We are a team of paid media and analytics specialists working with marketing leaders across ecommerce, financial services and other sectors. We plan campaigns, run the accounts and build the measurement behind them.
Performance marketing is what we love doing. Our job is to do it well for the people who trust us with their budgets - quietly, consistently, and with the same care we'd want from an agency working on our own brand.
Practitioner leadership on every account. Accredited across every platform. The team that pitches is the team that runs the work.
Digital Lighthouse brings paid search, paid social and analytics into one team. Our work ranges from ongoing campaign management to technical measurement projects and training for in-house teams.
You work directly with the specialists responsible for your account. We agree what success means, explain how budget is being used and review the results together.
Not slogans on a wall - the actual filters we apply to decisions about who we hire, how we work, and what we say yes or no to.
Practitioners on every account. Measurable outcomes, not activity reports. We optimise for the customers and revenue you can actually defend - not the platform metrics that look good in a slide deck.
We test what's new before we recommend it. New platforms, new measurement frameworks, new AI-led tooling - earned into the work through evidence, not enthusiasm. No bandwagons.
We share what we know - with our team, with our clients' in-house teams, and with the wider industry through universities and conferences. Generosity with knowledge isn't a marketing tactic. It's the part of the work that makes the rest of it better.
We speak honestly at industry events about what actually works in performance marketing. That openness keeps us sharper, keeps the industry honest, and keeps the standard for what good looks like moving forward.
A growing list of independent recognition for the work and the team.
Performance Marketing World
Tom's judging the 2026 PMW 30/30 Awards - picking the next cohort of leaders shaping the future of performance marketing.
Bdaily
Carly joined us this spring, bringing client-side ecommerce experience that deepens our paid social and search work for retail clients.
North East Business Awards 2025
We won Start-Up of the Year at the 2025 North East Business Awards - judged on growth, innovation, and contribution to the regional economy.
Prolific North
Shortlisted in two categories at the 2025 Prolific North Champions Awards: Young Entrepreneur of the Year and Rising Star (under 30).
Prolific North
Named on Prolific North's annual Independent Agencies to Watch list - a curated shortlist of the North's most promising independent agencies.
Prolific North
Coverage of the agency's growth strategy - the appointment of Scott Holland Consulting and the trajectory toward doubling the team across 2025-26.
Performance Marketing World
Tom named in PMW's 30 under 30 cohort for 2025 - the industry's recognition of the next generation of performance marketing leaders.
Business Live
A long-form Q&A with the founder of The Digital Lighthouse - on the agency's approach, the broader UK digital landscape, and what comes next.
Delivery is the work. Teaching is what keeps it sharp. Every conference talk forces us to articulate what's actually working. Every university session keeps us in front of where the industry is heading next. Both make the campaigns we run for our clients better.
Tom at Brighton SEO. The fundamentals haven't changed much, even if the platforms have.
Start with a 30-minute introductory call. We will discuss your goals, current activity and the support you need, then agree the next step.