Senior Paid Search Manager — Hybrid (Tue/Thu in Office)

Crispin; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

FSA/HSA accounts

Flexible vacation

Sick time

Parental leave

Paid medical leave

STD/LTD insurance

Holiday calendar

Job summary

Crispin is seeking an experienced Senior Media Manager in Houston to own day-to-day paid search execution across Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, and emerging AI/search platforms. You will optimize campaigns, manage budgets, and drive ROAS while collaborating with analytics, SEO, and brand teams.

You will lead bid management, reporting, and client-ready narratives, with responsibilities spanning planning support, team training, and on-site work in Houston two days per week.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on paid search experience, with at least 2+ years managing high-budget or enterprise-level SEM accounts.
• Deep technical expertise in Google Ads, Google Ads Editor, Google Merchant Center, and Microsoft Advertising.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills; comfortable analyzing large data sets to extract actionable insights.
• Proficiency in GA4, GTM, and attribution modeling.
• Proficiency in other media channels such as social and programmatic is a major plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute high-growth SEM strategies aligned with business goals; oversee budget pacing and forecast performance.
• Day-to-day management of paid search campaigns; structure, launch, and optimize complex architectures (Search, Performance Max, Shopping, YouTube, Local).
• Conduct bid management, quality score optimization, query mining, keyword expansion, and negative match auditing.
• Execute media channel reporting and pull cross-channel insights to drive optimizations and client recommendations.
• Present performance findings to clients in clear narratives; distill complex data into takeaways.
• Support on media planning and strategy; assist in training and onboarding direct reports.
• Work from the office in either NY or Houston two days per week (Tue/Thu).

Skills

Paid search

Bid management

Data analysis

Excel/Sheets

Google Ads

Microsoft Advertising

GA4/GTM

Attribution modeling

Client communication

Tools

Google Ads Editor

Google Merchant Center

Job description

Crispin is seeking an experienced Senior Media Manager in Houston to own day-to-day paid search execution across Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, and emerging AI/search platforms. You will optimize campaigns, manage budgets, and drive ROAS while collaborating with analytics, SEO, and brand teams.

You will lead bid management, reporting, and client-ready narratives, with responsibilities spanning planning support, team training, and on-site work in Houston two days per week.