Head of Paid Media £70,000 - £78,000 + Bonus (Circa £12k) Hybrid London Award winning, independent media agency seeks best in class Head of Paid Media to join their rapidly growing team. This is a senior leadership role with four core pillars: People, Clients, Service Innovation, and Strategic Differentiation. As Head of Paid Media, you''ll lead and grow our client''s largest and most commercially critical department. You''ll manage a team of 8+ specialists, fostering a culture of curiosity, accountability, and continuous improvement. You''ll be a mentor, a coach, and a champion for delivering best-in-class paid media work. You''ll also take senior ownership of client strategy, partnering with a wide range of brands to drive measurable business outcomes through paid media. This includes shaping and guiding strategy across Google Ads, Meta, programmatic, and native platforms. You will play a central role in enhancing their service and delivery standards, continually evolving how they plan, buy, measure, and optimise media across the full funnel. You''ll lead the charge in developing innovative, insight-led, and performance-driven solutions. Crucially, this is a leadership team position. You won''t just run a department - you''ll have a seat at the table in shaping the structure, services, and future direction of the agency itself. From refining their go-to-market proposition to helping define and communicate their unique point of view on paid media, this is a rare ..... full job details .....