Paid Media Director: E-commerce

Paid Media Director: E-commerce Salary: £70,000 – £80,000 Type: Full Time Location: Remote Our client has been named one of the UK's top 100 companies to work for in 2025 by the Culture 100 Awards, recognising the nation's most loved workplaces. Who we they: They are a digital advertising agency for high consideration products. We help businesses with complex offerings increase their sales by combining the power of algorithms with human empathy, storytelling and style. Our primary way of doing this is through our Paid Media Management service, which is at the heart of our business. In addition to this, we also offer creative campaign development and social first content production. About the job: What you would do in this role: This is a senior strategic role that sits between our Senior Paid Media Managers and our Partner & Head of Paid Media. You'd be the person who takes full ownership of a client's paid media strategy from day one; building it from the ground up, anchored to their commercial reality. That means understanding their P&L, their CAC targets, their LTV models and their broader business goals before you ever open Ads Manager. Once the strategy is live, you own it. You're the one who spots when something isn't working, diagnoses why and course-corrects without waiting for someone senior to weigh in. You're also the person the client calls when there's an issue or a wider challenge. Not because you've been cc'd, but because you are their most senior point of contact. From Marfa Stance to Humanrace, the brands we work with have high standards and expect sharp, senior thinking from the people managing their spend. Beyond your own accounts, you'll play a real role in developing the team around you. Our Senior Managers and Executives are talented, but they need someone who can coach them, challenge them and raise the bar on how we all work. Who is this role for: Strategists who think in spreadsheets, not just dashboards. You should be as comfortable modelling a client's unit economics as you are building a campaign structure. We need someone who can connect paid media performance to actual business outcomes. You've managed Meta campaigns professionally for 7+ years and have solid experience across other channels, including intricate understanding of Paid Search. You know these platforms inside out, but you also understand their limitations and where they sit in a broader marketing mix. People who own the room. You'll be the most senior person your clients interact with regularly. That means running QBRs, navigating tough conversations and presenting strategy clearly and persuasively. Your communication, both written and verbal, needs to match the calibre of the brands you'll represent. You understand measurement beyond last-click. Incrementality testing, attribution modelling, the gap between what a platform reports and what actually happened. You don't need to be a data scientist, but you should be able to have a sophisticated conversation about what's really working and why. Leaders who make others better. You'll mentor Senior Managers and Executives, set standards for how we work, and help build a culture where people grow. This isn't a people-management-by-title role. It's a genuine responsibility. Experience from smaller agencies or lean in-house teams: you know what it's like to think on your feet with fewer resources, and you've developed the commercial judgement that comes with it. If you've only been in massive organisations, you probably don't have enough experience of the fast-moving clients and work cultures we work within. What you'll get: Working with fun & fascinating businesses – think music festivals in tropical locations, or Regenesis, Novak Djokovic's new entrepreneurial venture. The chance to travel while your investment banker friends are slurping noodles at 2am somewhere dreadful like Canary Wharf. The freedom of working remotely, but with trips every year to meet up with the team. A meritocracy free from red tape or stupid barriers to your personal development – take Stephen as an example, he made Partner 4 years after joining as an intern. Real strategic ownership. You won't be executing someone else's playbook. You'll be the one building it. Timings & remuneration: Start date: 2026. Full-time position, in it for the long run. We're flexible around employment forms depending on location – we can figure out what suits both sides best. Remuneration: £70,000 – £80,000 per year depending on experience. Benefits & Perks: Team trips to places like Barcelona, Nice and Mallorca (2-3 per year). Fully remote workforce with team members based in the UK, Sweden, Spain, Germany, France and Portugal. Casa Spekk in Barcelona (our own 'brand home'). Whenever you are in town you can take full advantage of this collaboration space. Please apply if... You're fluent in English. Native or bilingual. UK/EU based. You've spent meaningful time working with e-commerce brands, ideally in the premium or high-consideration space. You have a genuine understanding of how paid media fits into a client's overall marketing strategy, not just how to optimise within a single platform. You're the person clients trust to tell them what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear. You can take a complex performance story and present it in a way that's clear, compelling and beautiful. Storytelling with data is your thing. You can work during UK office hours (we're pretty flexible, but for meetings we'll need you to be around). Bonus points if... You have a strong feel for creative strategy in paid social. You understand what makes an ad work and can give meaningful input on briefs, hooks, formats and messaging. We think this skill will only become more important as platforms continue to automate the technical side. You're curious about AI tools and how they might change the way we work, report, or think about performance. You'd rather spend your money on seeing the world rather than buying more of what's in it. You speak more than one language. You have a morally and/or legally questionable story from your gap year to tell us. You'd go to Burning Man over Coachella.