Senior Search Engine Marketing Manager, Apartments.com

Atlanta, GA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

Job Summary

Own the paid search engine by tightly aligning budgets, bidding, and experimentation across Google, Microsoft, and new platforms to drive scalable ROI and rapid performance lift.

  • Growth Operations: Own budget pacing, bid management, and campaign structure to maximize ROI.
  • Measurement & Insights: Build dashboards and deliver actionable performance insights.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with analytics, creative, and product teams to ensure data integrity and optimize results.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute SEM strategy across Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, and emerging platforms
  • Own budget allocation, pacing, and optimization to maximize ROI and scale
  • Drive performance improvements across bids, keywords, creatives, and campaign structure
  • Build reporting frameworks and deliver actionable insights through dashboards and presentations
  • Lead testing and adoption of new features, automation, and growth opportunities
  • Partner with analytics, creative, product, and external teams to ensure data integrity and drive performance
  • Monitor competitive landscape and provide insights to sales and marketing teams
  • Explore and test ways to improve program performance utilizing AI techniques

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited, not-for-profit, in person University or College in Marketing or other relevant field.
  • 7+ years of work experience in business, marketing, search (SEM/SEO) or related professional area.
  • Experience managing and optimizing $50MM+ annual digital marketing budgets across major performance marketing platforms and channels.
  • A track record of commitment to prior employers
  • Deep expertise in Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising, including advanced campaign types.
  • Significant experience managing and scaling paid search budgets to drive measurable business impact, including managing a program within an organization in-house.
  • Strong analytical skillset with experience in Google Analytics (or similar), and advanced proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets.
  • Proficiency with conversion tracking, attribution models, and ensuring data integrity across platforms.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with experience presenting performance insights and strategy to senior leadership and drafting written summaries.
  • Experience collaborating with diverse teams to translate data into decision-ready recommendations.

Preferred

  • MBA preferred
  • Knowledge/experience of multifamily industry a plus
  • Experience with marketing mix modeling (MMM) and applying model outputs to inform budget allocation and channel strategy
  • Experience working with large datasets and querying databases (e.g., Google BigQuery)
  • Experience with enterprise bid management platforms such as Search Ads 360
  • Experience leveraging business data and feed-based signals to power automated bidding and campaign optimization
  • Hands-on experience with tagging and tracking implementation
  • Familiarity with AI tools to automate workflows, generate insights, and enhance campaign efficiency

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
  • Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
  • Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
  • Commuter and parking benefits
  • 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid time off
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent)
  • Access to CoStar Group’s Employee Resource Groups
  • Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks
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Powered by CoStar, the Apartments.com network reaches millions of renters nationwide, driving both qualified traffic and highly engaged renters to leasing offices. Whether you’re a property manager, multifamily marketer, or independent landlord, our suite of online tools allows you to fully showcase your community, promote your reputation and manage your property.Learn more about our portfolio and products at Apartments.com/grow.

Founded in 1992
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
861 employees (55 in marketing)
54% recommend to a friend
64% CEO approval

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
55 (6% of company)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
40.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$5.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
56.4%
Direct
40%
Referral
2.1%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~867

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Senior Search Engine Marketing Manager, Apartments.com

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