Activation Manager / Performance Manager - Paid Search & Paid Social

Searchability®; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Searchability® is seeking an Activation Manager to own end-to-end campaign activation across a portfolio of clients, coordinating bookings, trafficking and optimisation across digital channels. You will partner with planners and clients to translate media strategies into campaigns and reporting.

You will mentor junior activation staff, champion platform best practices, and act as a trusted delivery and performance contact, with real scope for leadership as the team grows.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in media activation, trafficking, or campaign management.
• Hands-on platform experience across programmatic, paid social, and/or search.
• Strong understanding of media metrics and the ability to translate data into client-ready insights.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• The ability to manage multiple campaigns and priorities at once.

Responsibilities

• Own campaign activation across a portfolio of clients from brief to reporting.
• Manage bookings, trafficking, and optimisation across digital channels.
• Collaborate with planners and clients to bring media strategies to life.
• Troubleshoot in real time to ensure campaigns run smoothly.
• Mentor junior activation staff and lead platform best practice.

Skills

Media activation

Campaign management

Trafficking

Paid social

Paid search

Data interpretation

Client communication

Tools

Programmatic platforms

Social/SEM tools

Job description

• 3+ years experience in a media activation / campaign management role
• Strong platform experience across paid social, and paid search

WHO WE ARE

We are an independent media agency known for our people-first culture and hands-on approach to media planning and buying. Independently owned, we back our team to think differently and challenge convention, without the layers of bureaucracy that come with holding company life. We invest heavily in our people, offering genuine progression paths and a culture built on trust rather than micromanagement.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

As our Activation Manager, you will take ownership of campaign activation across a portfolio of clients, managing bookings, trafficking, and optimisation across digital channels. You will work closely with planners and clients to bring media strategies to life, troubleshooting in real time and ensuring campaigns run smoothly from brief through to reporting. You will mentor junior activation staff, take the lead on platform best practice, and be a trusted point of contact for clients on delivery and performance. There is genuine scope here to grow into a leadership role as the team continues to expand.

YOU WILL NEED

• 3+ years experience in media activation, trafficking, or campaign management
• Hands-on platform experience across programmatic, paid social, and/or search
• Strong understanding of media metrics and the ability to translate data into client-ready insights
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• The ability to manage multiple campaigns and priorities at once

IT'S NICE TO HAVE

• Experience mentoring or leading junior team members
• Certifications across major ad platforms

TO BE CONSIDERED

By applying for this role you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.