Associate Director, Paid Search

Monks Associates Inc; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 97,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative digital agency is seeking a passionate Search Engine Marketer to lead growth in paid search strategies. This role involves managing significant budgets, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving performance marketing across various channels. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in digital acquisition and a strong vision for the future of search marketing. Join a dynamic team committed to client performance and ROI, where your contributions will shape the future of digital marketing in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance

Generous PTO and company-wide holidays

401k with company contribution

Paid parental leave

Work-life balance emphasis

Career growth opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• 4.5+ years of experience in Paid Search.
• Experience managing budgets over $500k monthly.
• Strong understanding of AI/automation in SEM.

Responsibilities

• Lead Paid Search strategy and optimizations for major accounts.
• Manage team performance and client relationships.
• Collaborate with cross-channel teams for holistic media planning.

Skills

Paid Search Management

Digital Marketing Strategy

Client Management

Data Analysis

Presentation Skills

Education

4-year college degree

Tools

SA360

Google Ads

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

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About the Role

We are looking for a strong, passionate, and energetic Search Engine Marketer to drive growth and strategic oversight across the paid search department with a focus of working on our largest accounts. We are looking for someone passionate about search-driven performance marketing and well-versed in other digital acquisition channels. This individual should be a people-focused leader who enjoys hands-on, cross-functional collaboration and wants to join a fast-growing, innovative digital agency that is hyper-focused on client performance and ROI.

Responsibilities:

• Participate and lead new business pitches for Paid Search and/or Shopping
• Serve as Paid Search Lead on one or more of the larger search accounts in the agency, delivering strategy and hands-on optimizations with other Paid Search and channel team members
• Present Paid Search strategy, performance, and tactical priorities to client stakeholders
• Partner with cross-channel leads on creating a holistic media plan inclusive of forecasting, testing, tactical plans, and reporting
• Drive Paid Search strategy, innovation & testing on your book of business while improving performance, developing quarterly or annual roadmaps to keep advance accounts with latest trends and opportunities
• Opportunity to manage others from Account Managers to Senior Managers — though people management is not a requirement for this role
• Manage your team with advanced SEM skills, multi-channel digital marketing strategy, and client management skills including projections, analytics reporting, etc.
• Deliver feedback, performance reviews, support and recognition in pursuit of achieving team goals
• Serve as a senior sponsor on your team’s accounts developing senior client relationships and guiding holistic digital strategy
• Willingness to join in-person team meetings, events, and client presentations as business needs arise, est. 1-2 times per quarter
• Work closely with Google, Bing, and other vendor partners on alpha and beta opportunities, expansion opportunities, client strategy and planning, and best practices
• Contribute to overall department training, POVs, award submissions, and case studies

ABOUT YOU

• 4.5+ years Paid Search experience
• Experience handling direct management of Paid Search budgets of at least $500k+ in monthly ad spend
• Experience directing strategy in D2C/Retail, or B2B, search advertising efforts across different verticals is a major plus
• Possess a strong POV on the future of search and the role of AI/automation across SEM/Shopping
• Experience in YouTube, App Campaigns, Performance Max, Discovery / Demand Gen, and GDN outside of traditional search and shopping
• Advanced slide presentation making and Excel / Google Sheet skills
• Experience presenting paid search strategy to marketing executives, large teams, and senior audiences
• Experience with a bid management platform is preferred such as SA360, Skai, Marin, etc.
• 4-year college degree or equivalent work experience

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.

#LI-REMOTE

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What We Offer

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer-paid HRA
• Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
• 401k with company contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
• Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
• A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
• Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here !)

Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range$97,000—$108,000 USD

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.

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