Manager, Paid Search
$85k - $110k USD
Want to join an agency where your hard work will be recognized? An agency where you’ll have abundant opportunities to learn and grow while significantly impacting your skillset and your client’s bottom line? If so, hi, we’re Socium Media! We’re a performance marketing agency recently awarded as one of Adweek’s Fastest Growing Agencies in the U.S. 👋🏻
We work with a wide range of clients, including Eberjey, Catbird, and Vince, to name a few. Helping brands grow their business is our forte—several of our performance marketing campaigns have received recognition from Digiday, US Search Awards, and others.
As a remote-first agency, our commitment to employee well-being is the key to our sustainable growth, and we’ve got the chops to show for it. Our company culture has received recognition from Inc. Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Google, and Great Place To Work®. We facilitate several in-person team-building events a year, including a team retreat during the fall, ‘Socium University’ courses for knowledge sharing and continuing education, and quarterly business review meetings to offer transparency on the state of the business and discuss anonymous comments or questions.
All that to say—it’s not only fun and fulfilling to work here, but your voice, opinions, and ideas matter, too. Does this resonate with you? Let’s dive into the specifics of this role!
Responsibilities
- Run day-to-day paid search operations for clients that could span across multiple verticals
- Fully managing and taking sole “ownership” of at least one client within the first two months, depending on business needs
- Lead weekly touchpoint and strategy calls for your clients
- In time, manage a team continuously driving towards strategic goals
- Manage and train team members to help them grow and achieve their own personal and professional goals
- Collaborate across the team to help create blended paid media strategies that has the client’s KPI and goals as the north star
- Discuss advanced concepts in a clear and concise manner to a wide range of audience comprehension levels, communication and presentation skills at this level must be well developed
- Play an integral role as a team member on a number of our larger accounts that spend over $500k/mo
Skills & Experience
- Team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills (there is a reason this is the first bullet—it is our most important qualification)
- 4+ years of experience in a day to day management of paid media accounts
- Analytical thinker- always asking the “why” and not afraid to speak up
- Strong understanding of Microsoft Excel and formulas to help drive efficiencies for day-to-day tasks. Pivot tables, Vlookups, SUMIFS, are your jam
- Strong experience running Paid Social campaigns on Facebook/Instagram
- Strong experience running Paid Search campaigns on Google/Bing
Plusses (but not required)
- E-commerce & direct response experience
- Experience running Google Shopping campaigns
- Understanding of product feeds and the important components that go into each
- Experience creating new internal company processes to improve workflows
Compensation & Benefits
- $85,000 - $110,000
- Generous PTO
- Summer Fridays
- Health, dental, and vision
- Empower 401(k) with up to 4% company match
- Yearly continuing education stipend
- And much more!
At Socium, people are our most important asset. You are not just an employee here. Instead, you are an ally that will play a crucial role in our operation. Your contributions will help drive our success and shape our energetic, close-knit culture.
In alignment with our core value to become 1% better every day, we are committed to creating and cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aren’t cookie cutters—we offer a workplace where *everyone* can flourish and grow, regardless of background and identity. If you don’t meet 100% of the criteria above but are excited about the opportunity and what you could contribute, we encourage you to apply!
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