Paid Media Specialist (Bournemouth)

Job Title: Paid Media Specialist

Department: Digital

Location: Bournemouth

Salary: DOE

Term:  Freelance or fixed term contract opportunities

Would you like to be part of something special? Welcome to Quantum

We’re an independent brand experience agency creating big ideas that work in many places.

Thinking with  ambition . Working with agility . Delivering with impact.

Who are we?

We are a team of thinkers and doers. People that understand people.

A challenger brand, working with challenger brands.

Thinking with ambition. Working with agility. Delivering with impact.

Why we exist?

To grow brands through the lens of possibility and potential. To build and inspire a community where brilliant minds connect, brands flourish and consumers act.

Who we work with:

Some of the biggest global FMCG clients including Kraft Heinz, William Grant and Sons, Hasbro and Illy Caffe.

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a data-driven, creatively minded paid media specialist who’s confident managing end-to-end digital campaigns across Social channels, (Google and programmatic platforms would be a plus). You’ll have a sharp eye for performance metrics, a proactive attitude, and a knack for spotting insights that turn good campaigns into great ones. Whether it’s optimising ad sets, briefing standout creative, or advising on budget splits, you thrive in fast-paced environments where testing, learning, and scaling is second nature.

You should be confident using analytics tools, understanding attribution, and working closely with creatives, strategists, and client leads. This role would suit someone who’s naturally curious, highly organised, and always looking to improve results through experimentation and refinement.

Our values

· Be hungry

-You’re Obsessed with our clients, brands & consumer behaviour

-You’re always seeking new knowledge

-You’re continuously learning from each others’ pooling expertise

· Be brave

-You’re empowered to do things differently

-You’re proactive and resourceful

-You’re unafraid to fail

· Be brilliant

-You never settle for average

-You simplify the complex

-You sprinkle magic in everything you do

You should apply if you have…

• A passion for digital marketing with 2+ years' experience working across PPC and Paid Social including Meta Ads Manager, Tiktok and Google Ads. Experience in other paid media channels would be an advantage.
• Outstanding attention to detail and ability to spot campaign issues as well as make suggestions for improvement.
• Developed and managed paid media campaigns across search, display, social, and video platforms.
• Outstanding attention to detail and ability to spot campaign issues as well as make suggestions for improvement.
• Experience Monitoring, analysing, and reporting on campaign performance, leveraging data to optimise strategies
• A passion for being on the pulse of industry trends and best practices to drive continuous improvement
• Proven to be an exceptional Account Manager. General client services and account management skills are essential to ensure the smooth and efficient delivery of projects.
• Proven skills in project management of jobs through the agency from initial brief through to delivery.
• The ability to be an essential partner that can be relied upon to support, care for, and help your clients, in turn ensuring that Quantum is an irreplicable part of their team.
• A relentless can-do attitude and be obsessively organised, with a drive to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in.
• The ability to manage your time along with the time of those around you, are obsessively organised, and have bags of enthusiasm.
• The commitment to continue to grow, learn and develop.
• A growth mindset with a genuine passion for pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo to achieve exceptional results.
• A gency experience would be preferred and advantageous

What we can offer you

• Salary – DOE
• Freelance or fixed term contract opportunities

Once you become a permanent employee benefits include:

• 22 days holiday per year + Bank Holidays, Christmas shut down and your birthday
• Enhanced Maternity and paternity benefit
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Private Medical Insurance
• Medical Cash plan
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

And undeniably a great culture…

● Training & development: If it helps you help the business, it’s worth it! Various internal and external opportunities, such as: professional memberships, online training & subscriptions, mentoring & coaching, professional certifications and more! Plus, immediate employee membership to Alliance of Independent Agencies network and training on day one.

● Flexible start and finish times – start between 8 and 10am to suit you!

● Socials – amazing teammates, the running club, monthly events: kayaking, pub quiz’s, laserquest, etc.

● Lots of Little extras – well-being champions, breakfast bites, impromptu lunches, beach location, spontaneous ice-cream van visits, Illy coffee machine, and more! Not to forget – a bonus day off for Christmas Eve.

• If you want to be part of a hardworking, fast-paced, and fun agency – send us your LinkedIn link and 3 reasons why! To careers@wearequantum.co.uk