# Digital Media Lead - Paid Search **Company**: NEXT **Location**: Leicester **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: £52,000 - £66,000 **Category**: Marketing **Industry**: Retail **Apply**: https://ekeq.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_3001/job/76154?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_177e6ba7-d1f ## Description We’re looking for a Digital Media Lead to join our International Third Parties Marketplace team, working on our marketplaces channel. Based from NEXT Head Office in Enderby, Leicestershire! As a Digital Media Lead in Paid Search, you will act as the driving force behind our third-party retail media strategy within the eCommerce department, reporting directly to the Digital Media Manager. In this pivotal role, you will develop and deliver high-impact campaigns across major marketplace platforms, including Amazon, Zalando, About You, and Otto, to generate incremental revenue and maximise profitability. Leveraging your extensive experience in managing large-scale, high-budget paid search accounts or retail media activations, you will deploy your deep technical knowledge and results-oriented mindset to work accurately at pace. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with our media agencies and marketplace partners while leading a dedicated team to deliver exceptional, fast-paced, and precise campaign performance. **Responsibilities:** - Plan, build, and execute highly profitable performance campaigns in collaboration with key internal stakeholders. - Implement effective strategies to maximise product visibility, improve search rankings, and drive high-intent traffic to product listings across multiple third-party platforms. - Oversee daily activity and collaborate with partner agencies and the in-house team to continuously optimise campaign performance. - Manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of 4 digital media professionals. - Cultivate and direct the relationships with our media agency and key marketplace partners. - Partner with the wider marketing and commercial trading teams to ensure retail media activity supports broader business goals. - Manage comprehensive performance reporting for all third-party channels. - Regularly present key findings, insights, and strategic recommendations to the wider business. - Working closely with marketplace partners to identify, test, and scale new opportunities. - Stay up-to-date with the rapidly evolving retail media landscape and industry best practices. **Requirements:** - Proven extensive experience in digital performance media, with a minimum of 3 years specifically in retail media or paid search. - Proven track record of planning, optimising, and managing large-scale performance digital media activations with significant budgets. - Strong experience successfully managing external partners and media agency relationships. - Strong numeracy and advanced Excel skills; highly logical with a natural aptitude for data and problem-solving. - A highly collaborative individual who works exceptionally well as part of a wider team. - Experience managing multi-language or multi-region campaigns is a distinct advantage but not essential. **Benefits:** - 25% off most NEXT, MADE, Lipsy, Gap, and Victoria's Secret products - Company performance-based bonus - Sharesave scheme - On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas - 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty - Early VIP access to sale stock - Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops - Restaurants with great food at amazing prices - Access to a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services - Free on-site parking - Financial Wellbeing - Save, track, and enhance your financial wellbeing - Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification - Direct to Work - Discount online and in-store, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store - Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other - Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions, and more ## Skills ### Required - digital performance media - retail media - paid search - Excel - data analysis - problem-solving ### Nice to have - multi-language campaigns - multi-region campaigns --- Source: [Apply at ekeq.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com](https://ekeq.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_3001/job/76154?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)