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Paid Media Manager


Job Location:

Manchester - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 9 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 6 September 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Ready to own the strategy Lead the charge in paid media.

Salary: 40000 per annum

Location: Manchester & Lichfield (Flexible Hybrid Working)

Benefits: Private Health Cover 24 Days Holiday Bank Holidays Employee of the Quarter Awards

This isnt just another paid media job.

This is your opportunity to define strategy drive real commercial impact and lead a talented team at one of the most forward-thinking marketing agencies around. If youre a paid media expert whos ready to step into a leadership role - or already there and looking for somewhere that truly values your expertise - we want to hear from you.

What youll actually be doing

Youll take the reins on paid media strategy across a portfolio of exciting clients making the big calls on where investment goes how channels work together and what opportunities we should be seizing next. This isnt a role where youre executing someone elses plan - youre the one building it.

Day to day youll be:

  • Owning paid media strategy end-to-end - from defining the approach and frameworks to ensuring everything ladders up to your clients commercial goals

  • Leading and mentoring a small team helping them grow their skills build confidence and operate across multiple paid media channels

  • Making smart budget decisions based on commercial priorities marginal returns and growth opportunities youll know where every pound is working hardest

  • Integrating paid media into wider cross-channel strategy using your insight to shape the bigger marketing picture

  • Introducing new opportunities and driving innovation across the discipline including harnessing AI tools and workflows to work smarter and deliver better results

  • Building strong senior client relationships identifying growth opportunities and playing a key role in new business pitches and proposals

  • Communicating strategy clearly and persuasively to senior clients and internal stakeholders youll be the person in the room who brings clarity and confidence

Youll thrive here if you
  • Have deep hands-on expertise across paid media channels (PPC paid social and beyond)

  • Are a natural leader who gets genuine satisfaction from developing people around you

  • Think commercially - you understand the link between media investment and business outcomes

  • Love solving complex problems and making confident decisions under pressure

  • Can hold a room with senior clients and inspire confidence at every level

  • Are excited by AI and how it can transform the way teams work and deliver

  • Want to be somewhere that recognises and rewards great work (hello Employee of the Quarter! )

What we offer you
  • 40000 per annum

  • 24 days holiday increasing to plus bank holidays - plus the ability to purchase 5 more days.

  • Private health cover

  • Flexible hybrid working

  • Offices in both Manchester & Lichfield

  • Employee of the Quarter Awards

  • The opportunity to lead and grow your own small team

Two great locations. Maximum flexibility.

With offices in Manchester and Lichfield and a genuinely flexible hybrid working model youll get the best of both worlds - brilliant collaboration with your team when it counts and the freedom to do your best work wherever that happens to be.

Sound like you

If youre ready to lead innovate and make a real impact on clients businesses - wed love to talk.

Apply now and tell us why youre the person to lead our Paid Media team.

Were committed to building an inclusive team and welcome applications from all backgrounds.


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ClickThrough is an AI-powered digital performance partner for ambitious brands. We combine senior specialists across SEO PPC UX/CRO analytics content and strategy with intelligent automation to deliver faster smarter more connected marketing. Instead of siloed agencies we offer one un ... View more

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