Lead, Paid Search - Agency

What You’ll Do

Define and own the overarching paid search strategy on your portfolio of accounts and deliver activation excellence across search platforms (Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!) and tactics (Brand, Non-brand, Shopping, PMAX, Demand Gen, Competitor).

Leverage a solid understanding of feed management including strategy and build within platforms (e.g. Feedonomics, Shopify) in order to guide clients, managed service teams and agency team in driving shopping campaign performance.

Provide both proactive and reactive performance insights and optimization recommendations leveraging robust data sets and tools.

Actively identify, test, and scale innovative approaches, automation opportunities, and emerging technologies (including AI applications) within paid search across your accounts to maintain a competitive edge.

Be a collaborative partner between your peers in client partnership, creative, growth and activation teams to ensure proper execution of strategy and client stewardship.

Maintain best practices on your accounts in media planning, forecasting, budgeting & setup best practices, developing learning agendas, and performance analysis.

Cultivate strategic partnerships with clients, acting as a trusted advisor on search and digital marketing.

Provide critical perspective and stay ahead of platform updates, industry trends, and emerging technologies.

Support new business initiatives and pitches by conducting platform audits, developing strategy slides and being the paid search expert within presentations.

Who Will Love This Role

Passion for the ever-changing media landscape and the new role paid search plays.

A data-driven decision-maker passionate about exceeding client expectations.

An entrepreneurial spirit who craves building, elevating and adapting process.

An appetite for leveraging AI and other technologies to improve workflows and strategy.

A people person that enjoys close relationships with your team, partners and clients.

A passion for vocalizing thought leadership and new ideas via presentations, blogs and other content distribution channels.

A problem solver with the ability to develop creative solutions.

You Should Have

• 5+ years of proven experience in developing paid search media plans, strategic presentations.
• Experience contributing to new business pitches.
• Ability to anticipate client requests, team and agency needs and provide proactive solutions.
• Proficiency in research platforms, paid search platforms and analytics dashboards.
• Certifications in digital marketing and/or paid search media strategy are a plus (Google Analytics Certification, Microsoft Advertising Search Certification, Google Ads Search Certification, Google AI Powered Shopping Ads Certification etc.).