Paid Search Associate

**Overview of role**:
The Paid Search Associate Partner is responsible for Paid Search planning and activation for a client or group of clients, ensuring effectiveness and helping to develop our Paid Search product.

**Associate Partner**:
An Associate Partner is a specialist activation position within a team and will often be the main point of contact for the client. An Associate will be a self-sufficient, proactive person who will support the Partner on the strategy of the function, they will be responsible for product activation, effectiveness and analysis as well as quality assurance. An Associate Partner will be client facing and be responsible for the performance for a client, channel or function.

**Role responsibilities**
- Contribute to the development of your team, client relationships and partner relationships.
- Contribute to the development of our Paid Search capabilities to be market leading and integrated with the rest of the business.
- Be accountable for best in class delivery and quality of Paid Search activity for a set of clients.
- Take a hands-on approach to ensure best in class implementation.
- Ensure that client roadmaps are being followed and contribute to what is next in terms of testing & improvements planning.
- Ensure that Paid Search meets clients’ business objectives.
- Proactively identify and implement opportunities to make Paid Search more effective.
- Paid Search financial reporting and budget ownership for your clients.
- Support with pitching for new business opportunities and cross-selling into existing clients.

**To be successful in this role**:

- 2-5+ years of Paid Search experience.
- A positive, flexible, can-do attitude.
- Be able to coordinate and prioritise a number of tasks at the same time.
- Self-motivated and proactive.
- Confident, approachable, and able to build strong relationships.
- Confidence in writing and editing strong content, ability to be a storyteller.

**Skills & Experience**:
Must have:

- Significant hands-on experience in Paid Search, with an understanding of best practices, product updates, and industry trends.
- A proven track record of successfully activating Paid Search strategies for various clients or organisations.
- Up to date industry knowledge.
- Experience with Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising.
- Experience with Google Analytics.
- Experience working with Excel & Google Sheets.
- Experience with PowerPoint/Google Slides.
- Comfortable working with data.
- Experience presenting and speaking to clients.

Desirable:

- Experience with Amazon Ads.
- Experience with Search Ads 360 or another enterprise Paid Search management tool.

**Profile**

The future of marketing is digital, where the practitioner’s skill is the key to its effectiveness. Open Partners is an agency, like algorithms, that is constantly evolving. We are created without legacy to thrive both in today’s conditions and for the unexpected needs of tomorrow, working in chorus throughout the marketing funnel. We are free from silos and think holistically at pace and scale. We give our people freedom, fostering a culture that empowers the most talented people to do their best work.

We look for those who see the world a little differently, who will force us to think in new ways, who might even make us feel a little uncomfortable. We’re looking for people who inspire us, who question the norm and have the entrepreneurial spirit.

**Benefits and rewards**:
We’re delighted to offer a range of benefits to support our employees’ physical, emotional and financial wellbeing. We are continuously reviewing our benefits and improving to ensure we are a top competitive employer.
- Flexible and Remote Working
- Annual Remote Working Kit/Allowance
- 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
- Extra day off for your birthday.
- Subsidised gym membership up to £30 per month
- Private Health Care scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Company Sick Pay Scheme
- Paid time off work for voluntary work up to 40 hours per year.
- Generous Life Assurance (4x Salary)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Payment of professional subscriptions
- Employee and New Business introduction Bonus Scheme
- Up to 56 hours paid time off annually for training.
- Monthly paid team socials
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/ Adoption leave
- Childcare Support

**Values**:
**Entrepreneurial**

We are entrepreneurs, open to any and all opportunities. We are curious, commercial and courageous, moving quickly with purpose.

**Progressive**

We embrace progress, bringing what’s next to the forefront of communications strategy. Our minds are always open. We value the truth, seek the facts and use the combination of data and intuition to prove we’re on the right path.

**Creative**

We believe in the quality of our ideas, specialising in big ideas that started small. We are forensic in driving effective performance.

**Empowered**

Our people are our business. And if we think there’s a better way, anyone can spea