Performance Media Lead

Making Science; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Making Science seeks a Performance Media Lead to own paid search and paid social strategies across multi-market clients in the UK. You will lead onboarding, set performance baselines and drive multi-market initiatives with a strong emphasis on data-driven optimization.

You will design long-term roadmaps, coordinate with global delivery hubs, and ensure best-in-class QA and testing. A client-centric, collaborative mindset and 4+ years in performance marketing are essential.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Paid Search and/or paid social
• Hands-on with automation and data-driven optimisation
• Strong commercial understanding and client-facing maturity

Responsibilities

• Own strategic onboarding for multi-market clients and establish performance baselines
• Design and gain buy-in for long-term performance roadmaps beyond standard execution
• Deliver gold-standard results for UK clients through rigorous QA, audits and testing
• Bridge UK strategy with global delivery hubs to create a seamless client-facing operation

Skills

Paid Search

Paid Social

Automation in marketing

Commercial awareness

Strategic thinking

Tools

Google Ads

Facebook Ads

Instagram Ads

LinkedIn Ads

Job description

Career Opportunities: Performance Media Lead (1766)

Requisition ID1766-Posted09/02/2026-United Kingdom

Making Science is an international digital acceleration company with over 1,200 experts across 15 markets, including Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Colombia, France, Italy, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, Georgia, and the USA. As a proud consulting partner of Local Planet - the world's premier network of independent media agencies, we deliver a suite of digital, technology and performance marketing services to a global clientele. Our expertise spans digital marketing and MarTech, software and cloud solutions, artificial intelligence, and SaaS, all underscored by a relentless pursuit of innovation.
Making Science was ranked 15th in the FT1000: Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies 2023. Committed to making a positive impact, Making Science actively engages in various ESG initiatives. We've joined forces with the Climate Pledge, the United Nations Global Compact, and Pledge1%, dedicating resources and efforts to support non-profit organizations. Through these endeavors, we are committed to driving meaningful change for a brighter, more sustainable future.
As part of its commitment to innovation, Making Science offers its clients end-to-end capabilities required for consulting, development, integration and maintenance of advanced IT solutions. Our global network of delivery hubs not only fosters job growth but also serves as an incubator for cultivating top-tier tech talent, fueling projects that accelerate transformation and modernisation.
Our team is composed of digital native professionals, who have a wide knowledge in the different stages and disciplines of the digital transformation: Digital Strategy, Infrastructures, Software Development, Creativity and UX/UI Design, Digital Marketing, and Big Data.
Making Science is People Centric, and we actively bet on our employees! We believe that they are the key to any successful business, and therefore, our greatest asset. We strive to provide daily learning opportunities for those who work with us and their colleagues. It is also really important that they enjoy what they do, and have positive experiences. We want our employees to feel proud of their accomplishments, and that they belong to a company that is in constant growth, because each person's contribution is essential to achieve our success.

We believe in the power of diversity and the value of inclusion.At Making Science, our unique experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are what drive our innovation and success. We are dedicated to providing an equitable hiring process and an inclusive work environment where all individuals are respected and feel they belong. Join us and bring your whole self to work!

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What we'd like you to do

In your first six months, success will look like this:

Strategic Onboarding: You have taken full ownership of the technical strategy for our new multi-market client, establishing a performance baseline that exceeds their previous results.

The Transformational Roadmap: You have designed and gained client buy-in for a long-term roadmap. This moves their performance beyond standard execution and sets a clear path for sustained competitive advantage.

Gold standard delivery, insight and performance for all our UK clients. You will have spent time meeting our clients, understanding their businesses and co-creating improvements to how we service and deliver for them,

Operational Integration: You have bridged the gap between UK strategy and our global delivery hubs. Our specialist delivery and technology teams are now operating as a seamless extension of your UK based teaml vision.

Operational Rigour: You have established a high standard of quality assurance and daily monitoring. There is a clear cadence of audits and experimentation that provides tangible value and proactive recommendations to our clients.

Automated Intelligence: You have successfully embedded Ad-machina into your clients' ecosystems. You are using our automated intelligence to solve complex problems that standard platform tools cannot, providing a unique performance edge.

What we'd like you to bring

We have built our recruitment process around five key areas. In this role, you will be expected to lead across all of them and have minimum 4 years experiencie in:

Technical Expertise: You maintain a deep, hands-on understanding of Paid Search and/or paid social and the wider performance landscape. You stay ahead of the shift toward automated environments and lead the conversation on how we use these changes to our advantage.

Commercial Acumen: You understand the commercial drivers of our business and our clients.