Senior PPC Executive

The Dark Horse; Altrincham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic digital marketing agency in Altrincham is looking for a Senior PPC Executive. You will manage PPC campaigns, communicate with clients, and analyse performance. This hybrid role offers a salary of £30k–£36k, flexible work hours, and numerous perks including 27 days of annual leave and a Bupa mental wellbeing program. Join a supportive team and grow your career in a top-tier PPC environment.

Benefits

Hybrid working – two days a week in office

Flexitime

27 days of annual leave

Birthday off

Mental wellbeing Bupa programme

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a PPC role.
• Clear and confident communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage PPC campaigns on Google Ads and Microsoft Ads.
• Lead client communication via email and Teams calls.
• Create, analyse, and optimise campaigns.

Skills

PPC campaign management

Communication skills

Numerical and analytical skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Education

Degree in Marketing, Business, Mathematics, Economics or similar

Job description

Senior PPC Executive - Paid Search Analyst

Salary – £30,000 to £36,000 depending on experience

Location – Hybrid with two days per week in our Altrincham office

Dark Horse is a PPC, Paid Social, SEO and Digital PR agency that wants to make a difference to its clients and employees. We offer a great career path working with some of the top professionals in the industry. We are recruiting our next PPC specialist to join the growing PPC team.

We have one aim… Build and scale the best PPC team in the country. This is a chance to learn from the best. We are already a Google Premier Partner, which puts us in the top‑tier PPC teams in the country.

The role

Reporting directly to the Head of PPC, you will start by assisting the team on their clients, while we bring you up to speed on our processes and standards.

You will quickly grow to a level where you will be responsible for the success of, and communication with, a small portfolio of your own PPC accounts.

You will also be the second point of contact, playing a support and execution role, on some bigger clients who will be led by others in the team.

You will:

• Manage PPC campaigns on Google Ads and Microsoft Ads
• Lead the communication with your clients, including emails and scheduled Teams calls
• Create, analyse and optimise campaigns
• Deliver monthly client reports and presentations
• Always be focused on client performance and retention
• Continually test, learn and suggest new ideas to the team and your clients

What's on offer

• Hybrid working – two days a week in office
• Flexitime
• 27 days of annual leave
• Birthday off
• Mental wellbeing Bupa programme
• Altrincham – 100 yards from Stamford Park
• Dark Horse will carbon offset your role with The Dark Forest (10k Tree Target)
• Working in an amazing team – learning from some fantastic people

Skills and experience

• 2+ years of experience in a PPC role
• Clear and confident communication skills
• Able to work as part of a team to deliver best‑in‑class campaigns
• Have commercial awareness and understand the accountability of managing client budgets
• Strong numerical and analytical skills
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Attention to detail
• Educated to degree level in a relevant field such as Marketing, Business, Mathematics, Economics, or similar (not essential)
• Mad Excel skills (not essential)

We need someone who can live and breathe the values of our company and is, ultimately, driven to make an impact by putting clients first. This is about being a voice and a vital central cog in the business. Learning from incredible colleagues and being fast‑tracked to a huge skill set and an enhanced career.

This is a hybrid role. No remote applications.