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Paid Search Manager

BrainlabsUnited KingdomHybrid, Onsite

Brainlabs is a digital media agency – we’re passionate about using data and tech to craft marketing strategies that drive real business results for clients. Our 1000+ Brainlabbers partner with some of the world’s largest advertisers to do just that. 
Our mission is simple, we want to become the world’s largest independent media agency, famous for delivering high performance and accelerating the careers of Brainlabbers whilst we’re at it.Brainlabs has always been a culture-first company. In fact, from the very beginnings of the agency a set of shared principles, philosophies and values was documented in The Brainlabs Handbook, helping us create our unique culture.As with everything here we always seek to adapt and improve so The Brainlabs Handbook has been fine-tuned to become The Brainlabs Culture Code.This Culture Code consists of 12 codes that talk to what it means to be a Brainlabber.

It’s a joint commitment to continuous development and creating a company that we can all be proud of, where Brainlabbers can turn up to do great work, make great friends and win together.You can read The Brainlabs Culture Code in full here.As a manager in Paid Search you’ll deliver best-in-class work for clients. You’ll apply your Paid Search knowledge and experience so that you have a positive impact on client deliverable and the wider team around you. You will help to define the campaign delivery plan, including objectives and ways in which work can be successful or optimised further.  You will also generate and promote innovative new concepts to clients applying our test and learn approach and  share successes across the practice by identifying and improving guidelines, playbooks and processes including opportunities to automate work.

What you do:


  • Using your practice knowledge you will be responsible for delivering highly successful, brilliant campaigns that outperform KPIs, to budget and on-time. 
  • You’ll start to define campaign delivery plans and measurement targets. 
  • You’ll effectively track and optimise campaigns. 
  • You’ll be a point of contact for our clients on day to day tasks and deliverables
  • You’ll develop and implement, as well as follow guidelines and processes contributing to ideas around automation or process improvement. 
  • You’ll actively contribute to developing best-practice  roadmap so that our Paid Search offering is continually developing. 
  • You’ll mentor others across the practice helping to grow capability and knowledge.

Who you are:


  • Strong Paid Search delivery track record with 2+ years of experience.
  • Passionate about your craft. 
  • Demonstrable success in optimising Paid Search campaigns and work through automation, processes and technology adoption/development. 
  • A good understanding about how other channels work and optimise together. 
  • A confident, dynamic, engaging and authentic communicator who cares about the quality of work and continuous learning. 
  • Passionate about growing the knowledge of those around you
  • Excellent  presentation skills and strong data analysis and reporting skills. 
  • Strong attention to detail, methodical and process orientated.

What's in it for you:


  • Working with an experienced team who can support and help you grow
  • An opportunity to work across different verticals with broad exposure to different businesses
  • Growth, and the ability to work with search experts across multiple clients 
  • 27 days annual leave plus extra days for charity, caregivers, sickness and life events
  • Gym/wellbeing membership subsidy
  • TechScheme
  • Adaptive/hybrid working
  • Flexible core hours
  • Free catering on site offering breakfast & lunch
  • Free hot beverages 
  • Horizons 30 - work from another country for up to 30 days!
  • Office dogs, Mario Kart, Funlabs socials
  • Green and Diversity & Inclusion committees
  • Enhanced maternity & paternity leave
  • Private medical insurance
  • On site library

How you suceed:


  • You will live our culture code every day! 
  • Effective campaign creation and delivery metrics. 
  • Internal targets/metrics on technology adoption and process optimisation met.
  • You will hit our quality assurance metrics on all campaigns you lead. 
  • Client satisfaction targets being met (internal & external)
  • Learning certifications created and met across the practice.
  • Active involvement in mentoring less experienced Paid Search colleagues

Brainlabs is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace: we are committed to equal opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the application process, please let us know!Please note that we will never ask you to transfer cash or make any other payment to us in order to apply for a role or to work for Brainlabs.

Any such asks are fraudulent and should be reported to the appropriate authorities in your area.

Life at Brainlabs

Brainlabs is a scientific PPC agency. We may be the best in the world. We run wildly successful programmatic display, paid social, and paid search campaigns, using a unique blend of mathematics, technology and analytics. Using this approach we've outperformed every other agency we've ever encountered.
Thrive Here & What We Value- Shared principles, philosophies, and values documented in The Brainlabs Handbook- Joint commitment to continuous development and creating a company we can all be proud of- Champion our culture code, learn and engage as team members- Equal opportunity workplace for all applicants and employees regardless of various factors- 12 Codes That Talk to What it Means to Be a Brainlabber- World class company culture that cultivates an environment where everyone is excited to come into work- People, clients, and profit are the building blocks of our ecosystem- Culture powers all three and we know when the ecosystem is balanced, we all win! Written in The Brainlabs Handbook- Opportunity for career growth and advancement in a high-growth PE-backed business
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