Assistant Digital Marketing Manager – Paid Media

MS Companies

Performance-driven paid media specialist optimizing campaigns across Amazon Ads and other digital marketplaces. Collaborating cross-functionally to drive performance improvements and achieve commercial objectives.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end PPC execution across key marketplaces, leading the planning, launch and optimisation of campaigns across Amazon Ads and other priority platforms
Manage and optimise paid media activity across Amazon, Zalando and About You, ensuring campaigns are structured, paced and delivering against performance targets
Act as the key point of contact for Amazon agency partners, delivering clear briefs, reviewing outputs and ensuring activity aligns with commercial priorities
Monitor campaign performance daily, identifying opportunities and resolving challenges across traffic, conversion and operational drivers while maintaining strong trading hygiene
Collaborate cross-functionally with trading, brand and content teams to maximise performance, proactively highlighting risks or gaps that could impact campaign delivery

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven hands-on experience in PPC and paid media execution, with strong expertise across Amazon Ads and marketplace platforms, gained in-house, at Amazon or within a specialist agency
Deep understanding of marketplace performance metrics and trading KPIs, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights that drive commercial outcomes
Strong stakeholder management skills, confident collaborating with agencies and senior partners, and recognised as a clear, effective communicator across cross-functional teams
Highly organised and detail-focused, with the ability to operate at pace in a fast-moving environment while maintaining accuracy across campaign execution and optimisation
Experience working within complex, matrixed organisations, with exposure to European marketplaces such as Zalando and About You, and an understanding of DSP planning or reporting frameworks

Benefits

Comp & perks

20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you’ve completed your probation
Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more
Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours
Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future
Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one
Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal
Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave
24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services
One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you

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Hard Skills & Tools

PPC executionpaid media executionAmazon Adsmarketplace platformscampaign optimisationperformance metricstrading KPIsDSP planningreporting frameworks

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementeffective communicationcollaborationorganisational skillsdetail-orientedability to operate at paceproblem-solving