Digital Marketing Specialist

Pekin, IL (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive paid digital advertising management across Google, Facebook, and other platforms with cross-team optimization.

  • Own development, management, and testing of PPC accounts across platforms.
  • Must-have: 2+ years PPC management on Google/Meta/TikTok.
  • Standout: Collaboration with McD Digital and landing-page optimization.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Work with Account Managers (AM) to develop, manage and optimize the performance of the paid digital marketing accounts for Google, Facebook and other platforms.
  • Proactively identify, promote and test additional third-party advertising platforms as needed.
  • Analyze account performance against goals, determine appropriate PPC ad copy, keyword match types, and landing pages to test for CTR and conversion rate improvements.
  • Work with staff to help mentor and advise on paid search best practices.
  • Collaborate with the McD Digital team to design, develop, implement and manage landing pages, including web updates and maintenance.
  • Assist our website project manager during website builds, as needed.
  • Utilize Google Analytics to analyze and report on the performance of our digital marketing programs; responsible for setup, implementation, and management.
  • Provide feedback and recommendations to improve performance; leverage AdWords data to optimize and tune the page Search accounts they manage.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing or a related field
  • 2 or more years of experience executing, actively managing, and reporting on PPC campaigns on platforms such as Google, Meta, TikTok, etc. is preferred, but not required
  • Experience with web analytics
  • Knowledge of web usability, user experience, information architecture, and conversion optimization is preferred
  • Highly skilled at organic and paid social media
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective communication and presentation to stakeholders, including management, marketing, creative, production, external clients and outside vendors
  • Proficient with PPC & SEO management, reporting, and analytical tools
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills and the ability to work under pressure with tight timelines
  • Ability to create buy-in from multiple constituents in a collaborative, cross-functional environment

Preferred

  • Google AdWords Certification (a big plus)
  • Experience with Google, Meta, TikTok ads is preferred
  • Knowledge of web usability, user experience, information architecture, and conversion optimization is preferred
  • Experience with PPC & SEO management, reporting, and analytical tools is preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing or a related field is preferred

Benefits

  • Quarterly Performance Bonuses
  • Year-End and Holiday Bonuses
  • 401K and Profit-Sharing Program
  • United Healthcare Plan Coverage
  • Group Dental available
  • Pet Insurance (at group rates)
  • Paid Time Off
  • Holiday Pay
  • Group outings and events
  • Continuing education
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McDaniels Marketing

MCD is one of the most experienced marketing, design and web development agencies in the Midwest. We specialize in pairing unique creative strategies with the right mix of traditional and digital media. Because of this, our integrated campaigns not only cause people to stand up and take notice... they deliver powerful results. So if you like working with a partner — one that keeps an open line of communication with its clients... has a team of award-winning designers, writers, videographers, marketing strategists, research analysts and website wizards at your disposal... and delivers solutions that look great and resonate with your audience — you’ve just found your match. The core industries we serve:• Healthcare • Finance• Agriculture• Tourism/Hospitality You need someone to take a fresh look at developing a new marketing communications strategy. And that’s where we come in. This is your day to spice things up a bit.

Founded in 1966
Pekin, Illinois, USA
40 employees (18 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
59.8%
Direct
25.7%
Referral
4.6%
Social
9.2%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~40

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (30% of company)