Head of Paid Media (strategic leadership role) – Leading Digital Agency

Pivotal London; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital agency in London seeks a Head of Paid Media to drive strategic leadership in paid media across diverse client portfolios. The role involves collaborating with creative and data teams to deliver impactful campaigns while mentoring a high-performing team. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded leader to influence the agency's direction and success.

Benefits

Annual performance bonus

Enhanced parental leave

Hybrid working (3 days onsite)

Monthly wellbeing allowance

Work from anywhere month annually

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• 6–8+ years of paid media experience across multiple channels.
• Proven track record of delivering performance and brand campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the paid media vision and strategy across all platforms.
• Drive performance and growth across client campaigns.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Media Planning

Attribution

Optimisation

Tools

Google Ads

Meta

LinkedIn

TikTok

Job description

Head of Paid Media (strategic leadership role) – Leading Digital Agency

Head of Paid Media (strategic leadership role) – Leading Digital Agency

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An incredibly exciting Head of Paid Media opportunity has arisen at one of London’s most dynamic, ambitious and fastest growing digital agencies.

This is a Strategic Leadership role which is focused on leading and shaping the agency’s high-performing media function. It is a brilliant opportunity for a strategic and commercially minded leader to truly impact the direction of paid media across the agency’s diverse client portfolio.

As Head of Paid Media, you’ll be the driving force behind paid strategy and innovation, working cross-functionally with creative, data and strategy teams to deliver high-impact campaigns across Paid Search, Social, Programmatic, and emerging platforms.

If you’re ready to take on a leadership role, inspire a talented team, and contribute to the continued success of a thriving agency, this is a great opportunity!

Your profile:

• 6–8+ years of paid media experience across channels like Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok. Programmatic experience would be a nice to have but not essential
• Proven track record of delivering performance and brand campaigns across multiple sectors
• Experience managing large-scale campaigns (£500k+ budgets)
• Strong capabilities in media planning, attribution, reporting, creative testing, and optimisation
• Excellent communication, leadership, and mentoring skills
• Commercially sharp with a test-and-learn mindset and passion for innovation

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and lead the paid media vision and strategy across all platforms
• Drive performance and growth across client campaigns, with clear ROI and innovation focus
• Collaborate with creative and strategy teams to inform and optimise campaign execution
• Build and refine measurement frameworks, attribution models and reporting systems
• Mentor and develop a growing team of media specialists, driving a high-performance culture
• Act as a thought leader both internally and externally, representing the agency at industry events and pitches

Success Metrics for the Head of Performance Media role:

• Growth in client media spend and revenue impact
• Campaign efficiency and effectiveness (CPA, ROAS, CTR)
• Team engagement, development and retention
• Process and workflow optimisation
• Innovation through successful testing and new platform adoption

Additional Perks & Benefits include (but not limited to):

• Annual performance bonus
• Enhanced parental leave
• Hybrid working (3 days onsite)
• Monthly wellbeing allowance
• “Work from anywhere” month annually
• Cycle to Work scheme

Interested in leading paid media for one of London’s most ambitious independent agencies?...

Apply now to explore this exciting opportunity in more detail.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Advertising and Marketing

• Industries

  Marketing Services and Advertising Services

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