Paid Media Lead

ION® Audio; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

inMusic is seeking a Paid Media Lead to shape and execute performance marketing across its ecosystem. Own paid media planning, campaign execution, measurement, optimization, and cross-functional coordination across channels like paid social, search, display, video, and retargeting.

The role focuses on acquisition, conversion, lifecycle, launches, and revenue, partnering with brand, product marketing, content, creative, e-commerce, analytics, CRM, and web teams.

Qualifications

• Experience building and optimizing paid media programs across channels such as Google Ads, Meta, YouTube, search, display, paid social, retargeting, or similar platforms.
• Strong analytical skills with measurement frameworks, attribution models, and A/B testing.
• Ability to translate performance insights into practical action plans to improve acquisition, conversion, retention, and ROI.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute paid media strategies that support acquisition, conversion, lifecycle, launch, and revenue goals across relevant inMusic brands and digital properties.
• Plan, launch, optimize, and measure paid social, search, display, video, and retargeting campaigns across web, shop, and product-led customer journeys.
• Own campaign performance reporting, test planning, forecasting, and optimization recommendations.
• Develop practical experimentation plans across audiences, creative, messaging, landing pages, funnel stages, attribution, and incrementality.
• Partner with brand, product marketing, content, creative, e-commerce, analytics, CRM, and web teams to improve campaign effectiveness and customer experience.
• Identify opportunities to scale repeatable paid media practices, tooling, reporting, and governance across the inMusic portfolio.
• Guide agencies, partners, or internal contributors where appropriate, ensuring campaign quality, clear priorities, and accountable execution.

Skills

Analytical skills

Campaign planning

Cross-functional collaboration

A/B testing

Measurement frameworks

Budget management

Tools

Google Ads

Meta

YouTube

Google Analytics

CRM tooling

Job description

We are looking for a Paid Media Lead to help shape and execute performance marketing strategy across the inMusic ecosystem. This role owns paid media planning, campaign execution, measurement, optimization, and cross-functional coordination across channels that may include paid social, search, display, video, retargeting, and full-funnel performance programs. The right candidate will combine analytical rigor, practical campaign expertise, and a creator-first understanding of how music technology audiences discover, evaluate, and purchase products.

• Define and execute paid media strategies that support acquisition, conversion, lifecycle, launch, and revenue goals across relevant inMusic brands and digital properties.
• Plan, launch, optimize, and measure paid social, search, display, video, and retargeting campaigns across web, shop, and product-led customer journeys.
• Own campaign performance reporting, test planning, forecasting, and optimization recommendations.
• Develop practical experimentation plans across audiences, creative, messaging, landing pages, funnel stages, attribution, and incrementality.
• Partner with brand, product marketing, content, creative, e-commerce, analytics, CRM, and web teams to improve campaign effectiveness and customer experience.
• Identify opportunities to scale repeatable paid media practices, tooling, reporting, and governance across the inMusic portfolio.
• Guide agencies, partners, or internal contributors where appropriate, ensuring campaign quality, clear priorities, and accountable execution.
• Experience building and optimizing paid media programs across channels such as Google Ads, Meta, YouTube, search, display, paid social, retargeting, or similar performance platforms.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort using measurement frameworks, reporting tools, attribution models, A/B testing, incrementality concepts, and campaign-level performance data.
• Ability to translate performance insight into practical action plans that improve acquisition efficiency, revenue, conversion, retention, and ROI.
• Experience working cross-functionally with marketing, web/e-commerce, analytics, creative, content, product, and external partners.
• Budget ownership or budget pacing experience, with sound judgment around investment trade-offs and performance forecasting.
• Clear communication skills, strong attention to campaign quality, and the ability to explain recommendations to both marketing specialists and senior stakeholders.
• Interest in music technology, creator tools, audio products, or the culture of music creation.
• Work on brands and products used by creators, producers, performers, DJs, and musicians around the world.
• Help shape how inMusic reaches, serves, and grows creator communities across a global portfolio of brands.
• Join a practical, creative environment that values clear thinking, measurable impact, and cross-functional partnership.

inMusic is the parent company for a family of premier brands that includes AIR Music Technology, Akai Professional, Alesis, Alto Professional, Denon DJ, Denon Pro, Marantz Professional, HeadRush, ION Audio, Marq Lighting, M-Audio, MixMeister, Moog, Numark, Rane, and Sonivox. Committed to pushing the boundaries of innovation in the DJ, music production, live sound, musical instrument, pro audio, lighting and consumer electronics industries, each of inMusic's brands creates cutting‑edge products that incorporate and build upon the latest in engineering, design, and technology.