Performance Lead - Network Agency - 9 Month FTC

Sphere Digital Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading network agency in Central London is seeking a Digital Performance Lead to drive digital excellence across various channels. This role involves leading a team, ensuring flawless campaign execution, and acting as the client's primary contact. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of digital performance marketing experience and strong strategic skills. This is a unique opportunity to shape impactful digital strategies for high-profile accounts.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in digital performance marketing across multiple channels.
• Strong strategic and hands-on planning skills with a track record of delivering results.
• Experience in handling client relationships and managing multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead a digital team to deliver holistic, innovative media plans across all digital channels.
• Ensure flawless campaign setup, execution, optimisation, and reporting.
• Maintain accountability for daily performance monitoring and analysis.
• Act as a primary digital point of contact for the client.

Skills

Digital performance marketing

Strategic planning

Data analysis

Client presentation

Attribution understanding

Job description

Digital Performance Lead - Network Media Agency - 9 Months - Likely Start ASAP

A leading network agency in Central London is looking for a Digital Performance Lead to work on one of their highest spending accounts. This role is central to driving digital excellence across Search, Social, Programmatic, Video, and Display, with a strong focus on planning, execution, optimisation, and innovation.

You will take ownership of the day-to-day digital performance output, working closely with channel teams to ensure best in class delivery while inspiring new approaches to learning, measurement, and first-to-market opportunities. This is a great opportunity to shape a comprehensive, always-on digital performance strategy, directly drive results, and be an integral part of a high-profile account within the agency.

The Role:

• Lead a digital team to deliver holistic, innovative media plans across all digital channels.
• Ensure flawless campaign setup, execution, optimisation, and reporting across performance activity.
• Maintain accountability for daily performance monitoring, analysis, and insight generation, feeding into optimisation frameworks.
• Develop digital roadmaps and testing agendas, including innovative targeting and creative approaches.
• Act as a primary digital point of contact for the client, working alongside senior agency partners to deliver new to market opportunities.
• Collaborate with connections planning and CX teams to ensure digitally mature thinking is embedded into every stage of the planning process.
• Inspire teams to maximise use of tools, platforms, and data to deliver efficiencies, insight, and innovation.
• Remain commercially aware, with strong understanding of trading, accountability, and value delivery.

You:

• 8+ years' experience in digital performance marketing across multiple channels (Search, Social, Programmatic, Display).
• Strong strategic and hands-on planning skills with a track record of delivering results on complex, high spend accounts.
• Skilled at analysing data, extracting actionable insights, and consolidating specialist input into a coherent performance narrative.
• Confident in a client facing role, able to present persuasively and handle questioning.
• Strong understanding of attribution, measurement, and the digital ad tech landscape.
• Comfortable leading teams, holding stakeholders accountable, and managing multiple projects simultaneously.

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