Online Advertising Manager / Digital Advertising Manager

Soula is now looking to recruit an online/digital advertising manager with experience within pay per click, social media and display advertising. You should have at least 5 years experience within the industry and have results to prove your previous successes.

Job role:

• Manage the planning and implementation of Pay per Click advertising campaigns across all major search engines for a variety of clients in very different niches.
• Manage the planning and implementation of our social media advertising across all major social networks including Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn, Xing, Bebo and others.
• Manage and implement display advertising on the large display advertising networks and on display advertising auction websites like AdBrite.
• Negotiate, plan and implement online display advertising and online text advertising with individual website owners.
• Key performance indicators and return on investment calculations will be put in place for every campaign and every client. You must be comfortable with working towards targets on a daily basis.

 

In short – you are responsible for delivering the results the client expects and then some more through online advertising.  You will work closely with the client, Account Executive and our creative team to ensure that your online advertising efforts have the best chance of success.

You are responsible for the decisions which are made on your campaigns and you are also accountable for the results that your campaigns provide. You work directly with the client and manage your budget to achieve a positive ROI for the client and profitability for Soula.

 

Skill set required:

The ideal candidate should have a good level of knowledge and been involved in every area of the online advertising. This includes:

• Pay Per Click Advertising on Yahoo, Google, MSN and other smaller search engines
• Social Media advertising including Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and other smaller sites
• Display advertising experience, with campaigns on the large display advertising networks
• Display advertising via display advertising auction sites like AdBrite
• Individual campaigns run with niche website owners
• Other online advertising techniques such

 

The candidate will be client facing and therefore should have experience in a client facing role which includes reporting their results to a client.

Although not essential, additional online advertising experience with classified advertising, Digg manipulation and similar are looked on favourably. If you have used paid techniques to get traffic to a clients website successfully, then these are the skills we are looking for.

 

Career Development:

The opportunity to manage different brands with higher budgets will be available to you after you have achieved continuous results in your current position. Management positions within Soula will naturally become available as we continue to grow. Soula is also part of a group of many online marketing companies, so cross group promotional opportunities can also be considered. 

 

Interview Process:

The interview process is designed to allow you to demonstrate your complete skill set and to ensure that we recruit only the best potential talent in the industry.

You will be invited to an initial interview with a member of the Executive Management Team for Soula. The aim of this interview is for you to see what we are about and for us to get to know you.

Your interview will include:

• Soula overview and company structure
• Job Specification overview
• CV based questioning
• In depth questioning on every area of online advertising
• Tour of the office and meet the team

We would advise that you allow at least 1 hour and 30 minutes for the initial interview, do your research on our company, research the latest trends in online marketing mix and turn up on time.

If you are successful you will be invited to second interview. In this second interview you will be asked to present your online advertising plan for a particular client. If you are lucky enough to make it to this interview stage you will be provided with further information at the time.

This completes the interview process. You will be informed of our decision promptly, usually within 48 hours.

 

Remuneration:

• Your basic salary will be between 20k-50k depending on your level of experience and skill set
• Achievable bonuses, depending on your allocated clients are between 6k-10k per an annum
• Quick results to reward system in place with bonuses being paid monthly
• 25 days holiday, employee of the month/year, pension scheme available

 

Soula – enviable results:

• Results driven online marketing agency born out of a successful ecommerce group
• Managing Director previously Creative Director on Nike, Reebok & Thomson Holidays
• To be an NMA top 100 agency within 3 years

 

Soula is part of a successful ecommerce group with 38 employees based in our UK Head Office and 9 based in our European offices. The group includes several online brands in many different niches including gaming, healthcare and music. The group also includes an affiliate network.

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