Digital Director – leading agency

Manchester, Lancashire
PRMS recruitment services

The Company: A young and fast-growing digital marketing agency based in Manchester city centre, boasting an impressive roster of clients, B2B and B2C.

The Role: To take the lead on digital strategies for clients, reporting to the CEO, coordinating projects and managing a small team, thereby making a key contribution to the firm’s accelerating growth. Key responsibilities:

• Devise and deliver campaign strategies across the core digital tacticals (PPC, Adwords, YouTube, paid social, affiliate partners and other online channels)
• Allocate and supervise account activity among the department
• Ensure that the delivery standards and time commitments/deadlines are met by the team.
• Coordinate the analytics and other KPI reporting on all digital marketing activities
• Help assemble, train and mentor a small but growing team to take on the digital marketing activity for client accounts, whilst also developing the team’s client-facing skill-set.
• Take a lead role on client pitches, consultations, planning meetings and campaign de-briefs, including occasionally conducting presentations.
• Contribute to agency board meetings, strategic planning sessions and periodic reviews.
• Manage and direct a small team on digital project delivery
• Other marketing, client-outreach, managerial and representative functions, as required.

The Ideal Candidate will be a graduate in Marketing, Digital media or similar, or the holder of a Digital Diploma or perhaps a Google-accredited qualification, who also has at least 3 years’ robust post-grad’ commercial digital delivery experience, agency or client-side. To be considered you must have experience in leading a company’s digital strategy and possess a solid understanding of SEO, display advertising, SMM, content strategy, affiliate marketing and email campaigns). Applications from agency Account Managers looking for the next career step are especially welcome. You will have a dynamic but personable and collaborative style and be able to thrive under pressure. Strong communication skills, verbal and written, a high level of numeracy and a results-driven working style are all essential for this exciting opportunity with one of the region’s rising-star boutique agencies.

The role is based in Manchester city centre. The competitive remuneration package includes benefits and an attractive bonus scheme, including a performance-based shares/equity scheme.

To Apply respond below, no later than Monday 29-Nov. All interest is treated in strict confidence and no CV passed to our client without the candidate’s permission.