Senior Manager, Paid Search - Casino

New York, USA (On-site)

$140K/yr – $165K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Own day-to-day paid search strategy for Fanatics Casino, driving acquisition and value through structured campaigns.

  • Primary ownership of brand, non-brand, and game search campaigns with end-to-end execution.
  • Must-have: 6+ years in paid search and hands-on Google Ads / Bing & Analytics experience.
  • Standout: Cross-functional collaboration with Marketing, Product, and Compliance to align launches and offers.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own day-to-day strategy, execution, pacing, and optimization of paid search campaigns for Fanatics Casino.
  • Build and refine campaign structures across brand, non-brand, competitor, state, casino category, game, promotion, and app acquisition search demand.
  • Manage budgets, bid strategies, keyword coverage, ad copy, landing pages, and performance targets to support new depositor, redeposit, active customer, revenue, and payback goals.
  • Optimize campaigns against OC-specific economics including CAC, CPA, first deposit quality, net gaming revenue, retention value, payback, and lifetime value.
  • Translate weekly and monthly performance data into actionable insights, budget recommendations, test learnings, and executive-ready readouts.
  • Partner with Casino Marketing, CRM, Product, Creative, Brand, and Promotions teams to align search activity with game launches, offer calendars, market priorities, and customer lifecycle initiatives.
  • Manage agency workflows and platform partner relationships to ensure accurate builds, timely optimizations, and clear accountability for performance outcomes.
  • Lead testing across match types, bidding automation, creative messaging, landing pages, audience signals, app campaigns, and emerging search products.
  • Maintain rigorous QA across ad copy, tracking parameters, destination URLs, state eligibility, responsible gaming requirements, and compliance approvals.
  • Mentor and provide direction to the Search Associate Buyer on campaign trafficking, reporting, pacing, and optimization tasks.
  • Monitor competitor activity, casino search trends, state-level demand, jackpot moments, and product seasonality to identify growth opportunities.
  • Support budget forecasting, channel planning, incrementality analysis, and monthly business reviews for the OC search portfolio.
Fanatics logo

Fanatics

3.3 Glassdoor

Fanatics is a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.

Founded in 2002
New York, New York, USA
14K employees (1,648 in marketing)
50% recommend to a friend
55% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
167.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.8%
Direct
43.9%
Referral
10.1%
Social
1.8%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~13.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
880 (6% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
3.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$4.9B
Last Raise
$700M
Private Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2022
    Private Equity • $700M
  • Mar 2022
    Private Equity • $1.5B
  • Jan 2022
    Series Unknown • $10M

Recent News