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About the Role
We are hiring for a Paid Search Account Director to play a leadership role across our Digital team. This senior role requires an expert understanding of Paid Search platforms, with a primary focus on Google Ads, Microsoft Ads and Search Ads 360, as well as proven experience in overseeing cross-channel strategies including Performance Max, Demand Gen and YouTube.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic client partnerships, acting as the senior day-to-day contact and navigating roadmap discussions to drive long-term value.
- Direct Paid Search campaign planning, ensuring performance alignment to KPIs and shaping the media response to briefs.
- Shape a high-performing team, managing and coaching Account Managers and Executives to develop their strategic thinking and media craft.
- Drive commercial growth, identifying new agency opportunities and supporting Business Directors on forecasting and margin tracking.
- Champion data rigour, holding the team accountable for timely, accurate delivery and elevating reporting into strategic storytelling.
Requirements
- A proven ability to lead digital strategy across Search, ensuring alignment to client business goals.
- Deep experience in account architecture, testing frameworks, and measurement planning to enhance delivery rigour, including extensive use of Search Ads 360.
- Experience in direct line management, delivering regular structured feedback, and planning team resourcing.
- Ability to promote automation and efficiency, including the smart use of AI tools and advanced planning platforms.
- Ability to communicate with influence using calm, consistent messaging to build trust with senior stakeholders.
Skills
- Google Ads
- Microsoft Ads
- Search Ads 360
- Performance Max
- Demand Gen
- YouTube
- Analytics
- SEO
- Social
- Programmatic
- AI tools
- Advanced planning platforms
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- Director
Benefits
- Competitive salary package
- Pension
- Season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Weekly social events
- Summer parties
- End of year parties
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Christmas closure
- Birthday day off
- Holiday buy scheme
- Flexi-hours
- Work abroad scheme
- Cultural bank holiday swaps
- Friday Summer hours
- Private medical insurance
- Health cash plan
- Gym discounts
- Wellbeing apps
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Unlimited free professional counselling
- Enhanced parental leave
- Life assurance
- Paid charity days
- Sustainability initiatives
- Retail discounts
- Long-service trips
About the Company
- Medialab is the UK’s leading independent media agency, and one of the fastest growing in the industry.
- We’re a media agency that’s made differently: purpose-led, data-driven, founder-run and proudly independent.
- Our entrepreneurial spirit means success is recognised and rewarded.
- There are no limits to what you can achieve here, which our employees agree with, evidenced by being a Campaign Best Place to Work for six consecutive years and one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025.
- As well as this, we’re Campaign’s Independent Agency of the Year 2024 and Media Week’s Independent Agency of the Year 2025.
- We are IPA Effectiveness accredited, an IPA People-First agency, and All In Champions, with industry-leading work recognised by double-gold at the 2024 IPA Effectiveness Awards for our work with Laithwaites and a 2025 Effie for our work with Alzheimer’s Society.
- Our independence means we can focus 100% on doing the right thing to secure success for our clients and our brilliant people.
- We work with a wide variety of clients including Hovis, IG, Sharps Bedrooms, SunLife, Standard Life, Ancestry, Laithwaites Wine, Save the Children, Guide Dogs, Alzheimer’s Society, RNLI and Clearscore.