Paid Search Manager
Remote United States Full-time Manager Paid Search / PPC
At a glance
Manager-level Paid Search / PPC role at Wpromote. Remote, United States · full-time.
In listing Paid Search / PPC salary
RolePaid Search / PPC
SeniorityManager
LocationUnited States
WorkplaceRemote
EmploymentFull-time
PostedJul 23, 2024 · 2y ago
Role brief
remoteroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Build paid search plans for client accounts, targeting direct sales and new-user acquisition
- Run daily updates across Google Ads and Microsoft Ads, covering search, shopping, display and remarketing campaigns
- Research keywords, write ads and set bids against client performance targets
- Use Google Analytics and campaign tests to find improvements, then adjust budgets and strategy based on results
- Meet with client teams about goals and results, while coordinating account plans with other channel managers
What you bring
- You have one and a half to three years managing paid search for multiple agency client accounts
- You know SEM and paid search economics, and can use keyword research and web analytics tools in campaign work
- You bring strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPS and chart creation
- You can analyze performance, communicate clearly and balance competing client timelines
Who this fits
This is an individual-contributor manager role for someone who can run several client accounts and present to senior client contacts. The job is remote in most U.S. states, with some state exclusions, and does not offer immigration sponsorship.
From the employer
The Role
We’re looking for a Paid Search Manager to join the rapidly expanding team that is the backbone of our company. You’ll directly manage search engine marketing (SEM) campaigns across both Google Ads and Microsoft Ads, making optimizations and updates daily. Your complex and diverse portfolio of clients will be a mix of both big and small that constantly challenges you, and with extensive experience and/or a proven track record, you could be working with some of our biggest brands. As an individual contributor, you’ll be trusted to oversee all account activity, collaborate with managers from other channels, and come up with campaign strategies for your book of clients.
You Will Be
- Planning, developing, and implementing comprehensive paid search strategies to drive direct response and new user acquisition for your book of clients.
- Utilizing business acumen to work closely with client teams to identify and fully understand business needs, campaign performance objectives, and opportunities to grow the relationship and client investments.
- Creating and managing paid search accounts/campaigns via various paid search marketing platforms including but not limited to: Google Ads®, Microsoft Ads®, Criteo®, etc.
- Managing Search, Shopping, Display, Remarketing, App Install and Video advertising campaigns.
- Working with direct response advertising strategies to drive sales revenue and/or qualified leads.
- Conducting keyword research, writing ad copy, and establishing bidding strategies to meet and exceed client KPIs.
- Creating and implementing campaign A/B test experiments to identify optimal campaign settings
- Using Google Analytics to develop insights and action items intended to improve paid search performance and meet client goals.
- Analyzing paid search campaign results and adjust strategy and budgets accordingly.
- Communicating with clients regularly to discuss goals and deliver results.
- Developing strategies across all marketing channels to improve client goals (eg. CPA, ROAS) and achieve maximum efficiency.
You Must Have
- 1.5-3 years of experience managing paid search campaigns for multiple client portfolios within an advertising agency
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Deep knowledge of the SEM industry and the paid search advertising model
- Experience with keyword research tools and web analytics tools (Google Analytics), as well as how to use these tools in paid search campaigns
- General knowledge of search engine optimization (SEO), social advertising, and web usability
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills: pivot tables, VLOOKUPS and chart building
- Extremely well organized, able to balance client timelines and business needs, possibly across multiple clients
- Work comfortably in dynamic, time-intensive environments where consistent fire drills and competing priorities are commonplace
- An understanding of customer lifetime value and optimizing towards profits based on client margins
- Ability to manage expectations and priorities
- Experience presenting to senior-level client contacts
- Agency experience preferred with managing multiple clients with monthly budgets ranging between $50,000-$500,000 per client
- Experience with Google Suite
Nice to Have
- Hands-on experience using AI and automation tools inside and outside paid search platforms to optimize results