Marketing Paid Search Specialist

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$60K/yr – $80K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end search and shopping stack across PMAX, Shopping, and SEM with bid, creative, and targeting optimization to lift ROAS and lower CPA.

  • Own feed optimization and category visibility with Martech and Feed teams.
  • Translate performance data into action using MMM, Adobe, and platform insights to inform next steps.
  • Run structured experiments to improve efficiency and incrementality across Search, Shopping, and PMAX.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end setup of Search, Shopping, and PMAX campaigns, ensuring clean execution and ongoing optimization of bids, creative and targeting strategies
  • Conduct daily pacing and performance checks to ensure budgets are scaling toward monthly targets and hitting KPIs (ROI, CPA)
  • Partner with Martech and Feed management team to ensure product feeds are optimized, error-free, and driving maximum visibility for high-priority categories
  • Support internal weekly and monthly performance shareouts, moving beyond "what happened" to "why it happened" and identifying "what we do next" using MMM, Adobe and platform insights
  • Execute A/B tests and Experiments (structure, bidding signals and strategies, copy and creative) to improve efficiency and incrementality of our programs
  • Support measurement team with geo lift testing to inform MMM
  • Partner closely with SEO, eCommerce, and Merchandising teams to ensure search coverage aligns with organic trends, site inventory, and broader business priorities

Requirements

  • 2+ years of hands on experience in SEM/Paid Search (Agency or In-house)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Economics, or an analytical field (or equivalent work experience)
  • Good proficiency with Shopping, Search and PMAX campaigns
  • Retail or ecommerce experience, omnichannel a plus
  • Knowledge of feed-based advertising and optimizing for high-value, omni-channel outcomes
  • Agency or Brand experience managing mid-to-large scale Paid Search budgets (enterprise-level experience preferred)
  • Proficiency in Excel (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and data modeling)

Preferred

  • High-level "hands-on-keys" proficiency in Google Ads and Bing Ads; experience with SA360, Apple Search Ads, or Adobe Analytics is a major plus
  • Proven expertise in Search and Shopping execution, including a deep understanding of auction dynamics, PMAX asset groups, and automated bidding signals
  • Solid understanding of the technical side of search, including Google Merchant Center, tracking pixels, and the impact of 1P data on bidding algorithms
  • A proven ability to turn raw data into actionable insights; advanced Excel expertise (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs/XLOOKUPs) is non-negotiable
  • A passion for proving value through structured experiments and a curiosity to find the "why" behind changes in search volume or CPCs
  • Sharp focus on QA and the ability to pivot between high-level project tasks and granular keyword-level adjustments without losing accuracy
  • A genuine interest in how Paid Search fits into the total omnichannel funnel and a desire to learn from a senior-led team
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At CB2 we’re known for our unique take on design. The magic is in the mix of edgy and elevated. Raw and refined. We love trends but don’t live by them. We’re more into that timeless cool-factor. Home is where personal style comes to life. And we’re here to inspire in any way we can. To help you fill your home with things you love, that aren’t too expensive and that you’ll never regret.As a brand, we champion inclusivity, kindness, love and respect. We try to be good corporate citizens and take big and small actions towards that goal everyday.CB2 enthusiastically supports Humble Design Chicago. A non-profit that transforms empty, cold houses for the recently homeless into warm, welcoming and uplifting places where they can restart their lives. It’s amazing what a difference a furnished home can make for families emerging from homelessness. Learn more about Humble Design here.We always celebrate Pride partnering annually with GLSEN. In addition to our generous donation, we’ve hosted in store events and wore our pride through limited edition t-shirts during Pride month to show our unwavering support. At CB2 HQ, everyday has its own playlist. Music makes its way into almost everything we do from how we define the vibe of a new collection or set the mood in our stores. In 2017 we launched a series of live concerts, in our stores, featuring some of our favorite artists: Francis and the Lights, Kacy Hill, and ???. It was such a huge success we decided to make it a forever thing. Learn about upcoming concerts check out cb2.com/afterhours. From our store associates all around the country to our buyers, planners and creatives in Chicago, CB2 has some of the most clever, interesting and creative people we’ve ever met. Our stores are filled with their energy, their unique take on products, their stories and inspirations. Like our people, our brand isn’t about a certain look or style, it’s about an attitude. We make what we love. And hope you love it too.

Founded in 2000
Chicago, Illinois, USA
532 employees (185 in marketing)
24% recommend to a friend
21% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$562.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.6%
Direct
58.7%
Referral
5.9%
Social
2.8%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~531

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
61 (11% of company)
Median Tenure
1.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

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