Paid Social Manager

Pearmill; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage (99% dental/vision)

Remote and global culture

Unlimited vacation (3 weeks required)

Unlimited mental/physical health leave

Remote work budget

Monthly activity budget

16 weeks parental leave

Laptop/home office stipend

Indoor plant budget

Annual company retreat

Books/seminars/coaches stipend

Charitable donation matching

Job summary

Pearmill is seeking a Paid Search Manager to own client accounts end-to-end, write strategy, build and launch campaigns, and deliver weekly client reports. A large portion of work now leverages AI, shaping how you spend your time. You will join a small, growing team with potential for a big impact on the business.

The role emphasizes ownership, proactive problem solving, and a data-driven approach to SEM across Google Ads and Microsoft Ads in a distributed, remote, global culture.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on experience with Google Ads; Microsoft Ads is a plus.
• Strong SEM fundamentals with data-driven decision making.
• Familiarity with GA4, GTM, and conversion tracking setups.
• Experience building AI-driven workflows and automation.

Responsibilities

• Own 4 to 6 client accounts across Google Ads and Microsoft Ads.
• Write the strategy, planning, and forecasting documents before you build.
• Own the bidding and account structure calls, defend them to clients.
• Run budget pacing off a forecast and report where the month lands.
• Write weekly client reports and the narrative behind the numbers.
• Audit tracking and reconcile platform numbers with client reporting.

Skills

Google Ads

Microsoft Ads

SEM fundamentals

GA4

GTM

AI workflows

Spreadsheets

Client communication

Ownership & initiative

Job description

About the role

As a Paid Search Manager, you own a set of client accounts end-to-end. You write the strategy, build and launch the campaigns, watch them daily, and write the weekly report that goes to the client. You are the person the client hears from about search.

A large part of this job now runs through AI, and that has changed what the role spends its time on. If that’s not how you want to work, this won’t be the right fit.

We’re a small, growing team. Your responsibilities will grow and change with the company, and you’ll have an enormous impact on the business.

What you’ll own

Accounts and strategy

• Own 4 to 6 client accounts across Google Ads (Search, PMax, Demand Gen, YouTube, Shopping) and Microsoft Ads.

• Write the strategy, planning, and forecasting documents before you build.

• Own the bidding and account structure calls, and defend them to a client who will likely push back.

• Run budget pacing off a forecast you built, and say where the month lands before the client asks.

Day to day

• Stay close to your accounts. The job rewards catching things early.

• Keyword and search term work, negative keyword architecture, campaign restructures.

• Write and audit ad copy against our rubric.

• Delegate build work and review what comes back. You stay accountable for what ships.

• Write the weekly client report, and the story that goes with the numbers.

AI and tooling (this part is not optional)

• Run reporting and analysis through Claude using our skills and MCP connectors. A large share of the analytical work here is already AI-generated, and that share is growing.

• Build and improve your own skills and workflows when a manual process repeats. Several of our current reporting workflows started as someone building a skill for themselves.

• Judge AI output critically. Nothing reaches a client that you haven’t checked yourself.

Diagnosis and measurement

• Reconcile platform numbers against attribution tools and the client’s own reporting, and explain a discrepancy rather than forward it.

• Catch tracking problems before they show up in a report.

• Support new business with audits for prospects.

About you

• 3+ years hands-on in Google Ads. Microsoft Ads experience is a plus.

• Deep on SEM fundamentals, with opinions you can defend using data.

• Familiarity with GA4, GTM, and conversion tracking setups.

• You’ve built with AI, not only prompted it. A workflow automation, a reporting tool, a model that does something useful, a script that took a manual step out of your week.

• Comfortable in spreadsheets: pacing models, pivot tables, audit sheets.

• You write and speak clearly for a specific reader, and you can hold a room with a founder or an exec.

• Proactive by default for each client. You raise things before anyone asks, and you take ownership of performance outcomes.

• Bonus: Shopping feeds, YouTube, cross-channel context (Meta, TikTok), or hands-on tracking implementation.

What you’ll find here

• Competitive salary with bonus structure

• 99% coverage for health, dental, and vision

• Distributed, remote, and global culture

• Unlimited vacation with 3 weeks required vacation

• Unlimited mental health or physical health leave

• Remote work budget to make it easier to work from wherever you feel most productive!

• Monthly physical activity budget to get your body moving

• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave

• Stipend for laptop and other home office equipment

• Indoor plant budget

• Annual company-wide retreat

• Yearly stipend for books, seminars, courses, and coaches

• Matching for charitable donations

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Pearmill is a diverse company with team members hailing from all backgrounds and walks of life. We’re a globally-distributed team and committed to continuing to build a company that represents the world we live in. We encourage candidates of underrepresented groups to apply.