Director, Paid Media

🔒 Confidential Employer

Posted 7 May 2026

LOCATION

TYPE

Full-time

LEVEL

Director

SALARY

£100,000 / year

SKILLS

Paid Search Paid Social SEO Programmatic Advertising Media Strategy Client Relationship Management Team Leadership Data Analytics

FULL DESCRIPTION

Director, Paid Media

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is seeking a Director, Paid Media to lead multi-channel media strategy, client relationships, and team delivery. This is a permanent, hybrid role based in the UK with a salary range of £85,000 - £100,000 DOE.

About this job

The Director, Paid Media at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a multifaceted role encompassing media strategy, delivery excellence and senior client leadership. We expect candidates to have significant experience leading multi-functional teams. Paid Search and Paid Social experience is essential, with SEO, Video, Programmatic and Affiliate preferred. Experience across creative design, data science, analytics or product is beneficial.

Job requirements

Client Value & Delivery Stewardship: Translate broad marketing and business briefs into clear, outcome-led plans. Define objectives, KPIs and measurement approaches. Prioritise high-impact work and set a delivery rhythm that protects quality. Make sensible trade-offs on scope, timelines and resourcing, communicating transparently so clients and teams stay aligned. Where expansion opportunities exist, build the case based on client value and delivery feasibility.
Engaged Leadership: Lead from the front with visibility and proactivity. Set a clear vision that teams and clients buy into. Manage multiple projects assertively - clarity is kindness.
Exceptional Organisation: Link preparation to proactivity. Manage expectations and sequencing of work with structure and clarity. Communicate precisely what needs to be done, and why.
Interpersonal Skills: Build deep relationships with stakeholders across client organisations. Translate complex ideas into accessible narratives to drive buy-in and execution. Lead by example.
Mentoring & Enablement: Develop high-performing teams capable of delivering innovative solutions. Raise standards across teams and clients. Act with integrity, humility and impact focus in furthering [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s mission.

Job responsibilities

Driving operational effectiveness & efficiency: Ensuring client teams drive impact, designing sustainable ways of working, challenging best practices, collaborating with Tech and Product teams.
Ownership of media strategy and planning: Creating and delivering media strategy, setting operational frameworks, coordinating multi-channel responses, supporting new business.
Client relationship management: Owning senior client relationships, managing resourcing conversations, planning proactively, maintaining professionalism, understanding commercials, negotiating contracts, producing proposals, identifying opportunities.
Working across media functions: Collaborating with Heads of Department, other Directors, supporting Product and Technology teams, improving communication across media teams.
Representing [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]: Mentoring senior team members, building trust, presenting internally and at industry events, communicating clearly.