Paid Search Manager

Publicis Groupe ANZ; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical Cover

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Publicis Groupe ANZ is seeking a Paid Search Manager in Greater London to shape paid search performance for well-known brands. In this role, you will lead PPC campaigns and collaborate with senior stakeholders to ensure client success.

The ideal candidate is experienced with paid search platforms and possesses strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills. The position involves a hybrid working model and offers various employee benefits, including pension, life assurance, and private medical cover.

Responsibilities

• Developing and delivering paid search strategies.
• Leading management and optimization of PPC campaigns.
• Owning campaign performance using data insights.
• Supporting Director with high-quality work.
• Building relationships with client stakeholders.
• Ensuring excellence in account hygiene and reporting.
• Helping new tools scale from trial to delivery.

Skills

Experience with paid search platforms

Data analysis and insight translation

Organizational skills

Professional communication

Teamwork and leadership

Commercial awareness

Curiosity about industry trends

Tools

SA360

Google Ads

Bing Ads

Job description

Paid Search Manager

We are hiring a Paid Search Manager to play a meaningful role in shaping paid search performance for well‑known brands. This role blends strategic thinking, hands‑on delivery and people leadership, giving you real ownership over client outcomes and team success. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders while helping great work come together across a hybrid model. If you enjoy combining craft, collaboration and commercial impact, this is a role where your contribution will be felt.

What you’ll be doing

• Developing and delivering paid search strategies that align closely to client goals and growth ambitions.
• Leading the day‑to‑day management and optimisation of PPC campaigns across platforms including SA360, Google Ads and Bing Ads.
• Owning campaign performance, using data and insight to guide optimisation, testing and budget decisions.
• Supporting your Director to deliver consistently high‑quality work and strong client outcomes.
• Building trusted relationships with mid‑level client stakeholders through proactive, thoughtful engagement.
• Ensuring operational excellence through best‑practice account hygiene, quality assurance and reporting.
• Helping new tools, tests and initiatives scale successfully from trial into ongoing delivery.

Skills we’re looking for

• Solid experience working across paid search platforms with revenue‑driven objectives.
• Confidence analysing performance data and translating insight into clear actions and recommendations.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities accurately and calmly.
• Clear, professional communication skills for working with clients and internal teams.
• A collaborative approach to teamwork, leadership and partner relationships.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of how agency teams create value.
• Curiosity and commitment to staying up to date with industry trends and evolving search technology.

Additional information

Zenith International offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives, including:

Please check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week.

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