Senior PPC & Client Director

The Candidate Recruitment Agency
Newcastle upon Tyne · posted 6 October 2026
Applications
Closes 5 Nov
Salary
£50,000 – £70,000 a year
Job type
full time
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Category
Marketing & communications

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This advert’s stated pay is within the typical range for marketing & communications jobs across the UK: typically £32,000 – £79,500 a year, from 142 adverts that state a salary.

North East - Hybrid

Salary £50K to £70K

Overview

We are looking for an experienced PPC professional to join a growing performance marketing and technology business. This is a senior client-facing role with responsibility for managing a portfolio of paid search accounts, driving performance against targets and providing strategic and technical direction.

The ideal candidate will be highly analytical, commercially minded and comfortable working with large-scale accounts, data and emerging marketing technology. Flexible and remote working options are available.

Responsibilities

  • Own performance across a portfolio of client PPC accounts.
  • Develop and implement account strategy, including campaign structure, targeting, bidding and budget allocation.
  • Analyse performance data, identify issues and implement improvements.
  • Plan and prioritise optimisation and testing activity.
  • Manage day-to-day client relationships and present performance updates.
  • Identify and test new advertising technologies, tools and approaches.
  • Brief, review and support junior team members.
  • Contribute to internal processes, best practices and account management tools.
  • Help shape the use of automation and AI within paid search.

Requirements

Essential

  • 5+ years' experience working with Google Ads.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience owning client accounts and being accountable for performance.
  • Strong understanding of PPC, conversion tracking and measurement.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Experience managing or mentoring junior team members.
  • Good Excel and data-analysis skills.
  • Strong organisation, ownership and attention to detail.
  • Self-motivated and comfortable working independently.

Desirable

  • Experience with Microsoft Ads.
  • Python, Google Apps Script, VBA or other scripting experience.
  • Experience with analytics and tag-management platforms.
  • Experience with automation or marketing technology.
  • Additional language skills.

Benefits: Flexible working, workplace pension, holiday allowance and ongoing training and development.

Please note due to high volumes of applications unfortunately we are not always able to respond to all unsuccessful applicants. However we wish everyone who applies the very best with their job search.

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