Senior PPC Account Executive

Fuel Your Passion for Performance Marketing

Paid media is one of the most dynamic channels in digital, and a great place to build real expertise quickly. At ROAST, we’re big on collaborative learning—sharing ideas, testing new approaches, and pushing performance forward.

As a PPC Account Executive, you’ll support Account Managers in running and improving paid media campaigns across a range of clients. You’ll take ownership of day-to-day account activity, from optimisation and analysis through to reporting and testing, helping to drive measurable results.

This is a hands-on role with plenty of scope to grow – ideal for someone who’s naturally analytical, proactive, and keen to keep learning.

Responsibilities

Working closely with the Paid Media Account Manager, responsibilities could include:

• Ad copy creation and optimisation
• Keyword research, creation and optimisation of campaigns
• Search Query Reports and Keyword expansion
• Bid optimisations
• Landing page reviews
• Reviewing and implementation of targeting options
• Managing daily budgets and ensure that monthly spend is on target
• Compiling daily, weekly, monthly and ad hoc reports and analysis as required
• Reporting back performance to clients via email and calls.

The Candidate

We don’t expect you to know everything on day one, but we really want to see:

• ~6m experience in Paid Search and/or Paid Social
• Strong analytical mindset and confidence working with data
• Solid MS skills, such as Excel and PowerPoint
• A proactive attitude and willingness to take ownership
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and learn quickly
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Desirable Skills:

• Experience across multiple platforms (e.g. Google Ads, Meta, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of tracking, tagging, or JavaScript
• Additional languages

Working at ROAST

Location: Soho, London W1

Holidays: 25 days, increasing with length of service, plus Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve off; optional company trips

Benefits:

• Hybrid working (upon probation completion)
• Additional 2 weeks ‘work from anywhere in the world’
• Access to Aviva Digicare+, providing healthchecks, Digital GP, MH consultations and more
• Life and Income Protection insurance
• Discounted wellbeing classes / membership and massages
• Active company social life organised by a staff committee
• Team sports such as softball, netball, bowling
• Opportunity for involvement in CSR and charity initiatives
• Cycle, electric car and tech purchase savings
• Training, including supplier sessions (e.g. Google), industry bodies, internal and external trainers
• Opportunities to learn about other digital marketing disciplines

Our hybrid-working model allows you some variety on your place of work, offering you the chance to work from home where possible. You will be expected to attend the office in line with our company policy. All staff liaise closely with their line manager to manage their time appropriately and according to their work and team requirements.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

At ROAST, we take pride in creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and their contributions are valued. When we recruit, hire, train, promote or engage in any other employment practice, we are committed to being an inclusive employer regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, socioeconomic status, medical condition or disability, or any other protected status.

If you have a disability we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you.

Please note that we will only accept applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the South Africa.

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