Senior Paid Social & Display Manager

Scrap Car Comparison; Chichester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/hybrid flexibility

Pension

Wellbeing programme

Discounts

Job summary

Scrap Car Comparison is seeking a hands-on Senior Paid Social & Display Manager to lead non-search paid channels in the UK and US. You will own Meta, TikTok, Reddit, and native ad campaigns, driving lead growth while managing substantial budgets.

Collaborate with sales and analytics teams to improve profitability and scaling across markets. The role offers remote or hybrid working with visits to offices, and a generous performance bonus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on paid social and display advertising experience.
• Proven success generating and scaling large volumes of consumer leads for high-volume B2C/C2B.
• Exceptional Meta Ads expertise and experience with other paid platforms.
• Experience managing large ad budgets and improving acquisition efficiency.
• Strong analytics, tracking, and commercial judgment.

Responsibilities

• Own and optimise paid acquisition across Meta, TikTok, Reddit, and native ads.
• Identify and test new platforms to generate substantial lead volumes.
• Manage large budgets and improve acquisition costs and revenue.
• Develop and execute creative, audience, bidding, and campaign strategies.
• Collaborate with sales, data and development teams to optimise bookings and profitability.
• Lead structured testing across campaigns, creative, audiences and landing pages.
• Monitor performance, diagnose issues and implement improvements quickly.
• Support expansion across the United States.

Skills

Paid social & display

Meta Ads

Budget management

Analytics & tracking

Lead generation

Tools

GA4

Google Tag Manager

Job description

Senior Paid Social & Display Manager

Salary: £60,000-£70,000 + generous performance bonus

Location: Remote or hybrid, Chichester, West Sussex

About Us

We are the clear market leader in our sector and one of the fastest-growing car buying companies in the world. In the UK, we generate over 100,000 customer enquiries each month and book tens of thousands of vehicles through our nationwide operations. We have also launched in the United States, with ambitious plans for nationwide expansion. Established for over 15 years, we are highly profitable, have grown without external funding and retain the pace and ambition of a much smaller business.

Our goal is to build a billion-dollar business over the next 5 years, with paid acquisition playing a major role in that growth.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an exceptional, hands-on Senior Paid Social & Display Manager to take ownership of our non-search paid acquisition channels, including Meta, TikTok, Reddit, native advertising and other emerging platforms. This is a commercially focused role for someone who has already delivered substantial lead volumes for large B2C or C2B businesses.

You will be responsible for improving existing campaigns, identifying new opportunities and scaling profitable customer acquisition across our UK and US operations. Working alongside our paid search specialists, you will report directly to the Head of Paid Media.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and optimise paid acquisition across Meta, TikTok, Reddit, native advertising platforms such as Taboola and Outbrain (Teads), and other relevant channels.
• Identify, test and scale new advertising platforms capable of generating significant lead volumes.
• Manage substantial budgets, improving acquisition costs, lead quality and commercial returns.
• Develop and execute effective creative, audience, bidding and campaign strategies.
• Work closely with sales, data and development teams to optimise campaigns based on actual bookings, revenue and profitability rather than simply cost per lead.
• Lead structured testing across campaigns, creative, audiences and landing pages.
• Monitor performance, diagnose issues and implement improvements quickly.
• Support our continued expansion across the United States.

What We’re Looking For – Essential

• 5+ years of substantial hands-on paid social and display advertising experience.
• Proven success generating and scaling large volumes of consumer leads for established, high-volume B2C or C2B businesses.
• Exceptional Meta Ads expertise, alongside strong experience with other paid social, native or display advertising platforms.
• Experience personally managing significant advertising budgets and delivering measurable improvements in acquisition efficiency.
• Strong analytical skills, conversion tracking knowledge and commercial judgement.
• A proactive, ambitious approach, with the ability to independently identify opportunities and deliver results.

Desirable

• Experience in automotive, insurance, financial services, comparison websites or other high-volume lead-generation sectors.
• Experience managing paid campaigns in both the UK and US.
• Proven success launching and scaling entirely new acquisition channels.
• Experience with GA4, Google Tag Manager, offline conversions and attribution.

What We Offer

• £60,000-£70,000 base salary plus generous performance-related bonus.
• Significant autonomy and ownership of your channels and budgets.
• Direct access to senior leadership and a highly capable in-house marketing, data and development team.
• Remote or hybrid working, with periodic visits to our West Sussex offices.
• Company pension, wellbeing support, staff discounts and professional development opportunities.
• The opportunity to play a significant role in the expansion of a highly profitable international business.

Benefits

• Contributory pension package.
• Wellbeing and employee support programme.
• Discounted gym memberships and GP service.
• Retail and leisure discounts.
• Regular social events.
• Free Food Fridays and fresh fruit for onsite employees
• Free on-site parking.
• Discounted garage services.
• Counselling and financial assistance helplines