Senior Paid Media Manager

Senior Paid Media ManagerJoin a highly respected agency working with some of the biggest brands aroundSenior role combining hands-on Paid Media with strategy, planning and client and team leadershipWork across both Paid Search & Paid Social, leading one of the agency's largest and most high-profile accountsFlexible hybrid working environment with a genuinely collaborative, team-first cultureFor further information, please call Kate on 0480 559 771 or email Kate.donoghue@searchability.com.au with your full CV.WHO ARE WE?We're a well-established, highly regarded digital agency with a strong reputation for delivering exceptional marketing solutions for some of Australia's most recognisable brands.With a collaborative and supportive culture at its core, this is an agency where people are trusted to do their best work, encouraged to bring ideas to the table and given the flexibility to work in a way that suits them. You'll be joining a high-performing team that genuinely values teamwork over hierarchy. You'll have access to experienced consultants and specialists around you, while still having the autonomy and seniority to own strategy, make decisions and lead client relationships.With a portfolio of Tier 1 clients and some seriously impressive accounts, this is an opportunity to work on complex, high-investment campaigns.WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?As a Senior Paid Media Manager, you'll take a senior position within the Paid Media team, leading strategy and performance across one of the agency's largest and most important clients.You'll be responsible for the full Paid Media strategy and planning, while remaining genuinely hands-on in platform. This isn't a role where you'll simply oversee a team and delegate execution, you'll be expected to get into Google Ads and Meta, understand the detail, identify opportunities and drive optimisation yourself. You'll work closely with the client to understand their commercial objectives, translating these into sophisticated media strategies, channel plans and campaign roadmaps that deliver against ambitious performance goals. You'll also have consultants and wider specialists feeding into your work, giving you the opportunity to bring together insights across the team and turn them into a clear strategic direction.Day to day, you'll be involved in:Leading the Paid Media strategy and media planning for a major Tier 1 clientManaging significant budgets across platformsRemaining hands-on with campaign setup, optimisation, bidding, audiences, creative testing and performance analysisDeveloping channel strategies and media plans aligned to wider business and commercial objectivesOwning senior-level client relationships and confidently presenting strategic recommendationsWorking with consultants and specialists to bring together data, insights and channel expertiseIdentifying opportunities to improve performance, efficiency and scalabilityLeading testing and innovation across platforms, audiences, creative and measurementUsing data to challenge assumptions and influence both client and internal decision-makingSupporting the wider Paid Media team through knowledge sharing, collaboration and mentoringWE NEED YOU TO HAVE...Strong agency experience within Paid Media / Performance MarketingProven hands-on expertise across both Google Ads and MetaExperience managing large budgets and complex, high-value accountsStrong strategic capability across media planning, channel strategy and performance forecastingThe ability to move comfortably between high-level strategy and hands-on platform executionStrong commercial understanding and the ability to connect Paid Media activity to wider business objectivesExperience presenting to and influencing senior-level clientsExcellent analytical skills with the ability to turn performance data into clear, actionable recommendationsStrong communication skills and the confidence to lead client conversationsA collaborative mindset and the ability to bring together input from consultants and wider specialistsSomeone who enjoys being hands-on, gets into the detail and genuinely understands what makes campaigns performTO BE CONSIDERED...Please either apply by clicking online or emailing me directly at Kate.donoghue@searchability.com.au. For further information, feel free to call me on 0480 559 771. I can make myself available outside of normal working hours to suit you.By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.Also feel free to follow me on LinkedIn for market insights, hiring updates and new opportunities.