Digital Advertising Specialist (Senior)

Hey There,

If you live and breath Digital Advertising and get your kicks from seeing campaigns perform plus like working with other good humans and being paid/treated amazingly well, then it's worth reading the rest of this long winded job ad. Sorry in advance for how long it is and thanks for taking the time.

April Ford is digital performance agency specialising in lead generation and ecommerce growth, and we're looking to add another Senior Digital Advertising Specialist to our team. This is an executional role meaning you're on the tools optimising ad accounts, trading programmatic, analysing performance and strategy development. 

PS - A Senior is normally someone with 5yrs+ of in platform experience, however if you have less but are a weapon at ads, we still want to speak to you, so apply, we're open minded.

The Role

Manage a portfolio of clients' advertising accounts, not the client as the Performance Managers do this, including Google, Meta, Programmatic, TikTok, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Bing ad accounts.

Specifically analysing performance, identifying opportunities for growth, budget management/scaling, strategy decisions and recommendations, technical optimisation and working with the mids and juniors below you. 

The role is execution as mentioned above so 75% of your time will be getting your hands dirty in ad accounts, analysing and optimising. It's not a Account Executive or Client Management role so technical ability is the most important thing.

Client budgets range from a few hundred grand well into the millions per annum but no matter how big the budget, we treat every cent with the same level of respect. 

It's a Monday to Friday gig with flexible start and finish times. If you wanna sleep in, start at 10am, if you wanna knock it out early, start at 7am. We're easy as long as you get your work done. 

If you've run ad accounts at a high level before then you'll have a pretty good idea of what this role involves.

The Pay

Range: $85,000 - $120,000 (salary) plus super, agreed based your skill level.

Bonuses: After six months you'll be entitle to:

• Monthly Team Bonus which is tiered based on company revenue so as we grow, so do you and,
• Commission on advertising spend managed, the more you manage, the more you get paid.

These bonuses have been designed so we hit them consistently and are a serious amount so you can afford that Europe trip, investment property, holiday home or new car.

The Agency

We're growth focussed agency, managing a national portfolio of clients with particular specialisations in; medical and allied health, financial services, professional services, ecommerce, education, government, SAAS and FMCG. 

Offices are in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast however our clients are typically Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane based. 

Culturally we are a high performing team but not high maintenance. We work hard (but but OTT) so we can earn great money and have heaps of fun doing it. You'll never meet a more welcoming and supportive team to work with. We say daily, we've never worked with a better bunch of people and we mean it. 

This agency started in 2017 and has steadily grown YOY since. We believe in building an enduring, long-term profitable company. So much so that we don't have any reliance on any one client and 95% of our monthly revenue is recurring. We're well capitalised, debt-free, 100% privately owned and operated. 

We don't really have a work from home culture as everyone here loves coming to the office and hanging out. We actually genuinely like each other so it's fun coming to work and jamming on accounts. Occasionally people will work from home, but to be honest, its rare. 

The Requirements

The ideal candidate needs to have:

• 5+ years experience in Digital Advertising management (Google and Meta or Programmatic)
• Certificates in Google Ads and Meta Advertising
• Ability to develop effective strategies, budgets and media plans
• High level understanding of GA4 and Tag Manager 
• Experience in Programmatic (preferred but optional)
• Have a growth mindset and be able to identify problems and opportunities
• Be adaptable to a variety of clients and industries
• Take feedback openly, constructively and not personally
• Strong attention to detail and executional ability
• Experience in presenting to clients
• A moral compass 

If this is you or you've got another reason why you would suit the roll please apply via Seek with your CV or email applications to brendan@aprilford.com. If you require a confidential conversation, please call Brendan on 0402 649 744.