Hybrid Digital Performance Manager - Growth & Strategy

AC Media; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days holiday

37.5-hour week

Pension

Life insurance

Income protection

EAP

24/7 virtual GP access

Job summary

AC Media in Leeds is recruiting a Digital Performance Manager to develop, deliver and optimise digital campaigns across paid search, paid social and programmatic channels. You’ll work with client teams and channel specialists to ensure activity is insight-led and performance-driven.

You’ll balance hands-on delivery with strategic input, take ownership of campaign planning, budgets and reporting, and help evolve AC Media’s digital offering for clients.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in PPC and paid social within an agency or in-house.
• Strong understanding of platforms including Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and programmatic media.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to extract insight from data.
• Excellent attention to detail and quality control.
• Confident communicator with strong client service skills.
• Commercial awareness and results-focused mindset.
• Strong organisation, prioritisation, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with client teams to develop digital media plans aligned to client objectives and budgets.
• Extract insight from historic performance, benchmarks, and audience data to forecast outcomes and define KPIs.
• Build and execute campaigns across platforms including Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and other paid media channels.
• Apply channel best practice to campaign setup, targeting, creative formats, and optimisation approaches.
• Monitor campaign performance and spend against agreed KPIs and budgets.
• Implement ongoing optimisation strategies to improve performance and efficiency.
• Produce clear, actionable insight and channel recommendations.
• Contribute to end-of-campaign reports and quarterly reviews.
• Present performance results and recommendations clearly and confidently to clients.

Skills

PPC

Paid social

Programmatic

Analytics

Client service

Budget management

Campaign planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or related field

Tools

Google Ads

Meta (Facebook)

LinkedIn

Job description

AC Media in Leeds is recruiting a Digital Performance Manager to develop, deliver and optimise digital campaigns across paid search, paid social and programmatic channels. You’ll work with client teams and channel specialists to ensure activity is insight-led and performance-driven.

You’ll balance hands-on delivery with strategic input, take ownership of campaign planning, budgets and reporting, and help evolve AC Media’s digital offering for clients.