Cosmos Sport SA, member of JD Sports Fashion Plc, founded in September of 1982. First store opened in Heraklion-Crete and since then the network expanded 71 further physical stores in Greece & Cyprus, 5 retail brands (Cosmos Sport, Sneaker10, Sports Factory, Slamdunk, Rundome), 7 on-line shops and thousands of happy customers in Greece and Cyprus. Cosmos Sport is a constantly growing omnichannel company with a strong passion for sportswear, street style and limited items. Our team consists of 1,000+ highly skilled, self-motivated young people, who love sports and have a passion for innovation! We are proud that Cosmossport.gr is now the No1 on-line store in the industry also selling abroad, having been awarded for 7 consecutive years as the best online sports shop in the country in e-volution Awards. We are excited being a preferred partner for global brands like Nike, Adidas, Reebok in the SEE.

We are looking for a Paid Media Lead based in our offices in Athens – Agia Paraskevi to evolve our dynamics in Greece and Cyprus. The role reports to the eCommerce Manager.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop a team of a talented performance marketing team.
• Create, monitor, optimize and measure PPC campaigns in Google, Facebook, Instagram, affiliates, and any other marketing platform and/or tool the company is using (TikTok, LinkedIn, Programmatic, Pinterest).
• Day-to-day management of all paid media accounts including bidding, optimization, testing, department inquiries & requests, seasonal adjustments, and roll-out of new campaigns and promotions.
• Budget forecasting and detailed reporting across all advertising platforms.
• Research keywords and potential targeting options provided through platforms either during the reporting stage or during customer acquisition efforts.
• Develop daily, weekly, monthly, or custom dated reports by aggregating and analyzing information from web analytics tools such as Google Analytics and Looker Studio.
• Provide accurate reports and analysis to company management to demonstrate effective return on advertising spend (RoAS).
• Analyze campaigns performance and propose optimization actions.
• Provide brief and ensure timely delivery and provide feedback on visuals delivered by Cosmos Sport creative and marketing team.
• Attain key performance indicators such as reducing the website bounce rate, increasing dwell time, or improving conversion.
• Freely share knowledge, insight, best practices, tactics, and ideas.
• Ensure knowledge of the digital marketing industry is kept up to date and relevant by networking/researching/reading blogs and news sources.
• Drive demand/increase awareness and harvest the demand, in order to achieve sales target in the most profitable way.

Requirements

• Ability to manage a team and lead by example.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in performance marketing-related positions and/or e-business, business consulting, digital marketing, e-commerce
• Proven experience in programmatic advertising, affiliate marketing, and influencer marketing
• Keen on innovation and technology
• Bachelor's degree preferably in Economics, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Marketing or Statistics. Master's is a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of paid media platforms and programmatic advertising, including Google Ads, Facebook/Instagram, and LinkedIn for paid promotion, targeting, and measurement
• Excellent knowledge of Google Analytics
• Established sense of duty and ownership
• Fluent in Greek & English
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Google Sheets & PowerPoint
• Analytical thinking and capability to understand business requirements
• Ability to translate business indicators into actionable strategies

Nice to have:

• leadership and target-oriented culture, combined with an internal urge to grow teams, and people
• Google Ads Certification, Facebook Blueprint Certification, and/or Google Analytics Certification

Benefits

Why you’ll love it here

• Competitive compensation package
• Career development opportunities & education programs
• Flexibility to work remotely 1 day/week
• Onsite gym, as well as health & wellness programs to keep you active
• One day off, part of our "parents' day off" program
• Flexitime for working parents: open work from home anytime - anywhere you need
• Generous employee discount in all our brands (Cosmos Sport, Sneaker10, Slamdunk, Sportsfactory)
• Extras, discounts and perks - Being a valued member of Cosmos Sport team means a lot to us! We offer a variety of 90+ cool extras! Link here

At Cosmos Sport, we are committed to providing a great place to work for all of our people, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientations, genders, or disability.