Senior Associate, Performance Marketing

USA (Remote)

$98K/yr – $151K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own paid search growth for a renter audience by driving ROAS through Google and Microsoft Ads, building a repeatable testing and optimization rhythm, and turning data into decision-ready playbooks.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Own measurement and reporting for paid search, surf trends, and surface actionable recommendations to the business.
  • Demand Generation: Identify new keyword opportunities and audience segments to diversify the search mix.
  • Campaign Optimization: Design and run A/B tests on ad copy and bidding to lift conversions and CTR.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Drive new renter growth by optimizing paid search campaigns, with a primary focus on Google Ads and Microsoft Ads, continuously refining to maximize ROAS
  • Identify and develop new keyword opportunities and audience segments, expanding our reach and diversifying our search acquisition mix
  • Design and execute A/B tests across ad copy and bidding strategies to improve conversion rates, user engagement, and overall campaign performance
  • Analyze search performance data to uncover growth opportunities, proactively surface trends and anomalies, and deliver actionable insights and recommendations to inform decision-making at all levels.
  • Work cross-functionally with brand, analytics, product, and engineering teams to align paid search efforts with overall business goals and leverage technical capabilities
  • Own and be accountable for key performance metrics related to user acquisition, cost per acquisition, click-through rates, and overall search marketing efficiency
  • Develop clear, insightful reports that translate complex search performance data into actionable recommendations for stakeholders
  • Stay up-to-date with paid search platform updates, algorithm changes, and industry best practices
  • Contribute to the development of our overall performance marketing playbook, sharing paid search best practices and learnings across the team to elevate our collective performance
  • Document paid search learnings and testing outcomes to elevate our collective performance
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At Apartment List, renting is personal. We're a company built by renters for renters, dedicated to finding renters a home they love for the value they deserve. With over 6 million rental units on our platform, our technology instantly matches renters to curated apartments to create a highly personalized, guided, and stress-free rental search experience.

Founded in 2009
San Francisco, California, USA
498 employees (38 in marketing)
89% recommend to a friend
90% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.2M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.1M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
59.4%
Direct
36.1%
Referral
2.9%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~498

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
30 (6% of company)
Median Career Experience
9.5 years
Median Tenure
2.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$169M
Last Raise
$60M
Series D, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2020
    Series D • $60M
  • Jan 2018
    Series C • $50M
  • Nov 2016
    Series B • $30M

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