Platform81
Paid Media Manager
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Company Description:
Platform81 is a digital agency specialising in high-performance websites, SEO, and paid media for businesses across the UK. Founded in 2008, the agency has offices in Stockport and Bromsgrove and works with ambitious brands seeking measurable growth, stronger visibility, and a performance-driven digital presence. The team combines design, development, SEO, and paid media expertise to deliver data-driven solutions tailored to each client’s goals, audience, and market. Platform81 has partnered with organisations such as Wolverhampton Wanderers, University of Birmingham, BAL Adhesives, the NHS, British Judo, and hundreds of SMEs, earning a 4.9/5 Google rating and multiple industry awards. The agency continually evolves its knowledge and services to keep clients ahead in a fast-changing digital landscape.
Paid media is one of the fastest growing parts of Platform81. We're looking for a Paid Media Manager to run accounts across Google Ads and Meta, working directly with clients rather than through layers of account management.
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This is a hands-on role. You'll own your accounts end to end: strategy, build, optimisation, and the client conversation.
What you'll do:
- Run Google Ads accounts independently across Search, Shopping, and Performance Max
- Own Meta strategy and delivery: prospecting, retargeting, creative testing, scaling
- Manage product feeds, including setup and optimisation through feed management tools
- Set and manage budgets against client targets and margins
- Present performance and recommendations directly to clients
- Contribute to audits, pitches, and new account builds
What we're looking for:
- 3 to 5 years agency-side running Google Ads and Meta independently
- Genuine dual-channel depth, not one strong channel and one you can cover
- Feed management and merchant centre knowledge/experience
- Commercial thinking: you understand budgets, targets, and margins, and can talk about them with clients
- Comfortable owning client relationships directly, including the difficult conversations
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Useful but not essential:
- Microsoft Ads, TikTok Ads
- GA4 beyond surface level, BigQuery, or the GA4 export
How we work:
- We reach for AI to kill repetitive work. We run on Claude and a custom MCP stack, and expect you to get comfortable with it quickly
- We're comfortable in data beyond the platform UI. If your analysis stops at the campaign screen, this won't be the right fit
- We say what the data says, to each other and to clients
The practical stuff:
- Based in Stockport, 2 days a week in the office
- Early finishes on Friday
- Quarterly company socials
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