Paid Media Account Manager, Croud
Japanese Speaking
3+ days a week in office (The Bard, London)
Performance marketing agency
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Performance marketing agency
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
3+ days a week in office (The Bard, London)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To drive business performance and growth for ambitious brands through reinvention.
Role
Who you are
- Degree-level education or equivalent/relevant work experience
- Native Japanese speaker with familiarity and experience in Japanese digital marketing channels
- Demonstrable passion for and expertise in Paid Media platforms (PPC, Paid Social), with in-depth experience in Paid Search across major Search Engines (e.g., Google, Microsoft)
- Knowledge of and experience with local Search Engines (e.g., Baidu, Yahoo Japan, Naver) is highly desirable
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace tools, including advanced skills in Excel/Google Sheets, Word/Google Docs, and PowerPoint/Google Slides
- Strong mathematical aptitude and comfort with working on large data sets
- Proven ability to meet deadlines and handle multiple tasks effectively through strong time and project management skills
- Demonstrates critical and creative thinking, with exceptional attention to detail
- Confident in adopting a proactive approach to problem-solving and questioning established norms
- Strong communication, organisation, and presentation abilities
- Thrives in team environments, displaying collaborative spirit and adaptability
- Passion for innovation within Paid Media and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes
- An analytical mindset to interpret data trends and inform strategic decisions
What the job involves
- Actively participating in the ideation and execution of client strategies
- Collaborating closely with Senior Account Managers and cross-functional teams on single- or multi-channel campaigns
- Driving the creation and execution of account development plans to enhance client performance and sustain growth
- Managing client performance through ongoing optimization, innovation, daily checks, and adherence to best practices
- Ensuring exceptional management of client budgets, including pacing and avoiding over- or underspending
- Guiding and mentoring Paid Media Executives, focusing on both technical expertise and professional development
- Assisting with data collation and analysis to create insightful reports
- Preparing and delivering high-quality reporting summaries and executive overviews
- Identifying trends, anomalies, and performance issues within data, troubleshooting
- Delivering exceptional client communication and service standards within the assigned portfolio
- Serving as a point of excellence for collaboration within the wider business
- Driving innovation to improve client outcomes while ensuring all activities align with established best practices
- Standard hours are from 9.00am to 5.30pm, there’s flexibility if agreed in advance with your line managers (it may also be necessary on occasions to work outside of these hours)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Marketing teams are often under-resourced and over-stretched, and the 24/7 nature of the field only amplifies these difficulties. Yet, digital marketing continues to be a vital part of businesses marketing strategy as the opportunities for business success online continue to grow.
Croud has a unique approach to assisting digital marketers. It's propriety technology supports planning, automation and delivery of digital marketing campaigns. Croud's capability to deliver this at scale is supported by their "Croud Control" platform, a digital platform that links over 2,300 on-demand digital experts known as "Croudies" to clients.
Croud continues to expand its network of "Croudies" and the digital products available to clients. For example, its in-house "Croud Creative" team provides instant creative resources to media teams allowing them to create world-class campaigns. It also continues to make acquisitions to strengthen its position, and remains well regarded in the space.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
50% female employees
29% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2019
$36.9m
LATE VC
Total funding: $36.9m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- 25 days holiday a year
- Annual performance bonus
- Sale commission
- Recruitment referrals bonus
- Gym membership contributions
- Ride to Work scheme
- Rail card
- Season Ticket loan
- Free fruit, breakfast cereals and tea & coffee
- Free home office chair
- Life and income protection
- Medical cash plan
- Share option scheme
- Agile Working Policy
- Summer Fridays
Company values
- Passion: Really caring about what we do - and about doing a great job for our clients. But also about our objectives, our personal development, each other, and about Croud’s success as a business
- Imagination: We never rest on our laurels and are natural problem-solvers. We continually push the boundaries for our clients – whether that’s through technological advancement or innovative business solutions
- Integrity: We care about doing the right thing, and about acting as a partner – not a supplier – to our clients. We put accountability, transparency, and meaningful results at the centre of everything we do
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Ben Knight
(Founder)Ben worked within search for over ten years, and realised there was a gap in the market to deliver a more innovative way of working, so founded Croud, to cater to clients' 24/7/365 demands
Luke Smith
(CEO)Luke started his career at News International and The Economist, then turned his hand to agency relationship management at Google, where his belief that the agency model was broken grew.
People progressing
Joined as a Digital Director, promoted to Head of SEO after 1 year. Moved to become Director of Organic Performance after another 1 year and 10 months.
Having started at Croud as a Client Strategy Executive, Caroline is now Client Director
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