Senior Paid Media Manager

Company: James Adams
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Location: Essex
Job Description:

I’m working with a growing, full-service media agency with a strong reputation for delivering performance-driven campaigns across the full channel mix. They work with an exciting range of brands and are known for a collaborative, ambitious culture where people genuinely thrive.

Due to continued growth, they’re looking for a Senior Account Manager to join the team, someone who can hit the ground running, take real ownership of client relationships, and help drive outstanding campaign results.

The Role

  • You’ll be the go-to person for a set of clients, building strong relationships, keeping communication sharp, and ensuring delivery is consistently high.
  • Campaign performance sits with you, you’ll be close to the numbers, driving optimisations and turning insight into clear recommendations.
  • You’ll work closely with senior leadership to help shape media plans and contribute your thinking to strategy.
  • There’s a small team around you to lead and develop, so people management and mentoring will be part of your week.
  • You’ll keep things running smoothly behind the scenes, quality, process, and operational rigour matter here.
  • Commercially, you’ll have an eye on account growth and contribute to new business activity when the opportunity arises.

What They’re Looking For

  • Solid agency background with 4–5+ years in paid media or performance marketing.
  • Strong working knowledge across Paid Search, Paid Social, and Programmatic, you need to be comfortable across all three.
  • Offline channel experience (TV, Radio, OOH) would be a nice addition but won’t make or break an application.
  • A natural client person, confident, clear, and good at managing expectations.
  • Some experience of looking after junior team members, even informally.Someone who’s organised, proactive, and takes pride in the detail.

Why Join?

  • Broad channel exposure across a varied brand portfolio, no two days look the same.
  • Real scope to lead, develop people, and have your voice heard.
  • A seat at the table when it comes to strategy and planning.
  • A genuinely good culture, collaborative, supportive, and growing.

If this sounds like the kind of role you’ve been waiting for, I’d love to tell you more.

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Posted: May 31st, 2026