Paid Media Strategist

Sphere Digital Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment marketing agency in London is looking for a Digital Media Strategist. The role involves planning, activating, and optimizing multi-channel paid campaigns across Google, Meta, LinkedIn, and TikTok. The ideal candidate will possess hands-on experience with these platforms, strong Excel skills, and an analytical mindset. The position offers hybrid working conditions, emphasizing collaboration with creative and strategy teams, and includes benefits such as private medical and dental, and a dog-friendly office environment.

Benefits

Private medical and dental

Pension

Lifestyle discounts

Dog-friendly office

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing paid media campaigns across key digital channels.
• Understanding of tracking, measurement, and GA4.
• Ability to present strategies and results to clients.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage paid media campaigns across key digital channels.
• Build media plans, forecasts, and budgets.
• Present strategies and results to clients.

Skills

Hands-on experience across Google Ads

Hands-on experience across Meta

Hands-on experience across TikTok

Strong Excel skills

Analytical and detail-oriented

Strong communicator

Job description

Paid Media Strategist - London (Hybrid)

A leading recruitment marketing agency is hiring a Digital Media Strategist to plan, activate and optimise multi‑channel paid campaigns. This role is a great fit for someone who enjoys a mix of strategy and hands‑on activation across Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok and programmatic.

Location: London (Hybrid, 2 days per week in Old Street)
Salary: up to £55k.

The Role

• Plan and manage paid media campaigns across key digital channels
• Build media plans, forecasts and budgets
• Activate, optimise and QA campaigns directly in-platform
• Analyse performance data and provide actionable insights
• Present strategies and results to clients
• Test new platforms, formats and optimisation approaches
• Collaborate with creative, strategy and client services teams

About You

• Hands‑on experience across Google Ads, Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn
• Strong Excel skills and confidence building plans and forecasts
• Understanding of tracking, measurement and GA4
• Analytical, detail‑oriented and proactive
• Strong communicator, comfortable presenting to clients

Benefits

Hybrid working, private medical and dental, pension, lifestyle discounts, social culture, dog‑friendly office.

Sphere is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications regardless of ethnic origin, race, religious beliefs, age, disability, gender or sexual orientation, and any other protected status as required by applicable law.

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