Paid Media Manager

At Debenhams Group, we are on a journey of transformation, revitalising our brand, culture, and connection with colleagues and customers alike. In a fast-changing retail environment, effective and authentic communication is vital to building trust, aligning our teams, and amplifying the impact of our work across internal and external audiences.

We are looking to hire an experienced Paid Media Manager to join our Debenhams team. Working closely with the Head of Performance Marketing and wider digital teams. You will have the opportunity to lead, inspire, and develop your team whilst spearheading the best-in-class Paid Media implementation across Paid Search & Shopping, as well as Paid Social & Digital Display.

Your role will be to lead the strategy and account direction, predominantly working with our tier 1 partners such as Google, YouTube, Bing, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest as well as emerging platforms and opportunities.

This role will be based out of our central Manchester office.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

Following a period of structural change, brand repositioning, and workforce transformation, you will manage, own, and constantly find ways of improving the workflow of your team whilst being responsible for the quality of all work output. Regularly reviewing team processes (reports, presentations, tools etc.) for efficiency.

You will also oversee the end to end Implementation including set-up, management, analytics, tracking, reporting of Paid Search and/or Paid Social accounts and being an expert in all relevant 3rd party tools & technology.

We would like for you to build & maintain project plans outlining all key tasks for your accounts, continually reviewing & suggesting changes to tactics based on current performance and impact on campaign goals & KPIs.

Whilst helping to develop the Paid Media department by being innovative and sharing knowledge and processes you will also develop a close working relationship with external suppliers such as Google, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok etc.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR:

• You will manage, own, and constantly find ways of improving the workflow of your team whilst being responsible for the quality of all work output from your team. Regularly reviewing team processes (reports, presentations, tools etc.) for efficiency. 

• You will also oversee the end to end Implementation including set-up, management, analytics, tracking, reporting of Paid Search and/or Paid Social accounts and being an expert in all relevant 3rd party tools & technology. 

• We would like for you to build & maintain project plans outlining all key tasks for your accounts, continually reviewing & suggesting changes to tactics based on current performance and impact on campaign goals & KPIs. 

• Whilst helping to develop the Paid Media department by being innovative and sharing knowledge and processes you will also develop a close working relationship with external suppliers such as Google, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok etc.

• We want to hire someone who has the ability to identify issues and be pro-active in providing solutions and have a high degree of numeracy and literacy skills. You should be someone who can work under pressure across a high level of Paid Search and/or Paid Social accounts and have effective team management experience.  

• There will be times where you will present to senior stakeholders so we would like to see a good degree of presentation skills, communication skills and a high attention to detail.  

• Of course we want to see your experience in managing sophisticated Paid Search & Shopping and/or Paid Social campaigns whilst being able to demonstrate a deep knowledge of Paid Media, from an implementation perspective. 

• You don't have to have come from a brand background and we are open to meeting people who have worked mostly within an agency, you should be able to however demonstrate a strong understanding of the retail landscape and how a business like ours performs.  

WHY JOIN US:
Our mission is to create a workplace where everyone is respected, individual differences are valued, and people can be themselves at work — without exception.

2025 was a year of significant change for the Group. 2026 is about bold moves, real results and unstoppable momentum. If that excites you, you belong at Debenhams Group.

Our benefits include (subject to level and eligibility):

• Highly competitive bonus scheme, company pension, share schemes, private medical cover and life assurance
• Access to an on-site gym and free weekly Pilates, yoga and fitness classes
• Discount across all brands
• Comprehensive wellbeing package
• Dog-friendly offices (in selected locations)
• Ongoing learning and development with strong internal progression
• On-site canteen serving breakfast, lunch, snacks and hot drinks
• Free season ticket loan