Paid Media Consultant
- company
- Salt
- location
- London Area, United Kingdom
- posted
- 13 May
- **Salt are partnered with a well-known consumer-facing organisation and are looking for a Senior Paid Media Consultant to join on a contract basis.**
- **Location:**
- London
- **Day Rate:**
- £300–£350 per day
- **Duration:**
- 3 months
- **Start Date:**
- 1st June
- **About the Role:**
- This is a senior-level paid media consultancy role sitting within a high-performing marketing team, reporting into a senior acquisition and partner marketing lead. The role focuses on defining and delivering quarterly performance media strategies, working closely with media agencies, internal teams and third-party partners to drive strong customer and commercial outcomes.
- You’ll balance strategic ownership with hands-on delivery, ensuring paid media activity is executed to a high standard, optimised throughout, and clearly reported with actionable insight.
- **Key Responsibilities:**
- Define and own the strategy for quarterly paid performance media budgets, working closely with an external media agency to manage and implement activity
- Lead the media strategy with third-party partners and relevant agencies to deliver against partnership, customer and commercial objectives
- Collaborate with the Creative Studio to brief, develop and deliver creative assets aligned to media specifications, timelines and quality standards
- Partner with Insights, Data & Analytics and Marketing Operations teams to identify and activate high-value audiences across paid channels, supporting consideration, acquisition and engagement goals
- Deliver weekly campaign performance updates, alongside comprehensive post-campaign analysis, ensuring learnings are fed into future activity
- Own the day-to-day agency relationship, ensuring smooth campaign delivery, effective budget management and alignment with legal and procurement processes
- Work closely with the Martech and Performance leads to ensure marketing technology platforms are correctly implemented and optimised for paid media activation
- Manage the onboarding and offboarding of relevant platforms and tools as required
- **Requirements**
- Strong senior-level experience across paid and performance media within a fast-paced, data-led marketing environment
- Proven ability to define media strategy and manage agency relationships end-to-end
- Experience working cross-functionally with creative, data, analytics and martech teams
- Confident delivering performance reporting, insight and optimisation recommendations
- Hands-on knowledge of marketing technology platforms, with
- **Branch and Tableau experience essential**
- Comfortable operating as a consultant, owning delivery and influencing senior stakeholders
- **Apply now to find out more.**