Paid Media Specialist

DEPT

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021. JOB PURPOSE This position sits in our Creative & Media team based in London. We combine data, technology, creative content, and paid media to crack brands’ business problems & drive revenue through innovative digital marketing solutions. We plan, create and execute a variety of world class campaigns, from culture lead, social first content to award-winning integrated creative campaigns that have been built from data lead strategies and insights. Our clients include Just Eat Takeaway, Victoria's Secret, TikTok, The White Company, Meta, Pepsico, EasyJet and many more.  Here at DEPT®, we are proud of the award winning, creative campaigns and content that we produce for a range of exciting and well known brands and we believe that our Media Team is pivotal in the success of those campaigns. Our Media Team is made up of both paid and organic media specialists and we are looking for a new Junior SEO/GEO Specialist to join the team to service an exciting new client. Joining this team means that you will become part of our growing UK & Ireland team, and our wider EMEA SEO team which spans a number of offices across Europe. Our EMEA SEO team, which consists of 40+ specialists, empowers clients to develop and grow their online businesses through organic search in all its shapes and forms. You will go beyond simply executing SEO tasks; together with more experienced consultants, you will function as a strategic advisor to our clients by understanding their needs and proposing hands-on solutions. This role requires a strong foundation and interest in SEO (and GEO), along with solid execution skills and a results-oriented approach. The ideal candidate effectively applies existing knowledge to support the team in solving practical, less-defined tasks and must be capable of providing clear input to both colleagues and clients. A strong focus on continuous learning and expanding expertise is essential. The candidate is expected to deliver operational work of excellent quality. Furthermore, the ability to communicate clearly and proactively is a core requirement. As an SEO/GEO Specialist, you are a true expert when it comes to improving the organic visibility of brands online, and have an interest in optimising content for AI models (LLMs). You will work with the SEO/GEO Lead on projects from start to finish. Based on data and with the help of multiple tools, you will help create, analyse and implement long-term SEO strategies to ensure our clients are being serviced as effectively as possible. WHAT YOU'LL DO * Contribute to SEO/GEO projects from planning through delivery, collaborating with clients and internal teams * Assist in developing long-term SEO (and GEO) strategies to support client growth * Conduct technical, content, and authority analyses with guidance from senior team members * Help set up implementation plans and workflows for clients and internal projects * Respond to internal and external briefs with clear, actionable input * Support reporting on SEO (and GEO) activity (weekly, monthly, quarterly) * Deliver work to a high standard and meet agreed deadlines * Share ideas and contribute to the team’s creative process * Present work and updates internally and, when needed, externally WHAT YOU BRING * At least 2 years of hands-on experience with SEO, ideally from an agency or through personal web projects * Experience using SEO tools such as Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, Moz, or Semrush * Strong understanding of SEO basics, with interest in broader digital marketing (including paid media) * Experience using AI search tools such as Profound, Peec.aI, Scrunch or similar to measure AI visibility * Basic understanding of social media platforms, social search (TikTok and Instagram SEO) or experience optimising social content for organic discovery. * Comfortable working in an international environment and are motivated to build expertise in SEO, GEO and beyond * Comfortable working with Excel/Google Sheets, Word/Google Docs, PowerPoint/ Google Slides, and Google Looker Studio or equivalent * Analytical, detail-oriented, and eager to learn, while also being proactive and communicative * Strong organisational skills and ability to manage time effectively * Confident in preparing and delivering presentations * Flexible and able to adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment WE OFFER * A flexible, hybrid working policy * The choice of medical healthcare providers (Bupa or Medicash)  * 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off each year * Company pension scheme  * EAP scheme * Ride to work scheme  * Enhanced family friendly policies * Buddy Program: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®. * A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards. * Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together! * The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications. * Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities. WHY DEPT®? We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA. We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter. At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build. DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION  At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine. We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us. Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.

