What You'll Do:
As a key part of the Digital Marketing team, you’ll be the lead for our paid media services. You’ll work with a portfolio of existing clients as well as build our portfolio and grow our revenue opportunities.
We’ve designed a programme to support the right person with the knowledge, training and tools to thrive within this role. All of our team receive individually tailored training plans designed to help them progress their career at Ayko. All that we require is the right person with the right mindset with a hunger for long-term success and evidence of strong paid media experience.
Here’s the contribution this role will make to our business:
- Lead the Paid Media Strategy & Execution: This is a hands-on role and you’ll need to be able to design and deliver a paid media strategy with a particular focus on PPC and implementation for our clients and potential clients. Working with clients to ensure that they meet their goals and targets with knowledgeable advice and expertise
- Client & Account Leadership: Be the senior point of contact for key accounts, providing strategic counsel and driving value for clients. You’ll lead quarterly reviews, performance insights, and growth recommendations, supporting long-term client retention and satisfaction
- Growth & Revenue Generation: You’ll be responsible for maximising the opportunities for our existing Paid Media clients, ensuring that we deliver great value for their budgets and that we make recommendations for their strategy that will provide mutual benefit
- Building the Paid Media portfolio: You’ll look for opportunities both internally and externally to pro-actively grow our Paid Media portfolio, to ensure that it continues to be an area of opportunity for our agency. This will include support with new business forecasts and client pitches
- Team Leadership & Mentoring: Build and lead a high-performing paid media team. You’ll mentor and support team members, nurture career growth, and foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning
- Budget Oversight: Manage and optimise client budgets to ensure efficient delivery of KPIs and maximum ROI
- Process Development & Innovation: Refine our paid media delivery processes, ensuring operational efficiency, scalable workflows, and excellence in execution. You’ll continuously seek to improve how we work
- Industry Relationships & Partnerships: Own relationships with media partners (e.g., Google, Microsoft Ads), staying ahead of platform updates, BETA access, and trends to drive innovation across client accounts
- Thought Leadership: Represent the agency in the market through speaking opportunities, content contributions, and industry engagement. You’ll elevate our brand presence and reputation in the paid media space
What We're Looking For:
- Agency Experience: A seasoned leader from a digital or ecommerce agency background building confident, commercial relationships across a number of different brands
- Strategic & Commercial Acumen: A proven ability to align media strategies with commercial goals, balancing client needs with agency growth priorities.
- Strong Leadership Skills: You’ve led and grown a team and are passionate about developing others. You foster a high-performance, collaborative environment.
- Paid Media Expertise: Deep knowledge of PPC (Google Ads, Microsoft Ads), with working experience across broader paid media channels (e.g., social, display, video).
- Analytical Mindset: Data-driven and comfortable translating insights into action. You understand performance metrics and how to communicate ROI clearly.
- Process & Operational Thinking: Able to evaluate existing workflows and implement improvements for scalability, quality, and innovation.
Bonus Points:
The Package:
- Salary of £45,000 - £50,000 DOE
- 22 days holiday + bank holidays
- Extra days holiday for each year worked (uncapped)
- Company pension scheme
- A clear progression plan with regular appraisals and training sessions
- A clear pathway to help build something exciting
- Training and development budget to undertake third party training and certifications
- Hybrid working
- Presents on your Birthday, Christmas, work anniversaries and big life events
- Social events
- Quarterly surprise gift boxes
- Technology scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee referral programme
- Wellbeing and health scheme with Simply Health
- Employee wellbeing and culture at the forefront - great office environment!
If you want to be part of the Ayko team and believe that you are the right person for the role, apply and have a chat with us to really understand what life’s like here at Ayko and how it is going to change yours. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Equal Opportunities
At Ayko, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religious beliefs or sexual orientation.
