Senior Paid Search Manager (£42K - £50K DOE)

We're the team iGaming operators turn to when growth matters most — and we're growing fast ourselves. At Receptional, you'll find colleagues who are bright, ambitious, and genuinely supportive. Specialists who do their best work together, sharing ideas, moving fast, and holding themselves to a high bar.
 
Whether you're starting out or stepping up, you'll get genuine investment in your development through our internal academy, real variety in your work, and a direct impact on some of the biggest names in the industry. Competitive benefits, flexible working, and a team that has your back.
 
We were named Marketing Services Supplier of the Year at the EGR B2B Awards 2026, and Best Medium Agency to Work For at the Company Culture Awards 2025 — recognition for the work we do and the place we've built to do it.
 
Paid search in iGaming is some of the most technically demanding PPC work in digital marketing. The budgets are significant, the compliance requirements are strict, and clients expect a senior point of contact who can think strategically as well as get into the weeds of an account. As a Senior Paid Search Manager at Receptional you'll be owning Google Ads strategy and execution across a portfolio of major iGaming clients — running campaigns, managing client relationships, and developing up to two direct reports. You'll work closely with the Head of Paid Search with genuine autonomy across your accounts and a clear path upward for the right person.
This is a senior paid search role with real leadership responsibility. You'll be owning Google Ads strategy and execution across a portfolio of large iGaming clients — managing campaigns, running client relationships, and developing the team beneath you. The budgets are significant, the clients are commercially demanding, and you'll be expected to bring strategic thinking to every account you touch. You'll work closely with the Head of Paid Media while operating with genuine autonomy day-to-day.
 
In practice, that looks like:
 

• Creating, managing, and  optimising paid search campaigns across Google Ads — always with a sharp  eye on performance against KPIs
• Owning day-to-day client  communication across your portfolio — building trusted relationships and  providing strategic advice, not just reporting numbers
• Developing paid search  strategy plans in collaboration with the Head of Paid Media — contributing  your own thinking at every stage
• Conducting daily account checks to identify issues and opportunities before clients do
• Managing and developing up  to two direct reports — supporting their growth through regular 1-1s,  constructive feedback, and hands-on guidance
• Ensuring paid search best practices are implemented consistently across all managed campaigns and by  your direct reports
• Liaising with Google and  Microsoft strategists to stay ahead of platform developments and maximise  account performance
• Using AI tooling to improve campaign efficiency and automate repeatable processes
• Contributing to new  business proposals, paid search audits, and award entries
• Keeping Google Ads certification current

You'll need to be a confident practitioner and a credible leader — someone who can run complex paid search accounts autonomously while developing the people around them at the same time. Senior paid search in iGaming demands commercial sharpness, deep platform expertise, and the ability to present strategy to clients who know their numbers and will push back. You'll also be managing direct reports, so clear direction, honest feedback, and genuine investment in people development comes with the territory.
 
Essential:

• 3+ years' paid search  experience, ideally agency-side, with proven results managing Google Ads  at scale
• Strong campaign creation  and optimisation experience — you know what good looks like and you can  prove it
• Google Ads certified —  current and maintained
• Strong client relationship  management skills — you present with confidence and handle difficult  conversations without escalating everything
• Solid campaign planning  capabilities — budgeting, forecasting, and performance management across      multiple accounts simultaneously
• Experience managing or  mentoring direct reports — you've developed people, not just worked  alongside them
• Commercially minded and analytically strong — you work with data confidently and translate it into  clear strategic recommendations
• Comfortable using AI  tooling to improve campaign efficiency and workflow automation

 
Desirable:

• iGaming or regulated-sector  experience — we'll get you up to speed if not
• Microsoft Ads certified or  actively working towards it
• Experience liaising  directly with Google or Microsoft platform partners
• Contribution to new  business proposals, audits, or award entries
• Experience training others  internally on paid search best practices

 
How you'll be measured
 
Campaign performance against agreed client KPIs, accuracy of budget and spend management, quality and timeliness of client reporting, direct report development progress, and contribution to new business activity.
£42,000 - £50,000 depending on experience.
Remote-first position.

Your Growth, Supported
Defined career pathways, personal development plans, and regular appraisals so you always know where you stand and what's next. Team training budgets, a Training Academy, an AI-powered learning platform, and a genuine commitment to promoting from within.
 
Pay and Rewards That Reflect Your Work
Competitive salaries benchmarked annually, a company bonus paid twice a year, enhanced pension contributions as your career develops, a Long-Term Incentive Plan, and generous referral bonuses. Good work gets rewarded here.
 
Your Contribution, Recognised
Monthly MVP Award (£100), Values Champion recognition (£25 plus a prize wheel spin up to £100), and an annual Player of the Season award (up to £250). Weekly shout-outs and appreciation from colleagues and managers are just part of how we work.
 
Health and Wellbeing
Free annual health checks, flu jabs, and eye tests. Access to mental health first aiders, confidential counselling sessions, a cycle-to-work scheme, and five paid sick days on top of SSP. We take looking after our people seriously.
 
Time That's Yours
25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) rising to 30 with tenure, your birthday off, flexible working hours, hybrid and remote options, and two weeks working abroad. Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, and work that fits around your life, not the other way around.
 
A Team Worth Being Part Of
Regular Lunch 'n' Learns, quarterly off-sites, monthly socials, two paid volunteering days, an annual charity partnership chosen by the team, and an AI Taskforce putting innovation in everyone's hands. We're building something together — and that should feel like it.