Performance Marketing Manager

We’re making zero carbon happen

We’re OVO Group, a big family of companies united by a single vision: to get to zero carbon, fast. 

We call this Plan Zero – and it shows how we’ll be fighting the climate crisis and transforming the way people use energy over the next decade. To do this, we need the sharpest minds. Are you up for the challenge?

Do great green things with OVO Energy

So much has changed since we launched in 2009.  Our goal remains the same though: make energy cheaper, greener, and simpler. Just as it was on day one.

Everyone belongs at OVO

Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive movement: teams of brilliant people, with unique talents, skills, passions, and experiences. 

We encourage everyone to join us, whatever your gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, life experience, or background. So please come as you are – we can’t wait to meet you.

Where in the world of OVO will I be working?

You will be working in the Growth Team, reporting into a Senior Performance Marketing Manager. In this role you will lead biddable media campaigns across search, social and display channels to achieve ambitious growth targets across an evolving product range including Energy, Home Services, EV Charging, Solar Installation and beyond.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading paid media campaigns to achieve commercial targets across channels including paid search, paid social and display 
• Briefing and managing agencies to plan, activate, evaluate and optimise campaigns to deliver against business goals
• Writing insightful creative briefs and providing feedback to develop effective assets that deliver against brand and performance objectives
• Use tools such as Google Analytics, Google Marketing Platform, Meta Business Manager to run and evaluate a/b tests and uncover insights
• Reporting proactively, providing insightful updates and recommendations on opportunities to improve performance
• Working with colleagues and agencies to develop channel strategies and improve channel capabilities to drive efficient growth
• Contribute to forecasting, budgeting and scenario planning for your channels to ensure efficient investment levels
• Developing channel and business knowledge to increase expertise and unlock new opportunities
• Keep up to date with industry trends and contribute to business best-practices in conversion optimization and landing page development
• Monitor and analyse competitor strategy and activities to find opportunities for improvement
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and address roadblocks and dependencies that limit campaign performance

Is this the job for me?

Ideally you will have:

• Hands-on experience leading campaigns end-to-end across paid search, paid social and display (any other channels are beneficial)
• Experience of briefing, motivating and managing agencies to achieve efficient performance and unlock new opportunities
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including the ability to influence and collaborate to improve commercial performance
• Strong analytical skills and an ability to derive useful insights from data
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with an ability to turn data and insights into actions
• Experience with project management and the ability to prioritise and balance multiple projects concurrently

Brilliant benefits for a world-changing team

Our people are at the heart of Plan Zero. That’s why we offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to make you feel at home.

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

Then there’s Flex Pay. It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer:

For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing
With gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home 
Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargers

For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans 

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!