Account Director - Paid Search

Account Director, Paid Search Group: Mindshare Worldwide Reports to: Business Director

Mindshare is a media services company that accelerates Good Growth for its clients. Our company values of energy, empathy and impact bind together our diverse global family of 10,000 people from every culture and with every specialist skill you can imagine. People at Mindshare create ideas and solutions that help not only our clients, but also the industry and the world.

What We Can Offer You

At Mindshare Worldwide, we offer a competitive salary package, with 25 days holiday increasing with service to a maximum of 30 days, with the option to buy an extra 5 days per year. We also have an enhanced pension scheme, Bupa healthcare, a monthly wellbeing fund and early finishes on a Friday during summer. These are just some of the great benefits we offer.

The Role

A role exists in Mindshare's Channels and Solutions within a growing Paid Search specialist team. We are looking for an experienced Paid Search Account Director who will play an instrumental role in further development of our offering by taking ownership of the ongoing client engagement, managing a team of Paid Search AMs and AEs and support the Channel Management Partner to implement the strategic vision of the account and team. In this role, you will also work closely with other sister agencies in the network, creative agencies, data teams, PR etc.

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrable experience in managing large Paid Search accounts.
• Experience managing teams.
• Expert knowledge of Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, SA360.
• Demonstrable experience of managing multiple stakeholders/projects simultaneously.
• Understanding of how biddable channels fit into the wider digital marketing mix, and how it impacts / is impacted by other channels.
• Fully confident in use of Excel, including pivot tables, reporting and analysis uses.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and confidence presenting.
• Cool under pressure, a people person who can work with clients and internal teams to great effect.
• Proactive individual, able to bring new ideas to the table in areas such as activation, team processes, client processes, technology & automation.
• Developed understanding of tracking and attribution.

Responsibilities

• Take ultimate responsibility for the output of your team, both client facing and operational.
• Be the central client contact for your client portfolio, dealing at Director level and above with senior management within the client and agency organization.
• Apply best practice rigor to the execution of Paid Search campaigns.
• Maintain a forward thinking and innovative approach in the development of paid search activity.
• Attend all important internal and external client meetings; provide outstanding levels of client service in a proactive manner.
• Establish strong working and communication processes with all Outcomes and digital teams to provide guidance to facilitate exceptional integrated digital campaigns.