driven Paid Media Executive to support the performance marketing function within this high-profile publishing and media company. Working across a portfolio of brands and commercial campaigns and reporting into a digital marketing manager, this is a performance operations role, with a focus on paid platform execution, measurement, optimisation and reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Build, launch and optimise paid media campaigns across platforms including Meta and Google.

• Manage bidding strategies, budget allocation and pacing to hit performance targets.

• Monitor live campaigns, react swiftly to performance shifts and recommend data-driven adjustments.

• Stay up to date with the latest platform best practices, tools and innovations.

• Own mid-campaign and end-of-campaign reporting, ensuring insights are client-ready and actionable.

• Move beyond data extraction to provide interpretation, diagnosis and recommendations.

• Confidently present results in client-facing reporting and recommendations meetings, translating performance data in a clear, easy to understand way.

• Keep dashboards accurate, updated and meaningful every week.

• Conduct regular QA to ensure analytics environments are correctly configured and trustworthy.

• Ensure campaign timelines stay on track, budgets are aligned and stakeholders remain informed.

Requirements

• Proven hands-on experience running paid campaigns end-to-end, with the ability to independently build, optimise, troubleshoot and improve campaign performance across Meta, Google, YouTube, LinkedIn and other digital platforms

• Comfortable using reporting tools, spreadsheets and presentation software to keep performance visibility sharp and consistent.

• Excellent attention to detail with a rigorous approach to measurement and quality assurance.

• Experience with tracking set-ups, dashboard maintenance and analytics tools

• Ability to manage budgets, timelines and competing priorities with confidence.

• Up to date with best practices in digital media buying and measurement.

• A proactive, accountable and solutions-oriented mindset.

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