3 days a week · Richmond, VIC (hybrid) · Contract or permanent

Some people look at an ads dashboard and their eyes glaze over. You see a story: what's working, what's wasting money, and exactly what you'll change on Monday morning.

We're after a senior, strategic performance marketer who just gets paid, and still loves getting into the ad accounts. This is a hands-on role: you'll build, run and optimise campaigns yourself, as well as set the strategy.

About Head On

We've spent 15 years making content, brands, websites and shows for businesses that want to stand out. We started as a production studio, so we care about ads that look great and perform. Our paid team runs Meta and Google for brands across health and wellness, e-commerce and lead generation, and we're looking for someone to lead it.

The role

You'll own paid performance across our client and internal accounts, from the first strategy doc to the result that makes a client's week. You'll set the plan, manage budgets from small to $500k+ a month, and be the person clients trust to tell them what's really going on.

What you'll be doing

- Building, running and optimising Google campaigns yourself
- Setting paid strategy across Meta and Google: funnel structure, audiences and testing plans
- Allocating and pacing budgets of every size, including accounts spending $500k+ a month
- Guiding and reviewing the work of our experienced Meta specialists
- Working directly with clients: presenting results, explaining performance and recommending what's next




- Producing monthly reports with clear insights, not just numbers

About you

- 5+ years hands-on with Meta and Google Ads, ideally including agency experience
- A strategic brain with a track record of improving results on big budgets
- Proven experience scaling six-figure monthly budgets without losing efficiency (the hard part)
- Confident with clients, and able to explain a CPA spike without hiding behind acronyms
- Experience guiding other specialists, including remote or offshore team members
- Organised, responsive and happy being the go-to person for your accounts
- Bonus points: CRO, landing pages, email, or other paid channels like TikTok and Pinterest

Why Head On

- A senior role on a 3-day week, ideal if you're returning to work or stepping back from full time without stepping down in seniority
- Real ownership: you set the strategy and do the work, so you see your thinking through to the result
- A small, creative team in the same room, with video, design and content producers making the ads you'll run
- Flexible structure: we're open to starting on contract with a view to making it permanent

Details

- 3 days a week, hybrid, with regular time in our Richmond office
- Senior-level salary, pro rata
- Start date: ASAP. Seriously, we're ready for you.

How to apply

- In your cover letter, skip the formalities and give us two or three sentences on a campaign you turned around: what was broken, what you changed, and what happened. That's all. We'd rather read a great short answer than a long formal letter.

📌 Performance Marketing Lead - Meta & Google Ads (Melbourne)
🏢 Head On Agency
📍 Melbourne