Paid Search Strategist

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $115K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 17 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and lead data-driven paid search and shopping growth strategies for clients, aligning cross-channel efforts with business objectives and measurable outcomes. Build trusted client relationships, codify learnings into scalable playbooks, and drive both strategy and experimentation across platforms to optimize performance while maintaining data integrity and clear, business-focused communication.

  • Owns client growth streams through structured optimization and cross-channel integration.
  • Delivers data-driven insights, tests, and playbooks to scale impact.
  • Collaborates with stakeholders to translate insights into actionable business decisions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Designs strategies anchored to client P&L, market dynamics, and the customer journey; frames trade-offs and options.
  • Builds trusted relationships with client stakeholders; aligns multi-channel moments to brand and ecommerce outcomes.
  • Integrates search and shopping into broader growth plays; communicates in business terms.
  • Applies platform capabilities (e.g., Google/Microsoft Ads, SA360/Skai), feed management, and AI features responsibly to improve efficiency and outcomes.
  • Uses Bliss Point’s cross-channel and single-channel views (MMM, Always-On Incrementality, Brand Equity, Creative Insights, Forecasting, Customer Insights) to inform optimization and growth hypotheses; contributes structured feedback to improve models and features.
  • Translates complex datasets into clear, actionable insight; proposes statistically sound tests with defined success criteria.
  • Ensures data quality (tagging, feeds, tracking) and explains data structure implications to guide decisions.
  • Demonstrates deep Paid Search and Shopping expertise with progressive multi-channel literacy; connects measurement strategy to growth.
  • Educates clients and internal teams; codifies learnings and playbooks that scale.
  • Operates with accountability and bias to action; spots and eliminates process and media waste.

Requirements

  • Experience: 5–7 years managing Paid Search/Shopping at scale ($200k+/mo) with end-to-end ownership.
  • Platform fluency: Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Merchant Center; feed management (e.g., Feedonomics); competitive tooling (Auction Insights, Adalysis/Adthena/SpyFu) for strategy and positioning; campaign management (e.g., SA360, Skai); comfort with scripts/automation. Strong excel/google sheets/PPT/Google Slides skills.
  • Certifications: Google Search & Shopping (or completed in the first 60 days). Additional Google certifications are a plus.
  • Analytics: Advanced Excel/Sheets; strong experimentation and forecasting chops; ability to quantify financial impact.
  • Communication and collaboration: Senior stakeholder-ready storytelling; influence across functions; client-facing presence.
  • Mentorship: Experience coaching juniors/peers (non-manager).

Benefits

  • Benefits: Unlimited PTO: At Tinuiti, we believe you deserve time to rest, recharge, and enjoy life unplugged. When you prioritize time for yourself, you're able to bring your best self to work. That’s why we offer unlimited paid time off, a fully remote environment, and flexibility to take the time you need, when you need it. On top of that, we provide 20 paid holidays, including multiple long weekends, to ensure you have dedicated time to step away and disconnect. We're proud to offer above-industry standard work-life balance, consistently rated as one of the most loved benefits by Tinuitians year after year. Healthcare: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability, Flex Spending Accounts Retirement: Match up to 4% of your contributions at 100% Perks and Wellness: Fringe, Forma, Unlimited Telemedicine and Teletherapy available at no cost, Thankful giving, Equity Parental Leave: Birthing parents receive 16 weeks of leave with 100% pay (partners 12 weeks) after the birth or adoption of a child. Learning and Development: On-demand learning, mentorship program, leadership and management development programs and resources Disclaimer: This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group. Tinuiti is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.
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Tinuiti

Tinuiti is the largest independent full-funnel marketing agency in the U.S. across the media that matters most, with $4 billion in digital media under management and more than 1,200 employees. Built for marketers who demand growth and accountability, Tinuiti unites media and measurement under one roof to eliminate waste—the biggest growth killer of all—and scale what works. Its proprietary technology, Bliss Point by Tinuiti, reveals the truth around growth and waste, and how to capitalize on it. With expert teams across Commerce, Search, Social, TV & Audio, and more, Tinuiti delivers measurable results with brutal simplicity: Love Growth. Hate Waste. https://tinuiti.com/.

Founded in 2004
New York, NY, US
1.2K employees (353 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$90K/yr – $115K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($103K) is 37% above the median base salary for Paid Search Strategist roles in the United States ($75K).

Paid Search Strategist median pay in the United States

$75K/yr

Most pay falls between $70K and $80K. Based on 40 salaries.

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Funding

Last Raise
Debt Financing, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2019
    Debt Financing

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
92.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$8.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.8%
Direct
43%
Referral
8.2%
Social
1.7%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.2K
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Paid Search Strategist

Tinuiti · New York City, NY · Hybrid