Paid Media Specialist

1 month ago


London UK, UK, United Kingdom MKJ Ignite Full time

Paid Media Specialist (Media Buyer)

D2C subscription brand

Central London (3 days a week in the office)

Salary £60k - £70k (dependent upon experience)


MKJ Ignite are delighted to be working with one of the fastest growing D2C brands in the UK (Sunday Times top 100 list). The business has grown substantially over the last few years with further growth projected for this year and beyond – both from a revenue and team size perspective. The business is almost entirely self-funded so they’re in a very strong financial position.


They’re now looking to hire a Paid Media Specialist / Media Buyer to bring their paid advertising activities in-house. The Paid Media Specialist will be responsible for planning, executing and optimising the media buying strategies and campaigns across Meta, Tik Tok and YouTube. Current spend is north of £500k per month, primarily on Meta, so candidates need to have experience dealing with similar sized budgets.


What skills do you need to have to be considered?

⭐️A minimum of 4 years Media Buying / Paid Media experience.

⭐️Experience working for a D2C E-commerce business is critical.

⭐️Proven experience of managing spends of £500k + per month.

⭐️Experience of Meta, TikTok and YouTube is essential.

⭐️Excellent written and verbal communication skills is very important.

⭐️A fantastic ability to think outside the box and have crazy/wild ideas.

⭐️An amazing attitude, you need to be super driven, fun, sociable and ambitious


In return for everything you can bring, the business can offer you :

⭐️Competitive basic salary (£60k - £70k, depending upon experience)

⭐️Bonus scheme up to 10% of salary

⭐️Competitive Equity scheme

⭐️Hybrid working policy (3 days a week in Central London)

⭐️25 days Holiday plus bank holidays (plus your Birthday off)

⭐️Private Health insurance

⭐️Free mental health counselling


What happens next?

Now: Apply today with your CV which will be reviewed by our MKJ Ignite team.

First Stage: Teams call with the hiring manager

Second Stage: Face to face interview in the office


People are at the heart of everything we do. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process that means people can be their best authentic self. ❤️


We would love to reply to all applications, regrettably we are unable to do so due to the high volumes we receive, so if you do not hear back within 14 days unfortunately on this role it won’t be progressing. It is possible that the position could be in the process of closing, so chalk it up to bad timing. But, have no fear There will be more opportunities. Follow us so you don’t miss them.


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