DEPT

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021. JOB PURPOSE This position sits in our Marketing & Technology service based in London. We combine data, technology, creative content, and paid media to crack brands’ business problems & drive revenue through a variety of digital marketing solutions like ad campaigns, augmented reality, and chatbots. Our clients include ASOS, Just Eat Takeaway, Twitch, TikTok, and The White Company.  We are excited to be looking for a new Associate Strategy Director to join the team! This Associate Strategy Director will join a London based service whose specialism is producing award winning, digital and social, creative campaigns and content for a variety of well known and culturally current clients.  The role of the Associate Strategy Director will be to balance creating & guiding longer-term up-stream strategy, with sharpening the quality and strategic nature of our creative executions for a high volume of work; they will be responsible for being the buffer between a client brief and a creative idea. This person will be responsible for championing excellent strategic thinking that sets our brilliant creative teams up for success on all briefs. The Associate Strategy Director will collaborate closely and effectively with wider strategy teams, account managers, creatives, media specialists and a Strategy Director to create brilliant work that works.  The UK Strategy offering is small, but growing fast, and collaborates with wider EMEA Strategy teams. This person will ensure that we continue those relationships with wider EMEA and global strategy teams to identify talent, resources and shared processes and tools.   WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU For the work:  * Deeply understand human beings.  Real ones. The ones we’re making the work for. You’re good at finding what they need. At identifying real problems to solve for them. You find humanity in data. And ultimately, you define a genuine role that brands can play in their lives.  * Get into the world and into culture. We don’t expect you to be a world-famous TikTokker, DJ or photographer (although we would welcome it). We do expect that you develop strategy informed by culture, so that we inform culture in turn.  * Innovation: instill market-leading innovations in digital and social strategy that our clients couldn’t get anywhere else For our clients: * Understand our client’s business. Not better than our clients do. That’s crazy and an insult to our clients. But understand it: how they make money and their business strategy, that, we must do. * Building & maintaining trusted client relationships: being on speed dial for our clients to align on challenges, opportunities or ambitions. In this, utilising the most advanced thinking and approaches to deliver incremental improvements on ROI for any type of business.  * Be a partner + confidante: Usher them when they want it, guide them if they need it. We work in partnership with our clients, it helps the work and it helps the team, so we need the relationships in place to do so.  For the team: * Work autonomously, together. We want you to feel autonomous – that your work is yours. At the same time, we expect you to enrich your work with other people’s perspectives.  * Be comfortable in a debate. We’re not order takers. We disagree a lot. With everyone. Not because it’s fun, but because it’s necessary for better work.  * Lead. Not in a performative way, more, set the tone. Motivate with your actions. Push the boundaries. That kinda way.  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Support client + creative teams across the business to develop strategies and ideas that answer our clients briefs and exceed their expectations * Bring the audience into the agency, let their voice be heard to guide thinking. * Understand culture and harness it to shape the work  * Lead hands on with one key account to drive the most pioneering work. * Guide creative thinking across a range of campaign types including but not limited to TTL, Digital and Social * Write and communicate compelling creative briefs to help our creative teams deliver ideas that overcome business challenges * Work in partnership with the Strategy Director and creative teams, removing the barriers to creativity, help guide them towards powerful, effective work. * Prove the effectiveness of campaigns  * Be able to engage top-tier clients when presenting, with their strategies rooted in robust insights  * Work with senior clients and consult on key strategic projects * Participate in new business pitches * Serve as a thought leader across the business  SKILLS AND PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE  * A high level of relevant experience within a strategy-focused role in an agency setting * Advanced level understanding & experience within digital marketing, including new and growing social platforms  * Advanced understanding of the creative process * Advanced experience collaborating with creatives and helping guide their creative output * Advanced understanding & experience within social media marketing * Advanced understanding of how to garner insights for action * Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex subjects simply * Ability to work with senior clients on key strategy projects and comfortable presenting to C-level audiences * Very efficient, producing significant output with minimal wasted effort * Very organised, with a high attention to detail WE OFFER:   * A flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location). * An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies * Pension, free private healthcare, mental health support, and company sick pay scheme. * 26 days paid holiday (plus UK Bank Holidays). * Refreshments are provided in the office all week, as well as drinks at 4 pm on a Thursday. * Help getting you to work with a season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme. * Enhanced family friendly policies to support new parents. * The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications. * Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities. WHY DEPT®? We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA. We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter. At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build. DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION  At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine. We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us. Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.

