Integrated Activation Specialist-Paid Search
New York City, NY (Remote)
Posted 4 days ago
Job Summary
Own end-to-end paid search activation for pharmaceutical campaigns, including setup, QA, trafficking, optimization, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure compliant, data-driven performance.
- Lead campaign setup and trafficking with QA checks
- Collaborate with Center of Excellence and brand teams to align with the broader media plan
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Build and traffic paid search campaigns across Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising, including account structure, keywords, ad copy, extensions, and conversion tracking
- Apply established SEM best practices and pharmaceutical compliance requirements to every build
- Run pre-launch QA on all campaigns using the team's standard checklist, covering match types, negatives, budgets, bids, landing page URLs, tracking parameters, and required disclaimer/ISI elements
- Manage day-to-day trafficking and change requests, turning them around within agreed timelines
- Use platform AI and automation tools such as automated bidding, responsive search ads, and audience signals where they improve efficiency, within compliance guardrails
- Stay current on Google and Microsoft platform releases and flag features worth testing to the Paid Search Supervisor
- Maintains familiarity with how AI-driven results affect search behavior and campaign performance
- Support pilots of new tools and tactics by handling setup, tracking, and results documentation
- Monitor pacing and performance daily across Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising, adjusting bids, budgets, keywords, and negatives to hit target KPIs
- Execute optimizations directed by senior team members and document what changed, when, and why
Requirements
- 2+ years of paid search experience
- Hands-on proficiency in Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising; working knowledge of SA360, Google Analytics, and SEM tools (e.g., SEMrush, AdThena)
- Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and building recurring performance reports
- QA discipline, especially in a regulated environment
- Familiarity with pharmaceutical advertising regulations and MLR review, or and work within compliance requirements
- Comfortable using AI tools
- Commitment to staying informed about platform updates, industry trends, and regulatory changes, and a passion for continuous learning
Preferred
- Hands-on experience activating paid social and programmatic campaigns is a significant plus.
Benefits
- Inizio Evoke offers a fully remote work environment and outstanding company-paid benefits, including medical, dental, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
Inizio Evoke is a global health marketing, communications, and transformation platform unlocking growth through data-driven insights and human centricity. We are purpose-built to make health more humanTM. With core expertise and specialty brands in Marketing, Comms, Transformation, Access, and Media, we serve as a premier partner for the world's most ambitious healthcare organizations. Proudly part of Inizio – the market-leading commercialization partner for health and life sciences. From early-stage development to loss of exclusivity, we simplify complexity, unlock value, and make collaboration seamless at every pivotal moment – unlocking growth through human insight and transformative creativity.
Salaries
Posted range
$67K/yr – $90K/yr
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