Job description
NEW OPPORTUNITY AT FORWARD & THINKING
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced digital marketing executive to join our thriving team of enthusiastic and experienced professionals with a great sense of fun and passion for what we do. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced candidate to develop their paid online media skills in a fast-paced agency environment.
The successful candidate will join a team of executives in the planning, delivery and analysis of campaigns for clients across a broad range of industries, setting our clients up for success and ensuring they achieve their paid online media goals. This role will report directly to the Media Planning Manager (Paid Online).
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work from a brief to produce comprehensive paid online media campaign plans
- Monitor and manage budgets across multiple clients and campaigns
- Monitor, optimise and analyse campaign performance on an ongoing basis
- Prepare mid-campaign update and comprehensive post-campaign analysis reports, discussing campaign performance, identifying best practice and suggesting areas for improvement for the future
- Schedule client activity across Google Ads (all elements, including Shopping) Meta Ads, Snap Ads, LinkedIn Ads, TikTok Ads and a range of other platforms
- Provide clients with support on the more technical aspects of their campaigns such as content requirements, platform information and conversion tracking
- Work collaboratively with every member of the Forward & Thinking team to uphold our outstanding reputation for online and offline media buy while providing unrivalled customer service
- Attend meetings with clients/sales/suppliers, as necessary
- Provide training internally or externally when necessary
- Supporting the department in a range of additional projects as required
REQUIREMENTS:
- At least twelve months experience of planning, managing and optimising paid ads/PPC campaigns, ideally across multiple platforms in an agency environment. (Google Ads/Meta Ads is essential)
- Experience setting up and troubleshooting conversion tracking in GA4, Tag Manager and paid online advertising platforms
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Confident using MS Office (in particular, Excel and Powerpoint)
- Comfortable using/learning several digital systems
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Strong time and workload management skills
- A ‘can do’ attitude – You will work across a large array of clients and sectors in a fast-paced environment, enthusiasm is a must!
DESIRABLES:
- Experience setting up and managing with Google Shopping and Merchant Centre
- Previous experience in an agency environment
BENEFITS:
- 28 days holiday (25 days increasing to 28 days after length of service)
- Your Birthday off
- 3pm Friday finish
- Hyrbrid working
- Bupa employee assistance for you and your family 24/7
- £250 Employee referral bonus
- Employee of the quarter award
- Free Perkbox account - with 50 monthly flexi points to spend on us! Giving you 24/7 access to over 4,000 perks/benefits plus mindfulness, meditation and easy to follow HIIT & fitness videos
- Free entry into a quarterly draw to win a long weekend with 3 extra days holiday to Portugal!
- Regular team events
- Great scope for career progression
Being an innovative advertising agency, we take pride in our work and our team. We have big plans and we want everyone to be part of our exciting future. The growth potential at Forward & Thinking has no limits. Training will be given on our core ethos, high level of customer service, methodology and computer programs used, however, the core skills outlined above will be already in place for the successful applicant.
Salary will be commensurate with experience.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Market Weighton, YO43 3EF