Sr Paid Search & Paid Social Strategist

New York City, NY (On-site)

$110K/yr – $120K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the paid media engine across search and social, turning budgets into measurable funnel performance for multiple clients.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Plan and optimize integrated search and social roadmaps linked to seasonal demand and KPI targets.
  • Channel Execution: Build and manage in-platform campaigns, optimize bids, and refresh creative to maximize ROAS.
  • Measurement & Partnerships: Own end-to-end tracking, troubleshoot data integrity, and partner with analytics/tech to protect attribution and insight flow.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategy and execution of paid media campaigns across paid search (Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, app ecosystems) and paid social (Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and other platforms), aligning media investment with client business goals and full-funnel performance.
  • Plan, build, and manage integrated search and social media plans against growth forecasts to hit the goals and KPIs set with each client. Develop granular keyword architectures and query mapping on search, audience and targeting frameworks on social, and full-funnel roadmaps that tie both to seasonal demand and business objectives.
  • Build and manage campaigns directly in-platform (keyword and audience segmentation, ad copy and creative rotation, and bid strategy), and run the day-to-day optimization that maximizes efficiency and return on spend across both channels.
  • Work with Ad Tech and Product teams to implement smart bidding, feed-based automation, and scripts on search, and to get the most from native platform automation like Meta Advantage+ and TikTok Smart Performance campaigns on social, scaling performance while reducing manual lift.
  • Partner with Creative to brief, test, and iterate on ad creative at the pace paid social demands, treating creative as a primary performance lever, managing ad fatigue, and feeding winning concepts back into the testing cycle to keep the algorithm supplied with fresh, high-performing assets.
  • Own conversion tracking end to end, from implementing tags and events through troubleshooting, partnering with Analytics and Tech to protect data integrity across GA4, GTM, server-side tracking, and the platform pixels and APIs (Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn) that power measurement and attribution.
  • Lead weekly client meetings and presentations, identify trends and performance drivers, forecast opportunities, keeping reporting actionable and tied to each client’s bottom-line goals.
  • Work alongside Creative, SEO, Analytics, and Account teams so paid search and paid social reinforce each other and complement broader digital marketing efforts.
  • Stay ahead of algorithm updates, platform betas, and automation changes across Google, Microsoft, Meta, TikTok, and LinkedIn to keep campaigns at the leading edge.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience managing paid search and paid social campaigns, ideally within an agency or performance marketing environment.
  • Deep platform expertise across Google Ads (Search, Display, Youtube), Microsoft Ads, and app ecosystems (Apple Search Ads, Google UAC) on the search side, and Meta, TikTok, and LinkedIn on the social side, with Pinterest, Snapchat, or Reddit a plus.
  • Strong command of keyword architecture, query mapping, and bidding models on search, plus audience building, targeting, and creative testing on social.
  • Proven experience managing multi-million-dollar media budgets with accountability for CPA, CAC, ROAS, and ROI performance.
  • Proficiency with automation and campaign-management tools (e.g., SA360, Skai, Marin, Smartly.io, or in-house API-based solutions) and with native platform automation such as Performance Max, Advantage+, and Smart Performance campaigns.
  • Advanced analytical skills, with the ability to translate campaign data into meaningful insights and business recommendations.
  • Hands-on experience designing and running A/B tests across ad copy, creative, landing pages, and bidding strategies.
  • Working knowledge of GA4, Adobe Analytics, Google Tag Manager, conversion APIs and server-side tracking, attribution modeling, and feed-based automation.

Preferred

  • Experience with Pinterest, Snapchat, or Reddit is a plus.
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In July 2024, Ready Set Rocket joined Sia Experience, the digital and design branch of Sia. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3XBaFnNReady Set Rocket is a full-service agency founded in 2009 that blends data, design and media to drive business outcomes for our clients. We’re a group of passionate creators who work seamlessly across disciplines to make the most innovative and accountable work possible. Whether we’re building human-centric solutions to brand challenges or making strides to advance mental healthcare in the modern workforce, we’re here to make good work that moves the needle.We’re a small but mighty team, driven by passion and purpose. A full-service agency set on shaking up the status quo. Our values of wellness in the workplace and our people-first culture have won us awards such as...Built In NYC, NYC Best Small Companies "Best Places to Work" 2022 Ad Age Small Agency Awards, "Best Agency Culture" 2018Crain’s "Best Places to Work" in NYC 2016 & 2017Our team of digital marketers, designers, writers and planners work collaboratively across a range of disciplines. We’re smart, agile, accessible—a group of fearless leaders looking to inspire change. Join us as we create a new world together.

Founded in 2009
New York, New York, USA
37 employees (20 in marketing)
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79% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
720
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.5%
Direct
50%
Referral
5.9%
Social
12%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~37

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
11 (30% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3