Director, Paid Search

USA (On-site)

$125K/yr – $195K/yrDirector/Executive6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead and shape the paid search practice by delivering high‑quality campaigns, setting best‑practice standards, and serving as the senior client escalation point to ensure on‑time, high‑impact work.

  • Own paid search delivery and campaign optimization across clients to drive measurable outcomes.
  • Build and codify the practice roadmap and guidelines to elevate performance and consistency.
  • Mentor the team, elevate capability, and ensure rigorous delivery standards for client work.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • In this role you will: Use your deep-practice knowledge you will use your decision making latitude and work independently to deliver highly successful campaigns.
  • Effectively plan, deliver and measure campaigns ensuring high-impact returns for clients.
  • Develop and implement, as well as follow guidelines and processes.
  • Actively lead and develop the Paid Search best-practice roadmap so that our offering is continually developing.
  • Act as a senior point of escalation for clients, working to ensure that work is delivered to standard and on time.
  • Play a key leadership role of Brainlabbers in the practice, growing capability and knowledge to help deliver for our clients

Requirements

  • Has strong Paid Search delivery knowledge and 6+ years of experience
  • Has demonstrable success in optimising Paid Search campaigns and work through automation, processes and technology adoption/development.
  • Has a developing understanding about how channels work and optimise together.
  • Is a natural problem solver who enjoys providing solutions for clients.
  • Is a confident, dynamic, engaging and authentic communicator who cares about the quality of work and continuous learning.
  • Is passionate about growing the knowledge of those around you
  • Has excellent presentation skills and strong data analysis and reporting skills.
  • Has a strong attention to detail, methodical and process orientated.
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Hi! We're Brainlabs, an integrated media agency on a mission to make marketing more scientific. We built Brainlabs borrowing the best and most applicable parts of the scientific approach. We hired Smart people (The Brains) to develop breakthrough hypotheses, then put every idea through proper experimental conditions using our validation engine (the Labs).We pioneered the use of AI in advertising, which combined with the scientific approach, has propelled us to scale from a single employee to over 1,000 team members, becoming one of the fastest-growing independent media agencies globally. Today, we serve as a media agency of record for results-driven advertisers with total media spend ranging from $10M-$250M—companies like Capital One, Bozzuto, UNICEF USA, and Hornblower Group.

Founded in 2012
New York, New York, USA
1K employees (304 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
78% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
34.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.6%
Direct
41.5%
Referral
8.8%
Social
3.7%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
284 (27% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
2.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2023
    Private Equity
  • Mar 2019
    Private Equity

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