DEPT

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021. JOB PURPOSE This position sits in our Marketing & Technology service based in London. We combine data, technology, creative content, and paid media to crack brands’ business problems & drive revenue through a variety of digital marketing solutions like ad campaigns, augmented reality, and chatbots. Our clients include PepsiCo, Just Eat Takeaway, Twitch, TikTok, and L’Oréal. The role of the Creative Strategist will be to sharpen the quality and strategic nature of our creative responses; they will be responsible for being the buffer between a client brief and a creative idea. This person will be responsible for championing excellent strategic thinking that sets our brilliant creative teams up for success on big briefs. The Strategist will collaborate closely and effectively with wider strategy teams, account managers, creatives, media specialists and our Director of Strategy to create brilliant work that works. WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU For the work:  * Deeply understand human beings.  Real ones. The ones we’re making the work for. You’re good at finding what they need. At identifying real problems to solve for them. You find humanity in data. And ultimately, you define a genuine role that brands can play in their lives.  * Get into the world and into culture. We don’t expect you to be a world-famous Tik Toker, DJ or photographer (although we would welcome it). We do expect that you develop strategy informed by culture, so that we inform culture in turn.  For our clients: * Understand our client’s business. Not better than our clients do. That’s crazy and an insult to our clients. But understand it: how they make money and their business strategy, that, we must do. * Be a partner + confidante: Usher them when they want it, guide them if they need it. We work in partnership with our clients, it helps the work and it helps the team, so we need the relationships in place to do so.  For the team: * Work autonomously, together. We want you to feel autonomous – that your work is yours. At the same time, we expect you to enrich your work with other people’s perspectives.  * Be comfortable in a debate. We’re not order takers. We disagree a lot. With everyone. Not because it’s fun, but because it’s necessary for better work.  * Lead. Not in a performative way, more, set the tone. Motivate with your actions. Push the boundaries. That kinda way.  WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING The role of Mid-weight Strategist is exciting, varied and constantly evolving.  This person will be expected to: * Support client + creative teams across the business to develop strategies and ideas that answer our clients briefs and exceed their expectations * Bring the audience into the agency, let their voice be heard to guide thinking * Understand culture and harness it to shape the work  * Guide creative thinking across a range of campaign types including but not limited to ATL, Digital and Social * Write and communicate compelling creative briefs to help our creative teams deliver ideas that overcome business challenges * Work in partnership with the creative teams, removing the barriers to creativity, help guide them towards powerful, effective work * Work with internal teams to prove the effectiveness of campaigns  * Be able to engage top tier clients when presenting - with their strategies rooted in robust insights  * Work with clients and consult on key strategic projects * Get involved in new business pitches WHAT YOU BRING * Advanced level understanding & experience within digital marketing including new and growing social platforms  * Understanding of the creative process * Solid experience collaborating with creatives and helping guide their creative output * A high level of relevant experience within a strategy-focused role * A solid understanding & experience within social media marketing * A solid understanding of how to garner insights for action * Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex subjects simply * Very efficient, producing significant output with minimal wasted effort WE OFFER * A flexible, hybrid working policy * The choice of medical healthcare providers (Bupa or Medicash)  * 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off each year * Company pension scheme  * EAP scheme * Ride to work scheme  * Enhanced family friendly policies * Buddy Program: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®. * A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards. * Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together! * The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications. * Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities. WHY DEPT®? We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA. We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter. At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build. DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION  At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine. We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us. Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.