Performance Manager

News Corp; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Health & wellbeing programs

Leave options for personal needs

Perks & discounts

Ability to grow and develop

Job summary

News Xtend is seeking an experienced Performance Manager to join the Digital Trading team in Australia. You will lead tactical planning and activation of paid search campaigns, leveraging DSPs and platforms to meet client goals.

With a focus on optimization, automation, and strong client service, you will drive budget delivery and KPI alignment while collaborating with the broader team in a hybrid, agile environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years across Paid Social, Search and/or Programmatic buying platforms.
• Experience managing campaigns across Google Ads.
• Ability to simplify complexity and extract critical data.

Responsibilities

• Execute bid and buy strategies across paid social, search and programmatic channels.
• Lead planning, implementation and optimisation to meet client KPIs.
• Identify improvements, integrate automation and AI to boost performance.
• Deliver post-campaign analysis with clear data-driven insights.
• Provide excellent client service and identify upsell opportunities.

Skills

Paid Social

Search

Programmatic buying

Google Ads

Data interpretation

Problem solving

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's inMarketing/Advertising/Related

Tools

DSPs

Ad platforms

Automation/AI

Job description

What's the role?

News Xtend is seeking an experienced Performance Manager to join the News Xtend Digital Trading team. This role focuses on the tactical planning, implementation and activation of Paid Search campaigns. You will help to leverage the relevant DSPs and ad platforms to execute successful performance based campaigns that work towards individual client goals and expectations.

You’re passionate about the broader media industry and will be a key player in the output of the Xtend Digital Trading team. You enjoy working in a team environment and collaborating with others to solve problems and deliver exceptional work.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Execute bid and buy strategies primarily across a combination of paid social, search, and programmatic mobile, video and display channels, adhering to News Xtend’s client performance and pricing guidelines
• Lead the tactical planning, implementation, and optimisation of programmatic, paid social and search campaigns, tailoring solutions to individual client needs to ensure full budget delivery and alignment with client KPIs.
• Proactively identify and implement improvements to bid and buy strategies, integrating automation and AI to drive performance and efficiency.
• Drive campaign success by ensuring full delivery and adherence to performance SLAs.
• Produce robust post-campaign analysis and clearly demonstrate, using data via DSP tools ,how News Xtend’s bid and buy strategies improved performance.
• Offer technical support, troubleshoot underperforming or under delivering campaigns and discrepancies
• Provide excellent customer service and support to strengthen client relationships and meet retention goals
• Identify and justify budget scaling and upsell opportunities

Who are you?

• Minimum 2 year of experience working across Paid Social, Search and/or Programmatic buying platforms.
• Have experience managing search, social and/or programmatic campaigns across Google Ads
• Ability to manage complexity, quickly determine critical data, and solve problems systematically to improve campaign performance.
• The ability to develop, lead, and delegate discipline-level projects (e.g., platform audits, supply-path optimisation).
• High attention to detail, capable of refining and implementing strategies tailored to each client efficiently. Intricate, advanced understanding of platform nuances.
• Ability to manage complexity, quickly determine critical data, and solve problems systematically to improve campaign performance.
• A positive, 'can-do' attitude. You enjoy bringing new ideas to the business and eager to find opportunities to refine and scale performance for your clients.

Why News Corp Australia

Join a culture where innovation is our operating rhythm. You’ll work on a diverse portfolio of Australia’s most loved brands and play a pivotal role in leading the technological shift in how we create commercial content. Our vibrant, hybrid work environment and dynamic, values-driven culture empowers you to push boundaries, collaborate as one unified team, and make a positive, measurable impact for all Australians.

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Our benefits include:

• Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family

• Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services that deliver genuine cost savings and benefits

• Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)

• Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.

• Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money

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• Helping you grow - Access tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs, to cultivate your skills and support your career

• Giving back - Make a difference to our communities through volunteer opportunities and company-organised charity drives

• Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms

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With over 150 brands across news, sport and lifestyle, News Corp Australia is trusted by over 18 million Australians a month to provide the information and inspiration they seek.

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