Digital Advertising Strategist

Digital Advertising Strategist

Location – London / Hybrid

Competitive salary with great benefits

Days of Work – Monday-Friday

We have an exiting opportunity to join us as a Digital Advertising Strategist helping to drive quality traffic to our website in order to generate sales as well as best in class digital solutions for our customers. You will be owning Paid activity for the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) as well as supporting the Digital Advertising Manager and Digital Advertising Executive in delivering the most effective results in sales, traffic and other key performance indicators.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Full ownership of the Digital Advertising performance in Italy and Iberia including PPC, Shopping and Display
• Daily tasks such as performance checks, account optimisation and reporting
• Flagging any budget or sales irregularities to your manager and proposing solutions and recover activities
• Assist the manager with forecasting digital activities
• Guide and support the DA Executive on the optimisation process
• Creation of a testing plan, agreed with the manager, and ownership of implementation, optimisation and reporting
• Get the chance to work on exciting projects such as Shopping Feed Optimisation, Inventory Management, Ad Copy improvement whilst cooperating with well-known vendors such as Google, Microsoft, BrainLabs and SMEC
• Build relationship with relevant market stakeholders
• Gather market/product insights and assist manager in incorporating them into Hub strategy

What we are looking for:

• 2+ years of digital experience
• Fluent in German is a strong plus
• Proven track record in driving successful paid search campaigns
• Strong technical knowledge of Paid Advertising platforms (AdWords & Microsoft Advertising)
• Knowledge of Display is a strong plus
• Strong track record in managing large-sized budgets
• Extremely data driven including data analysis and using data to drive business results
• Commercially minded hence appreciating the values and challenges of running multi-million campaigns
• Good knowledge of Excel and MS suites
• Excellent numerical, communication and reporting skills
• Experience in Project Management desirable
• Passion for PPC and Digital Advertising in general

What we can offer

The package (salary, bonus scheme, pension scheme, private health care and much more) that RS offer to its employees will make the job very rewarding and the training and development we are able to provide will give you the chance for a fulfilling long-term career.

We are RS

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture where our people get to bring their true self to work every day and thrive. We recognise that a diverse and representative workforce is critical to our success, and our aim is to create a business where people can be their best selves. Our employees expect this as a matter of course and it is fundamental to how we attract, develop, and hold on to the best talent.

We recruit and develop employees who are the best suited to the requirements of the job role, regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. We believe everyone should be able to bring their true self to work and be given the opportunities to succeed. If you require any adjustments during this process to ensure you can bring your true self, please let us know.

We recognise that we’re not perfect when it comes to being a truly diverse organisation yet. However, we are passionate about diversity and are proactively working to build an organisation where everyone can see themselves succeed here.

Increasingly powered by digital technology, we’re our customers’ one-stop-shop for electronic products and industrial components. We began in a north-west London garage supplying spare parts to radio repair shops back in 1937 and we’ve kept transforming for over 80 years. Today, we’re using digital globally to revolutionise the way we do business and strengthen our position as the people engineers turn to for help, advice and knowledge.

We’re proud of what we’ve done, but we’re not sitting back. We’re always looking to make the customer experience simpler, faster and easier. We’re transforming markets and the impact of technology. We’ve widened our services portfolio with innovations from procurement and inventory solutions to 24/7 product support.