Paid Search Lead, Soar With Us
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Digital marketing strategies for eCommerce
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Digital marketing strategies for eCommerce
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Audit Bonus Scheme
21-100 employees
Company mission
To become UK's market-leading DTC eCommerce growth agency for premium brands.
Role
Who you are
- Proven, hands-on experience running Google & YouTube Ads for e-commerce brands at a senior level, with a track record of adapting your approach through major platform shifts (Demand Gen, PMax and beyond) rather than relying on how things used to work
- Genuine management experience within the marketing industry — ideally leading a team of Paid Search Managers at an agency. If your background is in-house, you'll need experience managing a small marketing team within an 8-9 figure e-commerce brand
- A portfolio that includes some challenger/DTC-style brands rather than exclusively large, network-level accounts — we want to see judgement built on brands that had to fight for growth, not just budget to spend
- A broad understanding of Shopify and e-commerce — if you've never heard of Shopify, Klaviyo or Triple Whale, this role won't be for you
- Top-notch research skills — with the need to pivot from client to client, you're able to get up to speed on a new industry or market quickly
- Complete ownership of your successes and failures, with an entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to see the bigger picture
- A proactive approach, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to self-manage and prioritise efficiently
- Confidence building long-term relationships with your client base, and excellent leadership qualities
What the job involves
- The Paid Search Lead will play an important and exciting role overseeing our team of Paid Search Managers, ensuring they're growing acquisition on behalf of our clients across Google Ads. Reporting directly to our Head of Acquisition, you'll own the success of a diverse portfolio of e-commerce clients spanning a range of niches
- From onboarding to Soaring, you'll help brands achieve their goals and scale them to the moon — all while upholding our core values of extreme ownership, quality, happiness and profit. This is a career-defining opportunity, allowing the right candidate to take on start-up-style responsibilities and have a direct impact on catapulting Soar into the stratosphere
- Mentor, guide and manage the Paid Search team, ensuring consistent and outstanding service delivery
- Lead quarterly review sessions for the team, prioritising professional development and clear career progression
- Lead, develop and optimise our Paid Search service to keep it market-leading — staying ahead of major platform shifts (Demand Gen, PMax and beyond) and confidently guiding the team, and our clients, through change rather than reacting to it
- Own the commercial performance of the department: think in terms of P&L, client profitability and driving additional revenue into the business, not just campaign metrics
- Assist in the hiring process for any new team members joining the Paid Search team
- Strategise, support the planning and execution of high-spending Google & YouTube/Demand Gen campaigns, and provide guidance, training and support material for internal teams — including instances spending £5,000–£25,000+ per day on clients' behalf, working alongside your Paid Search Managers
- Build an end-to-end YouTube/Demand Gen Ads pipeline for internal training and client account execution, driving client growth and YouTube % of spend YOY, working cross-functionally with our ECD function
- Oversee and retain a diverse portfolio of clients across your department, acting as the senior stakeholder in the room — giving clients confidence and reassurance at a leadership level
- Communicate with your team regularly via Slack and Google Meet, and work closely with the Head of Acquisition to align on activity and progress of the Paid Search service
- Develop and maintain training, resource and support materials so Soar stays at the forefront of all things Google & YouTube
- Implement and enhance eCommerce best practices within your department — including paid ads, creative, CRO, landing pages, product strategy, Shopify and forecasting — with a particular focus on how landing pages and CRO pair with Demand Gen performance
- Keep up to date with the eCommerce best practices of tomorrow through ongoing training and research
- Utilise the latest AI developments relevant to Google Ads to improve outcomes and efficiencies, both for client results and internal team development
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The marketing landscape for D2C brands is fast-paced and competitive, especially for newcomers in the space. Soar With Us helps these brands thrive by offering omnichannel marketing solutions across customer acquisition and retention and brand recognition.
As an eCommerce marketing agency, Soar With Us has benefited from its partnerships with Meta and TikTok. The latter is becoming an especially powerful method for brand elevation and product advertising thanks to its wide reach and viewership. It also helps brands scale and discover new customers on TikTok and beyond through its ARC marketing system, and even covers Google and Meta advertising.
In 2024, Soar With Us acquired London-based competitor Hambi Media. After a year of partnering as D2C marketing agencies, Hambi will merge into Soar With Us’s group structure, expanding the former’s reach exponentially.
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Company benefits
- 25 paid days holiday: (public holidays included on top of this) plus the ability to build up your holiday allowance.
- Life insurance: Including access to a range of health and wellbeing services.
- Vitality private health insurance: Covers the cost of private treatment (and get 50% off selected gym memberships).
- Simply health cash plan: Cash towards some medical expenses like dental, eye care, and physiotherapy.
- Company pension: We'll help look after future you with monthly pension contributions.
- Hybrid working: You've got the option to be in office, work remote, or a mixture of the two.
- Work abroad scheme: Work abroad for up to 30 days at a time.
Company HQ
The Calls, Leeds, UK
Leadership
Olly Hudson
(Founder)Olly is also the Co-Founder of For You Advertising and Launch With Us. Previously, he was the CMO at JAQ Group Holdings and a Digital Marketing Intern at Prospect Path.
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