Stagwell Global, LLC

Paid Search Manager

Job Locations UK-London
Requisition ID
2025-5607
# of Openings
1

About Us

At Assembly, our mission is to find the change that fuels growth. We apply this principle to the work we do with our clients and to how we engage with our people. We’re a modern global agency bringing together media, data, technology and talent to make brands perform.

 

Our business is purpose driven. In March 2022, we were named Ad Age’s first ever Purpose-Led Agency of the Year, recognised for our mission to leave the world better than we found it. This year we became B Corp certified, the result of a two-year journey. We’re proud to have created a culture where diversity of thought, experience, and background are valued, within an environment that fosters continuous learning, adaptability, and a shared passion for meaningful impact.

When you join Assembly, you become part of an award-winning global community of digitally led experts, home to 1,500 talented people across 25 offices globally. Together we create unique data, technology and media solutions that enable faster and smarter problem solving within an inspired, collaborative workplace.

 

Assembly is poised for its next chapter of growth. We’re a meritocratic, high-performance business with a progressive outlook and a growth mindset in all that we do. To realise our potential we need some new skills and thinking.

 

The core DNA of Assembly lies in digital performance marketing. New and existing clients are asking us to extend this expertise across all media, connecting traditional channels with digital methods of execution, measurement and automation. We were born the right way to do this – we’re building out from a leading digital and technology capability and adding the rest, rather than trying to reverse engineer a legacy business into a more modern version of itself. At Assembly we ask our people to embody three core values:

 

Show Up: actively contribute to a space of personal and collective growth

Make Change: embrace obstacles as opportunities, taking intentional steps to drive positive change

Win Well: approach success with integrity, responsibility, and a commitment to collaboration, understanding that the journey is as important as the destination.

 

We look forward to meeting you and to discussing how we can grow together.

Overview

As a Paid Search Account Manager, you will be working with your team to manage the performance of paid search campaigns for clients. You will be a specialist in executing AI-powered search practices and implementing this on your assembly of clients. With your robust platform knowledge, you’ll navigate client and partner relationships, ensuring that your team delivers impeccable operations, innovation, media plans, performance optimisation and insightful reporting & analysis.  

 

You’ll be the guiding force for a team of Senior and Account Executives, overseeing their work and nurturing their careers in paid search. You are a vital point of contact for your team and clients.  

 

You will work with your team to manage the account and deliver performance against client business objectives, in line with the strategy that you will help build with your line manager.  

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities 

  • You are a motivational manager leading by example. You will support your team in executing & optimizing paid search campaigns to the highest standards as per the Assembly formula for paid search success.  

  • You will quality control the work produced by your direct team and provide constructive feedback as appropriate for their development.  

  • You will fully utilize the available technology to deliver performance for clients. 

  • Ensure you are adhering to agreed service level agreements and you are managing your teams’ tasks through our workflow systems to deliver on time.  

  • Carry out daily diagnostics to ensure zero errors, manage risks and maintain consistent process adherence. You will fix things before they become a problem.  

  • Find the insight that can help us fuel growth for clients. This will require data analysis and actionable insight identification and implementation.  

  • Active member of the wider search community through internal team meetings, training & events. 

  • Turning briefs into paid search excellence. You will collate responses effectively for client sign-off.  

  • Responsible for managing client’s budget on platforms such as Google Ads and Microsoft Ads.  

  • Helping to foster partnership with clients and media owners. 

  • You will own presentations and meetings with clients, delegating elements to your team.  

  • Collaborate with other teams in your assembly and department to deliver projects. 

  • You will develop client and product knowledge by proactively contributing to the search strategy using data and actionable insight.  

  • Training of team members. 

 

Success will be measured by no account errors, constant account monitoring, improved performance and business growth for our clients, timely project completion, effective communication and great client feedback. The development of your team is a key indicator of how well you can line manage. Growth in their development through achieving their objectives is key to success. 

Required Skills

  • You never over-promise and under-deliver. Your work is to the highest standard, and always on time.  

  • You are a self-starter with a passion for data analysis and digital marketing.  

  • Excellent paid search knowledge, with up-to-date certifications. 

  • Operationally proficient with project management skills. You demonstrate a clear ability to manage multiple tasks and differing priorities, not only for yourself but for others.  

  • Solid understanding of Microsoft Office such as Excel and PowerPoint.  

  • Exceptional attention to detail. 

  • An understanding of how to drive insights from data. You can focus on causation, not just correlation in data sets. 

  • Evidence of being able to manage large multi-market clients and budget for Search.  

  • Effective communicator. You will show an ability to be able to talk to clients about performance of accounts and optimisations.  

  • Experience in line management and setting development plans for your direct reports.  

  • Excellent knowledge of bid management platforms and other Paid Search technologies (Google Analytics, Google Marketing Platform, Search Ads 360, Adobe etc.).  

  • You don’t shy away from taking ownership for you and your team’s output. You identify solutions to problems and are proactive to preventing issues. 

Equal Opportunities

Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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