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About the Role
This role offers an opportunity to combine strategic thinking, client partnership, and people leadership to shape brilliant paid search work and deliver meaningful business impact. You will work alongside talented channel specialists, turning client goals into smart, innovative paid search strategies while helping your team do their best work.
Responsibilities
- Lead the strategic direction and development of paid search activity, connecting client business goals with wider Publicis Media strategy.
- Partner with senior clients as a trusted adviser, bringing clear recommendations, fresh thinking, and commercially focused solutions.
- Guide specialists delivering campaigns across Search, Shopping, Performance Max, App, and Demand Gen, championing high-quality planning and execution.
- Build strong operational standards across QA, campaign optimisation, reporting, and financial management, continuously improving team processes.
- Shape commercial strategy by accurately tracking revenue, identifying growth opportunities, and connecting clients with relevant Publicis Media products and services.
- Create a culture of experimentation and innovation, encouraging test-and-learn approaches, automation, measurement, and privacy-conscious data use.
- Support and develop your team, creating an inclusive environment for growth, contribution, and pride in work.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of paid search strategy and platforms such as Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and Apple Search Ads.
- Experience using campaign and bid-management technology, with knowledge of SA360 being particularly valuable.
- Ability to translate complex performance data into clear insights, recommendations, and compelling client conversations.
- Experience advising advertisers on paid search campaigns, including managing significant media investment and linking activity to broader business outcomes.
- People leadership experience with a thoughtful approach to coaching, development, inclusive working, and supporting diverse individual needs.
- Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail.
- Understanding of web analytics platforms such as Google Analytics or Adobe Analytics.
- Clear, confident communication and writing skills.
- Collaborative mindset with an interest in improving work, product, and client/colleague experience.
Skills
- Paid search strategy
- Google Ads
- Microsoft Ads
- Apple Search Ads
- Campaign management technology
- Bid-management technology
- SA360
- Performance data analysis
- Client communication
- Web analytics
- Google Analytics
- Adobe Analytics
- Analytical thinking
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Writing skills
- Collaboration
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Office-based (4 days per week)
Experience Level
- Account Director
Benefits
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical cover
- Reflection Days
- Shared Parental Leave
- Inclusive Benefits
- Employee Action Groups
About the Company
- Zenith is the ROI agency, helping brands make Bold Moves in communications to drive profitable, measurable growth.
- Bold Moves are big, brave shifts to strategy, data, audience, or activation, grounded in evidence and designed for stronger returns.
- Zenith operates as empathetic partners, understanding client businesses and tying success to theirs.
- Part of Publicis Media, Zenith has over 5,000 specialists across 90 markets.
- In the UK, Zenith works with leading organisations including The Very Group, Macmillan, and Morrisons.
- Zenith believes an inclusive culture strengthens its business, enabling greater idea exchange, innovation, and creativity.
Equal Opportunity
- Zenith UK is a proud equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all backgrounds.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.
- We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process.
- We will work with candidates to ensure the recruitment process meets their access needs (e.g., related to disability, neurodivergence, or health conditions).
- Sharing information about access needs will not impact an application.
- Our values include listening with empathy, uplifting each other, taking responsibility, and embracing change, building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.