Paid Media Executive - Size Group

JD Sports Fashion Plc; Luton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading omni-channel retailer is seeking a Paid Media Executive to enhance their in-house media team. This role offers the opportunity to work with top media platforms, ensuring best practices in campaign execution. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to foster relationships with key stakeholders. Enrich your career with competitive benefits and personal development opportunities.

Benefits

Staff discount on JD Group products

Personal development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously.
• Develop and nurture relationships with key media partners.
• Must be detail-oriented with high numeracy and literacy.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily performance and optimize campaign elements.
• Compile performance reports and insights.
• Ensure campaigns meet agreed KPIs with no errors in delivery.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Time management

Attention to detail

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Google Docs

Office365

Job description

JD Sports- Head Office, Warwick House, Bury, Bury, United Kingdom Req #588

20 May 2025

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

• Job Title – Paid Media Executive - Size Group
• Location – Bury Head Office, BL9 8RR
• Working rota – Monday - Friday
• Working hours – 40 hours

Role Overview:

You will be a part of our market-leading in-house Paid Media team and will work across all major and emerging paid media platforms, such as Google, Microsoft, YouTube, Facebook, etc.

As a Paid Media Executive, you will be responsible for helping ensure Paid Accounts meet the best-in-class standards we have created through day-to-day checks , reporting, and optimisation .

You will become well-versed in our unique and proprietary approach to Paid Media, and you will help deliver continual improvement to the accounts.

You will also play a part in the strategic vision of the accounts you work on, as well as the over department. You will show a keen desire to learn and develop your skills, working closely with the rest of your team.

You will work with our talented team as well as key stakeholders across the business, integrating with other parts of the Multi-Channel team such as Organic Search, Affiliates & Partnerships, Content, CR,O and Analytics teams.

Key Duties:

Demonstrate a sound understanding of all Paid Media elements, including campaign planning and best-in-class activation.

Complete performance reports to a high standard, offering context and insight.

Oversee the monitoring of daily delivery and performance and ensure regular optimization of all campaign elements (segments, creative, landing pages, etc.) based on agreed campaign KPIs.

Carry out daily budget checks to ensure spending & performance falls in line with the agreed strategy, reacting to current trends and implement changes where necessary.

Ensure all hygiene checks are carried out in accordance with team processes and that campaigns are delivered as planned with no errors in delivery.

Collate data, examine and generate reports to carry out performance analysis to proactively ensure the best possible results & identify opportunities.

Have an impeccable level of attention to detail – check data to ensure accuracy at every stage.

Have strong time management skills and the ability to plan workloads throughout the day and the forthcoming week(s)

Attend all relevant Paid Media training sessions and contribute actively .

Learn about all relevant tools & technology and become a competent user and become and stay accredited, passing all relevant exams.

Develop relationships with key partners to nurture performance growth (Google, Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, YouTube etc.)

Where possible, work closely with other digital and non-digital channels to identify channel integration opportunities.

Professional Skills:

Ability to identify issues and be pro-active in providing solutions.

A high degree of numeracy and literacy.

Ability to work under pressure.

Literate in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Office365, Google Docs.

Analytical & problem solver.

Effective time management skills with the ability to multi-task.

A high attention to detail.

We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.

• JD Sports- Head Office, Warwick House, Bury, Bury, United Kingdom