Head of Search

Head of Search (FTC
- Maternity Cover)

London | Fixed-Term Contract

I'm working with one of the biggest media agencies in the UK - major, globally recognised brands, award-winning work, who need a Head of Search to come in on a fixed-term contract covering maternity leave. This is a proper senior leadership role, owning PPC and SEO across the whole agency.

You'll be the person clients trust to lead Search strategy at the top table, you'll guide a genuinely brilliant team, and you'll work hand in hand with the other channel leads
- Social, Programmatic, Affiliates, Digital Planning, to make sure everything joins up properly. If you're someone who's calm under pressure, confident operating at a senior level, and you care about keeping momentum, quality and culture strong through a period of change, this is for you.

The Job

• Setting the strategy for PPC and SEO across the whole agency - making sure it's genuinely aligned to what clients need, not just ticking a box
• Pushing the craft forward - automation, AI, measurement, technical excellence, all of it
• Owning delivery standards across planning, activation, optimisation, testing and reporting
• Making sure Search doesn t sit in a silo - proper integration with Programmatic, AV, Social, Digital Planning and Content
• Getting stuck into pitches and strategic responses where senior Search expertise is needed
• Being the senior Search voice for key clients and internal stakeholders
• Explaining complex PPC and SEO stuff to senior audiences - boards, SLTs - in a way that actually lands
• Working closely with Business Directors and Account Directors so communication is joined up across every Search account
• Building real relationships with the major Search platforms and measurement partners

You

• An experienced Search leader who s done this at a senior level before.
• Someone confident enough to run the department commercially, lead people properly, and be the calm, credible voice in the room when it matters.
• You ll know PPC and SEO inside out, but just as importantly, you ll know how to lead a team through a period of change without dropping the ball on quality or culture.