Opportunities
Digital Agency

Paid Media Manager

Permanent
Hybrid
Brisbane or Sydney AU
Digital Agency
August 26, 2026
$90k to $95k + super

Two people started this agency 27 years ago. They're both still here, both still MDs, neither one has left. That's not the kind of fact you can fake or spin, and it shows up everywhere else too: average tenure across the team sits at nine years.

Their clients stay too, with strong retention across some of Australia's best known household brands, and genuinely good creative, performance and digital offerings across teams in Brisbane and Sydney. It's a rare mix, mature but flexible, with real effort put into culture and companionship. Once a month the whole team does something together off the clock, paint and sip one month, axe throwing the next. Once a year everyone is flown to Brisbane for a two-day company event, proper presentations, then a long lunch and drinks.

This role sits mostly on the strategy side, inside a performance team of ten. You'd manage a junior directly, with a coordinator handling execution under you, and you're the one leading WIPs with clients and driving the PMax, Shopping, Search, retargeting and YouTube campaigns. You'd be mentored by a Head of Performance with both commercial acumen and technical platform knowledge, and you'd work on some of their most exciting Tier 1 accounts.

What you'll own

  • Lead SEM and paid social strategy, and devise PMax, Shopping, Search, retargeting, YouTube and retail media campaigns accordingly
  • Manage a junior underneath you to support your campaign execution
  • Lead WIPs with clients and act as the day-to-day point of contact
  • Own performance and strategy across your patch
  • Contribute to the retail media product build as it comes together

What good looks like

  • You're comfortable running strategy and managing clients, and you've got technical Google Ads knowledge
  • You're fluent across PMax, Shopping, Search, retargeting and increasingly retail media
  • You want structure and stability without losing client-facing variety
  • Occasional interstate travel excites you

The package

$90,000 to $95,000 + super. Permanent. Brisbane or Sydney, hybrid.


Are you 60-70% fit to the job? No worries, apply anyway and let's get a chat set up.

We require overseas applicants to have existing work rights in Australia. No sponsorship is available for this opportunity.

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