Paid Search Team Lead


The Role


  • Reporting directly into the Head of Paid Search & managing a team of 3 – 5 analysts ranging in experience.
  • Responsible for the strategy and performance of a portfolio of clients, ensuring we meet or exceed their targets.
  • Ensuring we deliver a best in class paid search management service for our clients
  • Take ownership of strategic client partnerships and develop long lasting genuine relationships with your client contacts.
  • The management and training of your team is a crucial part of this role.
  • Work closely with the Partnerships/Marketing team on new business and marketing opportunities.

Accountabilities


  • Responsible for the strategy and planning of award winning and market leading performance marketing campaigns for delivery amongst you and your team.
  • Owning and nurturing senior-level relationships with your clients.
  • Responsible for your team’s smooth operation and organisation; including weekly one-to-ones with your team members (to check-in, discuss opportunities for development and gauge progress against PDPs) as well as team-wide weekly meetings to discuss your clients and supervise strategic forward-planning for each.
  • Training & developing paid search analysts within your team ensuring their continued growth and that they are meeting their quarterly personal objectives.
  • Auditing campaigns and workflow processes to ensure continual improvements to productivity and quality of work; best practice documentation, training and auditing is a crucial part of this role.
  • Supporting new business with pitch preparation and delivery.
  • Supporting marketing with content and thought leadership.
  • Maintenance of documentation / process decks / training decks.
  • Ensuring the company’s core values are being upheld throughout all levels of the business – setting an example for your team.

Skills, competencies & experience


  • 4+ years working across Paid Search
  • Experience with the full suite of Google Ads products (Search, Display, UAC, YouTube)
  • Experience working across a set of clients in different ecommerce verticals
  • A proven track record of delivering high performance with large, complex campaigns
  • Proven record of training and developing junior members of the team
  • A lean, data-driven mentality and strong bias for A/B testing and experimentation
  • A keen eye for detail
  • A willingness to learn, research and use initiative
  • Clear verbal and written communication skills, including high level of English grammar
  • High level proficiency with Microsoft Excel including Pivot, SUMIF and other formulae
  • Proven presentation and PowerPoint skills
  • Experience working across teams with teams who do not report to you
  • Enthusiasm and confidence with the ability to interact well with people on a personal and professional level and to thrive in a fast-paced, high pressure environment

Preferred experience:

  • Experience working within a similar role at an agency
  • Experience with SQL
  • Facebook, LinkedIn and other ad platforms experience
  • Experience using Google Ads Scripts & automation

The Package


Salary: £45,000-55,000 per annum
Holidays: 25 (plus Bank Holidays) + an extra day for each year of tenure
Location: Work From Anywhere with occasional attendance required at our HQ in Kennington
Pension: Matched up to 6%
Mental Health support: Free therapy and support via Spill
Financial support: Free financial advisory support via Bippit
Progression: fast
Additional benefits: see here

About Katté & Co


We are the leading Paid Search + Social agency for ecommerce brands. We combine technology and exceptional talent to consistently beat targets, delivering big agency experience with small agency care and attention.

With no account managers, our clients have direct access to our expert analysts. Clients include Simba, SPOKE, ME+EM, TALA, Swyft & The Economist so you’ll be working on some well known and exciting brands.

What's it like to work here?


A peak behind the scenes...

Industry Leading Training

We’ve designed and developed an industry leading training programme that will ensure your continual development as a Paid Social Analyst as well as training across a broad range of soft skills such as presentation training.

Fast-track Career Progression

As a small and fast growing agency we can offer much faster career progression than you would find at larger agencies. We hire and promote based on merit alone, not simply length of time in a job. We’ve seen graduates become a team leaders within just 3 years!

Flexible Work-Life Balance

We operate a Work From Anywhere policy which means our team is trusted to work from wherever they think they’ll do their best work.  That could be the office, at home, your local library or coffee shop or simply a combination of all of them. During your probationary period you should expect to be in the office 2-3 days per week.

Exciting Brands

We’ve worked hard to build an enviable reputation as an agency. Almost all of our clients come to us from a referral or recommendation. It means we get to work with some of the world’s most exciting brands including SPOKE, TALA, END., ME+EM, Fenton & The Economist to name just a few.

Perks Galore

From half-day Fridays during the summer to a generous Pension Scheme and Free Mental Health support we know that our team is our most important asset and we look after them very well. We’ll even give you an extra day of holiday for every year you’ve been with the agency plus free gym membership and a weekly personal training session. 💪

Fun, fun and more fun!

It sounds cheesy but we like to work hard and play even harder. We have a dedicated Social Committee who ensure the calendar is packed full of fun activities, nights out, sports and other pursuits, not to mention our legendary Summer and Christmas parties…IYKYK

What Our Team Say


Perks & Benefits


A few of the many perks

Extra day of holiday each year you serve

Mental Health Support (Spill)

Above average Pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Gym memberships at your gym of choice

Cycle to work scheme

Weekly Personal Training sessions

Half-day Fridays during the summer

Work From Anywhere

Unlimited Barista style coffee

Showers & bike storage at the office

Premium Perkbox Membership

Fruit

Healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks

Fully stocked Beer/Wine/Soft-drinks fridge

A packed social calendar of events

Epic Summer + Christmas Parties (IYKYK)

Lunch & Learn Sessions (we call them ‘Juicy Tips’!)

The Application Process

  1. Apply for the role via the links on this page.
  2. If your initial application is successful we'll invite you to a short 15 minute video call to see if you like us and we like you. This is all about chemistry.
  3. The second and final interview would be in person and last a maximum of 1.5 hours. We'll ask you to prepare and present a short presentation for this. This is all about showcasing your skills.

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