Senior Performance Manager

Think Differently; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Think Differently in Ireland is seeking a Performance Lead to grow the advertising offering, split between winning revenue via agency and direct client relationships and ensuring live campaigns run smoothly. You’ll shape new performance products with commercial and product teams, report to Head of Performance, and keep campaigns on brief, on time, and delivering measurable outcomes.

This is a hands-on, fast-paced role requiring strong analytics, clear communication, and the ability to juggle

Qualifications

• Solid grounding in online publishing and digital advertising.
• Strong analytical ability with performance data.
• Confident building relationships with clients, agencies, and peers.
• Familiarity with Google Ad Manager and Google Analytics.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Ability to juggle priorities in a fast-moving, deadline-heavy environment.

Responsibilities

• Chasing down and fixing delivery, performance, or technical problems as they come up.
• Setting up and trafficking digital campaigns, keeping everything on spec and on time.
• Working alongside Ad Operations on assets and production needs.
• Watching over display, native, and video performance across the campaign lifecycle.
• Optimising live campaigns to get the best outcome for clients.

Skills

Digital advertising

Account management

Relationship management

Data analysis

Google Analytics

Communication

Prioritisation

Campaign optimization

Tools

Google Ad Manager

GA4 / Google Analytics

Job description

The opportunity

Our client, a major player in Irish digital publishing with a portfolio of well known consumer sites, is growing out their performance advertising offering and needs someone to help lead that charge. Half sales, half delivery, this role sits at the point where new business and campaign execution meet.

You’ll split your time between winning revenue through agency and direct sales relationships, and making sure the campaigns already live are running well and delivering for clients. There’s also real scope to shape what comes next: testing and building new performance products alongside the commercial and product teams. Reports to Head of Performance.

The commercial side

• A particular focus on motoring, alongside other strategic sectors
• Growing and maintaining relationships with key accounts, agencies, and industry contacts
• Hitting revenue targets through pipeline management and closing new business
• Feeding market and client insight back into the business
• Championing product adoption across existing accounts and the broader market
• Spotting expansion opportunities within current relationships and beyond

The delivery side

• Chasing down and fixing delivery, performance, or technical problems as they come up
• Setting up and trafficking digital campaigns, keeping everything on spec and on time
• Working alongside Ad Operations on assets and production needs
• Watching over display, native, and video performance across the campaign lifecycle
• Optimising live campaigns to get the best outcome for clients

Reporting and product

• Helping test, refine, and launch new performance products
• Pulling together regular reporting on campaign and partnership performance
• Managing third party reporting and pixel setup for first party insight
• Translating client feedback and campaign learnings into product ideas
• Forecasting inventory and supporting operational planning

What you’ll bring

• A troubleshooter’s instinct for resolving delivery and performance issues
• Solid grounding in online publishing and digital advertising
• Confidence building relationships with clients, agencies, and industry peers
• Strong analytical ability, comfortable pulling insight from performance data
• Familiarity with Google Ad Manager and Google Analytics
• Clear written and verbal communication
• The ability to juggle competing priorities in a fast moving, deadline heavy environment

Salary DOE

At ThinkDifferently.ie we are an equal opportunity agency. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic origin or disability status.