Ad Manager

Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) is seeking an ambitious and highly motivated Digital Ad Manager to join our Campaigning and Digital department based in our Leeds HQ.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a central role in delivering high-impact digital campaigns that support the Conservative Party’s political, campaigning, fundraising, and membership objectives across the UK.

The successful candidate will lead the planning, delivery, optimisation, and reporting of paid digital advertising campaigns across multiple platforms, helping to drive voter engagement, supporter mobilisation, fundraising, and campaign visibility.

Working in a fast-paced environment, you will collaborate closely with campaign, communications, data, and political teams to deliver targeted, data-driven advertising campaigns at both national and local level.

Your responsibilities:

·     Develop and manage paid digital advertising campaigns across platforms including Meta, Google, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, and X.

·     Deliver targeted campaigning to support Party priorities, elections, fundraising, and membership growth.

·     Monitor, analyse, and optimise campaign performance using data and audience insights.

·     Manage advertising budgets and ensure effective spend allocation.

·     Produce campaign reporting and actionable performance insights.

·     Work closely with creative, political, and regional campaign teams to deliver compelling digital content.

·     Ensure all advertising activity complies with electoral law, GDPR, imprint requirements, and platform policies.

·     Support rapid-response digital campaigning and political communications activity.

·     Supporting drafting and delivering supporter and member emails - including key campaigns such as GOTV, Conference, fundraising, and mobilisation.

Your professional experience:

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

·     Proven experience managing paid digital advertising campaigns.

·     Strong understanding of social and digital advertising platforms.

·     Excellent analytical and reporting skills.

·     Ability to work under pressure in a fast-moving political environment.

·     Strong communication and organisational skills.

·     Experience in political campaigning, public affairs, advocacy, or mission-driven organisations is desirable.

·     Knowledge of electoral law and political advertising rules is advantageous.

What benefits do you get working at CCHQ?

Here at CCHQ, we value our colleagues and the work they do for us.

In return we offer a wide variety of benefits for our colleagues that you can utilise

• We offer a generous 25-day annual leave, pro-rated for part time staff and all UK bank holidays off
• 3 days additional leave in the year if you marry or enter a civil partnership
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Wellness programmes
• Professional/personal development

Our Values

OPPORTUNITY & RESPECT FOR EVERYONE: We value diversity by embracing ideas and experiences from people of all different backgrounds, creating an inclusive culture across our professional, voluntary, and elected Party. Through courtesy and respect, we can support our people to be at their best and develop working practices in an environment where everyone can be themselves. 

WORKING TOGETHER TO DELIVER CHANGE: We constantly seek to improve and are pro-active in all that we do, being bold with our ideas and seeking out new opportunities. We are one team; the professional, voluntary, and elected Conservative Party working together, where everyone can contribute, and all feedback is welcome. We get things done by having confidence in our abilities and trusting the skills of those around us. 

VALUING FREEDOM & RESPONSIBILITY: We value freedom by empowering people to do the right thing and hold ourselves accountable for the decisions we take. We act with integrity and communicate honestly; this is at the foundation of the relationships we build.

RELEASING ASPIRATION & REWARDING EFFORT: We value our people by recognising and encouraging talent through training, development and creating opportunities. We strive to reward achievement. Knowing that exceptional performance drives our team success.