Looking for the next step in your marketing career?

Let’s get straight to it….

The ideal candidate would have:

• 5+ years experience working in an agency environment
• A proven track record of helping to run successful B2B marketing strategies & campaigns across a wide range of sectors
• Experience working with SME clients and owner managers
• A natural commercial outlook and approach to marketing
• Knowledge of the entire marketing mix including; Inbound marketing and HubSpot (a big bonus!)
• Ability to deliver marketing strategies that focus on delivering tangible value/ROI
• Strong presentation and client management skills

Responsibilities would include:

• Reporting directly to the Marketing Director
• Implementation of marketing strategies and campaigns
• Understanding client’s goals and creating an integrated marketing strategy that focuses on meeting them
• Presenting research and marketing strategies to prospects and clients
• Campaign reporting and working with the senior to to analyse and optimise
• Overseeing Marketing Executives

Our team are the backbone of our success, which is why we invest in our people just as much as we invest in our clients, as when our team flourishes, our business grows. That’s why we’re looking for driven, ambitious and commercially focused people to join our growing team; people who are ready and willing to test themselves, develop skills and contribute to our ongoing success.

It’s important to us that we find the right people to join our business. Our team are a close-knit group of individuals with different backgrounds and skill sets, which helps us deliver what our clients need – lead generative, successful marketing and brand building.

Our team are encouraged to:

• Think – Step outside of your comfort zone, develop your skills and take on real responsibility for your work. We always trust our team to make the right decisions.
• Challenge – We operate in an open culture, with regular feedback sessions and transparent management. If you see something you want to change, take the initiative and let us know (it’s how we grow).
• Achieve – Achieve your goals, set new ones and achieve those, too. We reward our team based on retention & success. Above all else, maintaining extremely high standards is our goal (we want to be proud of our work).

It’s our mission to create a progressive, inclusive, gratifying and modern working environment. We’re growing, and with growth comes opportunity – opportunity that we feel is important to give to our team.

Think we sound right for you? We’d love to hear more. To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to: [email protected].

We're looking for an experienced PPC Manager to join our team in Birmingham.

Ready for your next move? If you know paid search inside out and want to work somewhere that gives you real ownership over strategy, this role is worth a proper look.

Catalyst is a growing digital marketing agency in Birmingham, working exclusively with SMEs who want measurable commercial results. We’re looking for a Paid Search Manager to lead our PPC and paid social output, working closely with our SEO Manager to keep search strategy joined up across paid and organic.

The ideal candidate will have

• 3+ years’ experience managing paid search and paid social campaigns, either in-house or agency side
• Google Ads Search & Display Certification (Microsoft Advertising certification is a bonus)
• Proven experience managing budgets and delivering against commercial targets
• Strong working knowledge of:
  • PPC (Search & Display) including Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising
  • Paid social (Meta & Instagram)
  • Remarketing across display, social and video
• Experience presenting strategy and results directly to clients
• Line management or mentoring experience, or a clear readiness to take this on

Responsibilities

• Lead paid media strategy for our client base, working closely with the SEO Manager to align paid and organic search
• Feed paid search performance into wider marketing strategy discussions

Campaign management

• PPC (Search & Display)
  • Keyword research and competitor analysis
  • Campaign set-up, optimisation and ongoing management
  • Budget pacing and forecasting
  • Analysis and reporting
• Paid social
  • Audience targeting and campaign build
  • Platform-specific strategy across Meta, LinkedIn and TikTok
  • Analysis and reporting
• Remarketing
  • Targeting strategy across display, social and video
  • Campaign set-up and management
  • Analysis and reporting

Conversion and reporting

• Own conversion and goal tracking set-up across client accounts
• Make recommendations on website and landing page improvements to lift PPC conversion rates
• Build and present client reporting that connects spend to commercial outcomes

Client management

• Attend client meetings, gathering the information needed to shape strategy
• Present completed work and campaign performance directly to clients
• Act as a trusted point of contact on paid media, comfortable fielding challenge and explaining decisions

What We Offer

• The opportunity to work alongside specialists across other areas of marketing

• A collaborative environment built on honesty, innovation, and commercial focus.

• Career progression within a growing agency with international offices.

• A vibrant Birmingham Jewellery Quarter office, with flexibility to work from home 1 day a week.

• Incentives linked to client retention and results.

• 33 days holiday plus an extra day for your birthday.

About Us

Our team are the backbone of our success, which is why we invest in our people just as much as we invest in our clients, as when our team flourishes, our business grows.

That’s why we’re looking for driven, ambitious and commercially-focused people to join our growing team; people who are ready and willing to test themselves, develop skills and contribute to our ongoing success.

It’s important to us that we find the right people to join our business. Our team are a close-knit group of individuals with different backgrounds and skill sets, which helps us deliver what our clients need – lead generative, successful marketing and brand building.

Our team are encouraged to:

• Think – Step outside of your comfort zone, develop your skills and take on real responsibility for your work. We always trust our team to make the right decisions.
• Challenge – We operate in an open culture, with regular feedback sessions and transparent management. If you see something you want to change, take the initiative and let us know (it’s how we grow).
• Achieve – Achieve your goals, set new ones and achieve those, too. We reward our team based on retention & success. Above all else, maintaining extremely high standards is our goal (we want to be proud of our work).