Junior Paid Media Manager

Realtime.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Realtime is seeking a Junior Paid Media Manager who is an emerging expert across paid media channels. You will work daily with large brands on performance and brand advertising campaigns that drive impact, revenue, and growth — helping to shape strategies and executions that make our clients succeed.

This is a hands-on role for someone who loves being in the platforms, testing new ideas, and bringing creative thinking to performance challenges.

Qualifications

• At least two years of advertising experience across paid media channels.
• Proven track record of success in paid media campaigns.
• Ability to manage multiple accounts and projects simultaneously.
• Experience with website and lead analytics (UTM tagging, Google Tag Manager, Salesforce, Google Analytics, Tableau).
• Outstanding data handling and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with large brands on performance and brand advertising campaigns driving impact and revenue.
• Manage advertising operations across social, search, and/or programmatic channels.
• Drive strategic approaches for paid media campaigns across key accounts and execute channel strategies.
• Translate performance insights into clear recommendations and future planning.
• Manage media budgets, pacing, forecasting, and performance delivery to align with client objectives.
• Maintain high standards across campaign setup, QA, trafficking, tracking, optimization, and reporting accuracy.
• Learn and implement advanced measurement tactics and tools to bridge investment and measurability.
• Bring innovative ideas to client campaigns and the agency overall.
• Build and execute tests and report findings with recommendations.
• Drive adoption of proprietary AI tools to improve campaign efficiency and scalability.

Skills

Paid media

Advertising campaigns

Data analysis

Communication

Tools

UTM tagging

Google Tag Manager

Google Analytics

Salesforce

Tableau

Job description

Realtime is searching for a Junior Paid Media Manager that is an emerging expert across paid media channels and disciplines. In this role, you will work on a daily basis with large brands on performance and brand advertising campaigns that drive impact, revenue, and growth — helping to shape the strategies and executions that make our clients succeed.

This is a hands-on role for someone who loves being in the platforms, testing new ideas, and bringing creative thinking to performance challenges. If you thrive in fast-paced, data-driven environments and are energized by scale and innovation, this role is for you.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work on a daily basis with large brands on performance and brand advertising campaigns that drive impact, revenue, and growth.
• Work with and have the opportunity to manage advertising operations teams across social, search, and/or programmatic channels.
• Drive the strategic approach for paid media channels across key accounts, working hands-on-keyboard within media platforms to build and execute channel strategies that deliver against clients’ business objectives.
• Support day-to-day client conversations, translating performance insights into clear recommendations, strategic actions, and future planning.
• Manage media budgets, pacing, forecasting, and performance delivery to ensure activity remains aligned with client objectives and commercial targets.
• Maintain high standards across campaign setup, QA, trafficking, tracking, optimization, and reporting accuracy.
• Learn and implement advanced measurement tactics and tools to bridge the gap between investment and measurability.
• Bring innovation and new ideas to the table for both your direct clients and accounts, as well as the agency more broadly.
• Build and execute tests — then report on those findings and make recommendations on how those tests should be interpreted, iterated, and improved.
• Drive the strategic adoption of Realtime’s proprietary AI tools, embedding them into key processes and workflows to improve campaign efficiency, optimization quality, and scalability.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• At least two years of advertising experience, with exposure to at least two of the following paid media channels: paid social, paid search/shopping, programmatic advertising, app-based advertising.
• Proven track record of success within paid media campaigns.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple accounts and projects simultaneously to meet objectives and key deadlines.
• Experience with website and lead analytics (UTM tagging, Google Tag Manager, Salesforce, Google Analytics, Tableau).
• Outstanding data handling and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with deck creation and presentation.
• Well-organized and flexible; able to move from project to project without delay.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• A passion for doing the “cool s*** that wows.”

WHY REALTIME

Realtime is a global challenger agency that uses tech, innovation, and agility to out-punch the incumbents and bring real, effective change to the brands with which we work. Our motto is simple; “build cool s*** that wows". To accomplish that, we lead the way with full-funnel strategic thinking, AI-backed advertising technology, and award-winning measurement strategies that take our brand partners to the next level.

Realtime is built for the AI era, and is backed by Pixis – the industry leader in AI advertising and creative tech that is trusted by thousands of brands and agencies globally. As part of the Pixis team, Realtime is the first-mover on the latest and greatest in AI adtech products and testing – and we take those advancements directly to our clients.

As part of the Realtime and Pixis team, candidates exploring opportunities with Realtime should expect to find a dynamic, uniquely positioned, and future-oriented organization that loves our people just as much as our clients.