Director, Paid Search

El Segundo, CA (Hybrid)

$140K/yr – $150K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 23 hrs ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own performance outcomes, budget stewardship, and client satisfaction for your accounts.
  • Translate business objectives into search strategies that ladder into the broader media plan and marketplace dynamics.
  • Craft executive‑ready narratives grounded in data, connecting performance to business impact and identifying opportunities to scale, refine, or reallocate spend.
  • Partner with cross‑channel leads to ensure integrated planning, shared learning, and cohesive client storytelling.
  • Collaborate with Analytics and Strategy teams on forecasting and scenario planning to guide investment decisions.
  • Drive specialized initiatives in automation and generative AI for workflow optimization to improve efficiency and performance.
  • Stay ahead of search, AI, and privacy‑driven measurement changes; translate implications into actionable guidance for clients and internal teams.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of search practitioners, fostering a culture of curiosity, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Set clear expectations and growth plans for team members.
  • Guide agendas for key partner meetings and executive presentations.

Requirements

  • Proven track record of success in growing and advancing search strategy in previous roles
  • Ability to present and sell strategies/plans through to the client
  • Strong knowledge of Search partners and bidding technology, knowledge of Search Ads 360 is a plus
  • Working knowledge of SEO and AEO/GEO concepts
  • Must have the ability to synthesize data into actionable insights and next steps
  • Experience managing large media budgets and achieving monthly goals for spend and key performance metrics
  • Automotive vertical experience is a plus
  • 7+ years of Paid Search experience
  • 3+ years of managing teams of 3+ members

Preferred

  • Strong knowledge of Search partners and bidding technology, knowledge of Search Ads 360 is a plus
  • Automotive vertical experience is a plus

Benefits

  • Actual base salary is determined upon factors such as experience, qualifications, training, certifications, and internal equity. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Base salary is part of a total rewards package that includes highly competitive benefits like generous medical, dental, vision, pet insurance, commuter benefits, disability and life insurance coverage, 401(k) matching, up to 14 holidays per year, a “Do Good Day,” and unlimited PTO.
  • Additional perks include employee social and wellness events, a DEI Council, auto purchase rebate program, monthly wellness allowance, and in-office amenities such as fresh kombucha and an in-house barista inside our beautiful, new vibrant El Segundo office.
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Canvas Worldwide

Named one of AdAge's 2024 Best Places to Work, Canvas Worldwide is an independent media agency that provides ingenious solutions for brands looking to challenge the status quo. And as a mission-based agency, our rallying cry, "Challenge the Comfortable," is our team philosophy to push outside our comfort zones to solve problems in new ways – because there can be no greatness without enduring a bit of discomfort. Canvas was created to embrace the rapid pace of change in the industry with the belief that future viability means reimagining what's possible. This fresh, strategic approach to media marketing services has produced an environment in which it’s possible to fearlessly try the unusual. Under the “Challenge the Comfortable” banner, the Canvas team dedicates itself to getting outside of our comfort zones and resisting the conventional. Launched in 2015, we are dual-headquartered in Los Angeles and New York, with regional offices in Chicago, Dallas, Denver and Atlanta. Canvas Worldwide services clients such as Hyundai, Kia, Genesis, Starz, MGM Studios, McDonald's, Dolby Laboratories, Zillow, and more.

Founded in 2016
Los Angeles, CA, US
593 employees (151 in marketing)

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$140K/yr – $150K/yr

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Director, Paid Search

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