SEM Specialist

Exoticca Travel UK Limited; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Travel packages at reduced prices

Referral bonus

Unlimited coffee

Team lunches

Bi-annual company parties

Zusammenfassung

Exoticca Travel UK Limited seeks an experienced SEM Specialist to drive profitable growth across our international markets. You will design, scale, and optimize large-scale search campaigns using AI-powered frameworks and advanced audience targeting to achieve acquisition and profitability goals.

As part of the Performance Marketing team, you will collaborate with MarTech, Data, Analytics, Product, UX, and CRM to improve measurement, automation, and end-to-end acquisition efficiency, while

Qualifikationen

• 4+ years hands-on experience managing large-scale Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising campaigns in international markets.
• Experience with AI-powered search features and automation tools.
• Strong data analysis and first-party data signals.
• Fluency in English and Spanish.

Aufgaben

• Design, scale, and optimize large-scale Search campaigns across Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising.
• Collaborate with MarTech, Data, and Analytics to improve measurement through Offline Conversions, Enhanced Conversions, predictive LTV models.
• Automate campaign creation, reporting, QA, monitoring, and optimization workflows using Google Ads Scripts, APIs, SQL, Google Sheets, and AI assistants.
• Design and execute structured testing roadmaps to evaluate automation, bidding strategies, campaign structures, and landing pages.
• Monitor changes in user search behavior and adapt campaign structures and acquisition strategies.
• Contribute to quarterly/annual SEM strategy and identify growth opportunities.
• Build relationships with Google and Microsoft account teams to gain early access to beta features.
• Work with Product, UX, CRM, Data, and MarTech to improve landing pages and audience strategies.

Kenntnisse

Google Ads

Microsoft Advertising

AI in marketing

Campaign management

First-party data

Automation

SQL

Looker Studio

Tableau

English

Spanish

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field

Tools

Google Ads Scripts

APIs

SA360

Google Sheets

Claude

ChatGPT

Gemini

BigQuery

Python

Tableau

Jobbeschreibung

What Is Exoticca?

Exoticcaisapioneeringonlinetravelagencythathasrevolutionizedtheconception,production,andecommerceoflongdistancedreamtrips.AtthecoreofExoticca'sbrandequityisthecommitmentto"creatinglifemilestones."Webelieveindeliveringbestvaluetrips,exploringuniquedestinations,curatingextraordinarytravelexperiences,anddemonstratinggenuinecareforbothourcustomersandtheplanet.

Weareaprofessional,dynamic,multiculturalteaminrapidinternationalgrowth,seekingnewpartnerstohelpuscreatethebestandmostforward-thinkingtravelcompanyofourgeneration.

What about the team?

As a key player within the Performance Marketing team, the SEM Specialist will drive profitable growth across all Exoticca markets by leveraging AI, automation, and data-driven decision-making to maximize the return of our multi-million-dollar search marketing program.

Which will be your main responsibilities:

• Global Search Strategy & Campaign Architecture: Design, scale, and optimize large-scale Search campaigns across Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising, leveraging AI-powered campaign frameworks such as AI Max, Performance Max, Value-Based Bidding, and advanced audience targeting to achieve acquisition and profitability goals.
• First-Party Data & Measurement: Partner with MarTech, Data, and Analytics teams to improve measurement through Offline Conversions, Enhanced Conversions, predictive LTV models, and high-quality first-party data signals that strengthen platform optimization.
• Workflow Automation & Operational Excellence: Continuously improve team productivity by automating campaign creation, reporting, QA, monitoring, and optimization workflows using Google Ads Scripts, APIs, SQL, Google Sheets, and AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini.
• Experimentation & Incrementality: Design and execute structured testing roadmaps to evaluate automation, bidding strategies, campaign structures, landing pages, and emerging Search features, ensuring decisions are driven by measurable business impact rather than platform recommendations alone.
• Search Intelligence & AI Search Evolution: Monitor changes in user search behavior, including conversational search, AI-powered Search experiences, AI Overviews, and emerging discovery patterns, proactively adapting campaign structures, landing pages, and acquisition strategies.
• Strategic Planning & Innovation: Contribute to quarterly and annual SEM strategy, identifying new growth opportunities, evaluating emerging advertising products, and ensuring Exoticca remains at the forefront of Search marketing innovation.
• Platform Partnerships: Build strong relationships with Google and Microsoft account teams to gain early access to beta features, influence product development, and accelerate the adoption of innovative Search capabilities.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, UX, CRM, Data, and MarTech teams to improve landing page performance, audience strategies, measurement quality, and end-to-end acquisition efficiency.

• 4+ years of hands-on experience managing large-scale Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising campaigns across multiple international markets, with responsibility for six- or seven-figure annual budgets.
• Experience in modern Search advertising, including AI Max, Performance Max, Broad Match, Value-Based Bidding, first-party audience strategies, and automated bidding frameworks.
• Understanding of how AI-powered Search experiences - including AI Overviews, conversational search, multimodal search, and evolving user behavior - impact campaign strategy and performance.
• Experience leveraging automation tools such as Google Ads Scripts, APIs, SA360, Google Sheets, or similar technologies to improve operational efficiency and scalability.
• Hands-on experience using Large Language Models (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) to improve productivity across campaign management, reporting, search term analysis, documentation, creative ideation, and workflow automation.
• Proficiency in analytics and visualization tools such as Looker Studio, Tableau, and advanced spreadsheet analysis, with the ability to transform complex datasets into actionable business insights.
• Good communication and presentation skill, with fluency in English and Spanish.

Nice to have:

• Experience across additional Performance Marketing channels such as Paid Social or Display.
• Experience with BigQuery, Python, or advanced data analysis techniques.
• Previous experience in travel, e-commerce, or other industries with long consideration cycles and high-value transactions.

• Competitive compensation package in line with job responsibilities and experience.

• Additionally, we propose the use of flexible compensation management for diet, transportation, and private health insurance with Cobee.
• On-site work model: Offices in Barcelona city.
• Permanent contract from the start.
• Travel packages at reduced prices!
• Referral bonus, if you bring people as talented as you.
• Unlimited coffee, team lunches, English lesson, bi-anual company parties.

• And last but not least, becoming part of a fun and motivated multicultural team at an agile and rapidly growing organization!
  

Join Exoticca and play a pivotal role in creating life milestones through unforgettable travel experiences! This is your opportunity to shape the future of a dynamic and innovative travel brand on a global scale.

Exoticca is an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusiveness are our core. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under European, country, or local law.

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