Introducing Realtime!
At Realtime, we are rooted in an independent spirit and a relentless drive for results for our clients.
From day one we’ve propelled our clients over media hurdles, tackling complex challenges head-on and delivered measurable impact. Our experts are platform masters with a record of shaping mindsets, amplifying presence, and igniting actions. Today, we add tech-powered solutions that provide unmatched speed, scale and precision.
Our Vision is to work with the world’s leading brands and be a shining example of agency services combined with tech with an incredible roster of clients. We help clients achieve their goals. Our employees succeed and grow. We are Realtime.
Role Summary:
Here at the Realtime Agency, we are growing, and as we expand, we are looking for an exceptionally ambitious brand new Head of Search to join our team, based in London!
You will lead and shape our PPC function. In this key leadership role, you will take ownership of the overall direction and growth of our paid search offering, driving revenue growth and ensuring commercial success.
As the Head of Search, you will lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, ensuring excellence in campaign strategy, execution, and performance. With a focus on commercial outcomes, you will work closely with senior stakeholders to set business objectives, identify growth opportunities, and drive innovation across paid search channels.
You will be responsible for developing and implementing long-term strategies that align with the company’s business goals, optimising spend, and maximizing ROI. By leveraging your in-depth industry knowledge and leadership experience, you will ensure that we stay ahead of industry trends and continuously enhance the value we deliver to clients.
In this role, you will act as a strategic advisor, collaborating with cross-functional teams to influence wider business decisions, while ensuring that the Paid Search team delivers against key financial targets and growth ambitions.
Job requirements
You are the right candidate for the role if you have/are:
- Minimum 5 years Paid Search related experience at a senior managerial level
- Experience of / knowledge of additional media channels
- Experience in a full-service agency working closely with creative teams
- Certified by Google and Bing for Search, Shopping, Mobile and Display
- Very proficient in excel and campaign builds, including Google Ads Editor and Google Analytics
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A strong eye for detail and accuracy
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Passion for digital media and industry developments
- Ability to effectively communicate with clients, in particular, explaining technical concepts to those in non-technical roles
- Ability to manage and prioritise multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
- Ability to manage multi-site clients and formulate relevant strategies
- Strong understanding of media research tools: understanding their strengths/weaknesses and when and how to effectively use them
- Keen attention to detail and an analytical approach to achieving objectives
- Data-driven and proactive approach to problem solving and analysis
- Google Data Studio experience: Setting up and expanding reporting
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Mentor, guide and manage the PPC team ensuring consistent and outstanding service delivery, ensuring professional development and career progression is in place
- Lead, develop and optimise the global PPC service to ensure we are always at the forefront of PPC initiatives, regularly performing research and insight analysis (target audiences, geographic targeting, timing and scheduling strategy)
- Write and deliver PPC strategies, and oversee these strategies into a best practise media recommendation
- Work closely alongside our Programmatic & Social channels to ensure a synergised approach for each client
- Illustrate a deep understanding of our client’s products, competitors, industry, and marketing goals, and effectively translate this knowledge into targeted search strategies
- Strategise, build and execute PPC campaigns across all platforms (Google Ads etc.)
- Work closely with Client Service Teams and Head of Strategy to align on activity and progress of PPC services, overseeing and retaining a diverse portfolio of clients
- Implement and enhance PPC best practices across paid ads, creative, CRO, landing pages, product strategy, forecasting and all analytic tools
- Collaborate with other channels to play a key role in new business discussions for Paid Search, contributing expertise as needed to support overall strategy and client acquisition
- Keep up to date with current and future industry trends through training and research
Job benefits
Living our Values
Our values are at the core of everything we do. As part of our team, you are expected not only to deliver results but also to embody and promote our values in your daily work. These values guide how we collaborate, innovate, and succeed together.
Always Curious
We are driven by a relentless pursuit of knowledge and discovery. Risk-taking and innovation are at our core; we explore uncharted territories. Learning from our experiences, we continuously push boundaries and aim high.
Performance Driven
We deliver precise, effective strategies tailored for our clients. Our focus is on data, science, and exploration to ensure high performance. We take ownership of our work, always seeking improvement and excellence.
Relentlessly Ambitions
We set high standards and push beyond what’s expected. Clear, direct communication drives us to achieve outstanding results. Proactive and determined, we see tasks through to completion and beyond.
On the Front Foot
Our commitment to our goals is unwavering and proactive. We seize opportunities to optimize and enhance performance. Dependable and driven, we deliver on our promises and keep pushing forward.
Real and authentic
We build genuine, lasting relationships with clients and colleagues. Transparency and honesty are fundamental; we communicate openly. We collaborate with integrity and respect, fostering a trustworthy environment.
Kind at Heart
We stand by our values of kindness, respect, and integrity in all interactions. Deep care for our team and clients, always ready to support and help. Generous with our time and resources, we are reliable and always available.
More about Realtime and Pixis
Realtime Agency is a global, full-funnel advertising agency that specialises in a unique, performance-led approach to campaign strategy not seen elsewhere in the field. We help businesses transform their digital buying processes through innovative – and, often, first-to-market – methods that have put both our clients and us on the map.
Clients in verticals from consumer tech to financial services to lifestyle brands and everything in between, Realtime has turned dozens of major brands into believers of a different approach to their media strategy. It is this innovative mindset that led Digiday to name Realtime Agency a finalist for Agency of the Year in 2023.
As an independent challenger agency – going hand-to-hand with the largest agencies in the world – RTA brings that challenger mindset to a marketplace of same old, same old advertising companies. Our work with some of the biggest brands in the world doesn’t come from following suit; we blaze our own trail.
We are a people first agency, we are growing year on year; by integrating our strategic services with Pixis AI technology, we will create a synergy that will boost our performance, differentiate us against all agencies and improve the services we offer our clients.
Since its inception, Pixis has been on a mission to develop powerful AI infrastructure that equips marketers across countries with robust plug and play AI products, 200+ proprietary, self-evolving AI models without having to write a single line of code. The company has raised a total funding of $209M across Series A, B, C and C1, and is backed by recognized investors including SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Touring Capital, Grupo Carso, General Atlantic, Celesta Capital and Chiratae Ventures.
Their customer base includes global brands such as DHL Express, Joe & The Juice, Claroshop, Allbirds, L’Oreal, HDFC Bank, Skoda, Swiggy, Clar and SmartAsset, to name a few. Today Pixis’ talented and diverse team of 300+ spread across over 14 geographies is focused on building incredibly transformative AI products to help customers get the most out of their marketing and demand generation efforts.
What does RTA offer?
- Private medical insurance including dental and vision cashplans with Axa
- 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays!)
- 15 days "Work from Anywhere"
- A birthday lie in
- Flexible benefits plan - choose an added benefit to compliment your lifestyle (oyster travel card subsidies, nails, barber, ClassPass subscription)
- An excellent bonus scheme!
- Growth company; we are positioned well in the market as leaders in ‘the privacy age’
- We're a global company with international work and travel opportunities
- Digital learning opportunities – programmatic, Google, Influencer, SEO, Affiliate marketing to truly understand the full marketing mix, allowing you to go on and excel as a fully rounded digital leader
- Fast progression routes as the company continues to rapidly grow.
- An excellent bonus scheme!
- A fun, friendly working environment with lots of socials, lunches and snacks
