Zealous Agency
Head of Paid Media
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We're excited to be working with an award-winning digital experience agency that's entering an exciting phase of growth and is looking for a Head of Performance or Paid Media to take ownership of its performance offering.
This role sits at the intersection of strategy, delivery, and growth, ideal for someone who wants real influence, not just oversight.
The Head of Paid Media will be working across a portfolio of world-class brands, with the opportunity to shape how performance is defined, delivered, and scaled within an innovative, digital agency.
Alongside owning key client relationships, you’ll contribute to new business, pitching, and growth strategy, ensuring performance thinking is embedded in how the agency wins work. This is a hands-on role, not a purely strategic one.
Role Responsibilities
Performance Direction
- Shape and lead cross-channel performance strategy
- Maintain high standards of delivery across all accounts
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Campaign Oversight (Hands-on)
- Stay actively involved in campaign setup, optimisation, and troubleshooting
- Manage budget allocation and bidding approaches across platforms
- Intervene quickly where performance drops or opportunities are identified
Data, Tracking & Insight
- Oversee measurement frameworks
- Ensure reporting focuses on business impact, not just platform metrics
- Translate insight into clear actions for both clients and internal teams
Client Leadership
- Own senior stakeholder relationships from a performance perspective
- Provide constructive challenge and strategic direction
- Building the Function - introduce structure, processes, and best practices across performance
- Support the growth of the team through freelancers and future hires
- Integrate performance thinking across wider agency disciplines
Agency Growth - play an active role in pitches and commercial opportunities
- Develop performance-led narratives and forecasts
- Contribute to positioning the agency as a credible performance partner
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Innovation -keep pace with platform changes, AI, and automation
- Apply new tools and approaches where they add real value
What We Are Looking For
- A proven leader in digital performance within an agency environment
- Strong channel expertise across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, etc.
- Comfortable managing and optimising significant monthly budgets
- Commercially minded, able to connect performance activity to business growth
- Confident communicator, experienced in working with senior stakeholders
- Someone who enjoys building, improving, and scaling
This is an exciting opportunity to shape performance strategy, influence agency direction, and stay close to the work that drives real results within a business that values both creativity and commercial impact.
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