Media Account Executives
3 days ago
London
Paid Media Executive Navigator is a travel-focused ad tech platform built for scale, precision, and impact. Following our recent Series A funding round, we're evolving from a digital consultancy into a data-driven advertising platform that sits at the intersection of travel intelligence and multi-channel media execution. We ingest second-party data from leading travel companiesOTAs, airlines, and metasearch platformssegment audiences using multiple criteria across all our data partners, then syndicate those audiences across every major advertising platform. We're building toward an agentic advertising future where AI-driven automation handles execution with expert human-in-the-loop decision making. This is an opportunity to help shape that platform while working with elite hospitality and travel brands at the forefront of where digital advertising is heading. We're looking for Paid Media Executives who are deeply experienced in Meta Ads, Google Ads (Search, Display, YouTube), TikTok, and programmatic platforms like DV360. You'll own campaign set-up and execution, optimisation, and performance across multiple clients and substantial media budgets. This isn't a pure paid social role or a traditional programmatic rolewe need people who understand auction dynamics, attribution modelling, and audience strategy across the full biddable media landscape. You'll build and troubleshoot custom audiences, optimise toward efficiency targets, manage pacing and delivery, and translate performance into strategic recommendations. You'll work closely with our Account Management team who handle client strategy, but you'll occasionally jump on calls to explain the technical details behind what's working. Execute and optimise paid media campaigns across Meta Ads, Google Ads (Search, Display, YouTube), TikTok, and DV360 Build, troubleshoot, and manage custom audience segments using data from multiple partners with varying taxonomies and data structures Monitor campaign pacing, delivery, and performance against client KPIs (ROAS, CPA, CAC, LTV) Identify opportunities to scale budgets and improve performance while maintaining commercial efficiency Produce weekly performance summaries and monthly reports with strategic recommendations Understand and navigate different attribution models (last-click, data-driven, etc.) Forecast campaign performance and support media planning across multiple clients Translate performance insights into commercial opportunities 12 years in paid media roles with direct platform execution across Meta Ads, Google Ads, and at least one of: TikTok, DV360, or other programmatic platforms ~ Good understanding of biddable media: auction mechanics, bid strategies, attribution, and incrementality ~ Proficient in audience segmentation and custom audience creation, and an ability to work with Ad Ops team to ensure proper pixel implementation and conversion tracking ~ Experience working with structured data, custom parameters, and troubleshooting audience segments ~ Commercially astuteyou understand margin, pacing, and revenue dynamics, not just campaign performance ~ Detail-oriented, data-driven, and obsessive about optimisation ~ Shape the Platform : Your input will directly influence product development as we build AI-augmented media buying tools Strategic Depth : Go beyond ad opsdrive performance, identify commercial opportunities, and advise on strategy Technical Complexity : Work with proprietary data partnerships and solve real segmentation challenges, not just run standard campaigns Long-Term Incentives : Competitive compensation with performance-based bonus tied to company milestones Navigator is for people obsessed with the mechanics of digital advertising who want to help build the future, not just execute playbooks.