SEM Specialist (Remote)

Forbes Advisor; London; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer guidance platform in London is looking for an SEM Specialist to join their Performance Marketing team. The ideal candidate will have over a year of experience in performance marketing, focusing on paid search campaigns. This role offers competitive salary and benefits including medical coverage and generous PTO. Join a dynamic team that thrives on creativity and data-driven decisions.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Medical, dental and vision coverage

35 Days of PTO

Day off the 3rd Friday of every month

Disability coverage

Employee assistance program

Paid parental leave program

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing paid search campaigns on Google and Bing ads.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to manipulate data in MS Excel.
• Experience using smart bidding strategies like tROAS and tCPA.

Responsibilities

• Set up, manage, and optimize paid search campaigns.
• Provide recommendations for performance optimizations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to achieve performance goals.

Skills

PPC best approaches

Data analysis

Creative thinking

Attention to detail

Relationship building

Education

1+ years in Performance marketing

Google/Bing ads certification

Tools

SEM Rush

Google Search Console

Job description

Company Description

At Forbes Advisor, our mission is to help readers turn their aspirations into reality. We arm people with trusted advice and guidance so they can make informed decisions they feel confident in and get back to doing the things they care about most.

We are an experienced team of industry experts dedicated to helping readers make smart decisions and choose the right products with ease. Forbes Advisor boasts decades of experience across dozens of geographies and teams, including Content, SEO, Business Intelligence, Finance, HR, Marketing, Production, Technology and Sales. The team brings rich industry knowledge to Forbes Advisor's global coverage of consumer credit, debt, health, home improvement, banking, investing, credit cards, small business, education, insurance, loans, real estate and travel.

Job Description

Forbes Advisor is looking for a skilled SEM Specialist to join the Forbes Advisor Performance Marketing team with a focus on supporting one of Forbes' business verticals. If you're looking for challenges and opportunities similar to those of a start-up, with the benefits of an established, successful company, read on.

This position will report to the SEM Manager. In this role, you will be required to set up, manage, and optimize paid search campaigns and support the SEM team in various tasks, such as analyses and reporting. You will work closely with the wider paid search team to grow our online presence and conversions.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure campaigns deliver positive ROI to achieve desired results.
• Manage multiple accounts; this will bring variety in the role, while challenging, as a result of a busy workload and tight deadlines.
• Maintain and monitor bidding strategies, targeting settings, budgets, search terms, and other important account metrics on existing and new categories.
• Manage the creation of large keyword lists
• Implement creative copy suggestions
• Define campaign budgets, align campaign goals, and ensure search campaigns meet best practice principles.
• Provide recommendations and execute strategies for keyword and targeting opportunities, campaign structuring, targeting, DSA, Pmax, and other areas of paid search to deliver performance goals.
• Keep up to date with search engine and PPC industry trends and developments.
• Utilize data-driven analysis insights, identify opportunities, and make recommendations for performance optimisations.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders in the business (Sales, Data, Product) to achieve desired goals.
  
  

Professional Competencies:

• Passion for Search and digital marketing.
• A detailed knowledge of PPC best approaches, principles, and standards.
• A good understanding of how PPC fits into the wider area of digital marketing
• Proven ability to achieve targets and results and make a tangible impact on ROI and revenues.
• Attention to detail and the ability to effectively multi-task in a deadline-driven atmosphere.
  
  

Requirements:

• Proven 1+ years of experience in Performance marketing, creating, managing and executing paid search campaigns on Google and Bing ads.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and data manipulation.
• Google/Bing ads certification, a plus
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to think creatively
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong relationship-building skills
• Ability to think strategically and develop innovative paid search strategies
• Ability to present information effectively to a range of audiences
• Proficiency in managing moderate to large-scale paid search accounts.
• Skills in campaign performance analysis and digital traffic metrics
• Experience working with paid search tools to analyze and audit performance such as SEM Rush, Google search console.
• Proven experience in using smart bidding strategies (tROAS, tCPA, maximize conversion, maximize conversion value).
  
  

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 35 Days of PTO (Including Bank Holidays)
• Day off the 3rd Friday of every month
• Disability coverage
• Employee assistance program
• Paid parental leave program
  
  

Additional Information

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