PPC Manager

Job DescriptionPacking Big Click Energy?Are you a Google Ads Ninja (just joking please don’t close the tab) craving a role where you can ditch the usual agency politics and focus on doing a good job? We’ve got some incredible new clients and we want some top talent to deliver outstanding results. Is it you? Paid Search ManagerLocation: Newcastle upon Tyne (NE1), Fully flexible working. Choose between office and remote 🏠Starting salary: £30K + pension & benefits. 4.5 day working week, BFBC extra Bank Holiday in July Full-time, permanentA quick bit about usWe’re Be Found be Chosen, a small but ambitious ecommerce agency based in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne. After another year of growth and with more on the way, we’re looking for an ambitious and motivated Paid Search Manager to join our talented team.At BFBC, we know first-hand that happy employees make for happy clients, so we make that our top priority. Each team member has far fewer clients than they had in their last job (jobs like the one you might be doing now), giving them time to do high-quality work and leaving room left in their calendar to develop themselves and keep their work-life balance where they want it. Between that and our No Dickhead Policy (no really) for clients and staff, we think it’s a good time. Not to say it can’t be even better; we’re always on the lookout for our next cool perk.This approach works for us because our staff are highly skilled and committed to doing great work without being micromanaged. This kind of autonomy isn’t for everyone but when it works, it really really works. If you’re in two minds, we’d love to chat with you and answer any questions you’ve got.About the roleStop us if this sounds familiar: you run Google Ads for way too many clients, doing enough to maintain performance but not much more, and all your best ideas never come to life because you either don’t have time or you’re actioning someone else’s “thinking out loud” suggestion after they overruled your explanation why it’s not likely to work. You know you’re capable of more than this, but right now there’s too much you’re not in control of for it feel remotely feasible. At BFBC we’ve all felt that pain and decided enough was enough.At BFBC we don’t mess around with generic traffic reports or vanity metrics. We just grow brands online. We’re not afraid to have the difficult conversations with clients and in return they trust us to do what’s best. That makes for a great working relationship which only gets better over time. The same applies internally; you won’t be micromanaged and we’re not afraid to change a process or try something new. It turns out lots of people like the sound of that- soon there’ll be a few too many for us to keep on top of if we’re not careful. So we’re looking for another PPC Manager to help us make magic happen for the new clients we’re taking on.Our ‘we hire for your talent, not your job history’ line isn’t a box ticking PR activity. We’ve built our agency around hiring people who love what they do. Our strategists are expected to improve the performance of a handful of clients’ accounts, not juggle dozens of low-value, low-budget retainers that don’t really know what they’re paying for. We don’t do “voluntary” overtime and late-night rushes to meet deadlines, because our 9-5 (9-2 on a Friday, 12 if Jason isn’t looking) is top-notch. We’d rather smash it for 35-ish hours, leaving time to have a life and upskill in our fields.Work-life balance goes for where you work as well as when you work- we’ve got a city centre office in Newcastle and it’s a nice place to be, but if you’d rather spend 3 days a week at home that’s fine by us. Craving coffee shop vibes? Most of the team are partial to a Flat Caps day (#NotSpon other coffee shops are available).As an agency, we aren’t stuck in our ways either. Every experienced hire we’ve made has joined the business and immediately changed at least one process within the agency, because it could be genuinely better than the way it was done before. That freedom doesn’t go away once you’ve settled in; we’ve never been tied to a method because our oldest staff learned to do it that way from a webinar they saw in 2012. See it, change it, be a better agency than the one we were last week.Sound good? Here’s what you’ll bring to the party:Some of your responsibilities will be:Managing the performance of your client’s Google Ads accounts, in-line with other digital channels they’re running and their overall goals as a businessAssisting in qualification/auditing/pitching of new business which comes into the agencyHandling day-to-day communications from clientsContributing to internal & external meetings about growing our client’s businesses – and growing the agency too!Setup/onboarding of new accounts including tracking/reporting/feed optimisation where necessary. Our ideal candidate will have:3+ years agency experience, including extensive ecomm experienceA proven track record in search advertising, client comms & relevant competence across Google Ads-related platforms – think Merchant Centre, Analytics, Data Studio, and all of their pals (Tag Manager non-essential but would make us love you)Experience working with Feed Optimisation software would be a huge benefitExperience reporting results back to clients each month- what we did, what happened, what we’re doing next.The ability to plan their time and prioritise their own work- we live in Hubspot and collaborate on most things, but your client work is yours to manage as you see fit.A proactive approach to campaign management to keep smashing ROAS/CPA targets. We’re all about revenue, and we want to keep growing the numbers even when they’re already great.Experience auditing prospective clients’ accounts to assess viability and how best to pitch the workA desire to keep improving their own abilities, getting more rounded (within reason) as well as better at your main craft. T-shaped marketers are our favourite.