AI Specialist

About Propelahed

Propelahed is a growing performance marketing agency working with ambitious early-stage and scaling businesses. We help clients grow through a mix of SEO, paid media, content, analytics and modern AI-powered martech - combining hands-on execution with clear thinking and experimentation.

We're a small, fast-moving team where everyone is close to the work. We're scaling quickly and these are ground-floor hires that will shape how the agency operates.

The Role

We're looking for someone who is genuinely obsessed with AI and automation - not as a buzzword, but as a craft. This is a new role and you'll define a lot of it. Half your time will be internal: building tools, automating processes and keeping the agency ahead of where the industry is moving. The other half will be client-facing: helping our clients understand and act on the AI opportunity in their own marketing and operations.

This isn't a role for someone who wants to prompt ChatGPT and call it innovation. We want someone who builds, experiments and ships.

Key Responsibilities

Internal - agency efficiency and tooling

• Audit and redesign internal workflows to integrate AI at every point it adds real value
• Build and maintain proprietary tools that improve delivery speed and quality across the team
• Evaluate and implement new AI platforms, APIs and automation tools as the landscape evolves
• Train the wider team on AI tools and embed a culture of practical experimentation
• Keep a working knowledge of where the market is heading and bring that perspective into agency strategy
• Manage and optimise cost of infrastructure

Client-facing - billable AI services

• Develop and deliver AI strategy and implementation as a premium, billable service
• Advise clients on where AI can meaningfully improve their marketing performance and operations
• Build bespoke automation workflows, reporting tools and integrations for clients where appropriate
• Contribute to pitches and proposals where AI capability is a genuine differentiator

Must Have

• Demonstrable experience building with AI tools, not just using them - APIs, LLMs, automation platforms
• Hands-on experience with tools such as OpenAI, Anthropic, n8n, Make, Zapier, LangChain, n8n or similar
• Strong enough understanding of digital marketing to know where AI adds real commercial value
• Excellent communicator - able to translate complex AI concepts clearly for non-technical clients and colleagues
• Self-directed and comfortable working in a fast-moving agency environment where priorities shift
• Commercially minded - understands that tools need to deliver outcomes, not just look impressive
• Experience building AI-powered reporting or analytics products

Nice to Have (But Not Essential)

• Python or JavaScript skills
• Background in SEO, PPC or content marketing
• Experience in an agency or consultancy setting
• Familiarity with vector databases, RAG pipelines or fine-tuning workflows

About You

You are likely someone who:

• Gets genuinely excited when a new model drops or a new tool launches
• Stays on the forefront of emerging trends and wants to actively explore the rapid evolutions happening
• Builds things for the joy of building them, not just because it's in the job description
• Communicates clearly and confidently with people who don't share your technical background
• Takes pride in producing work that is useful, not just clever
• Is commercially aware and outcome-focused

What You'll Get

• A ground-floor opportunity to build an AI function from scratch in a fast-growing agency
• Real commercial impact from day one - this is not a support role
• Direct access to the founder and genuine strategic input into how the agency develops
• A team that takes craft seriously and invests in people's development
• Bristol office with hybrid working and a competitive salary

How to Apply

Please send:

• Your CV
• A short cover note explaining your interest in the role and why Propelahed
• An example of something you've built using AI or automation - what it was, how you approached it and what it achieved
• Your most recent exciting experience with AI