Sr. Search Strategist

USA (Remote)

$70K/yr – $85K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 19 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end SEM and paid search program, lead strategy, budgeting, and performance analysis while coordinating with data science, UX, and cross-functional teams to maximize ROI.

  • Develop and optimize campaigns and budgets
  • Collaborate with analytics and UX to improve landing pages and conversion rate

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • - Develop and execute effective SEM and paid search strategies that align with clients’ goals and objectives.
  • - Conduct in-depth keyword research to identify high-value keywords and phrases for both organic and paid search campaigns.
  • - Oversee paid search campaigns, including budget management, ad copywriting, bid optimization, and performance tracking.
  • - Monitor and analyze performance metrics using tools like Google Analytics, Google Ads, and internal software, and provide regular reports to external and internal stakeholders.
  • - Stay current with industry trends, algorithm updates, and best practices in search marketing to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
  • - Conduct competitive analysis to identify opportunities and threats in the search marketing landscape.
  • - Collaborate with client or internal web development and UX teams to optimize landing pages and user experiences for improved conversion rates.
  • - Manage the search marketing budget, allocating effectively to maximize ROI.
  • - Foster cross-functional collaboration with other departments, such as sales, post-sales, creative, data science, customer experience and others, to integrate search marketing efforts with broader business objectives.
  • - Identify areas for improvement, conduct A/B testing, and implement optimization strategies to enhance clients’ SEM performance.

Requirements

  • You must have applied experience in SEM at an expert level , with an advanced knowledge of shopping ads and paid search ads outside of search engine platforms, such as Yelp and Amazon
  • Advertising Strategy
  • Project Management
  • Technology
  • Attention to detail
  • Consumer Insights
  • Analytics
  • Implementation of Data -Driven Decisions
  • 5+ years of experience in the digital space, in an agency environment, or in-house equivalent
  • 5 + years of hands-on SEM optimization experience – building PPC campaigns from the ground up and managing them directly – with in-depth knowledge of Google Ad Platform
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Salaries

Posted range

$70K/yr – $85K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($78K) is in line with the median base salary for SEO Strategist roles in the United States ($76K).

SEO Strategist median pay in the United States

$76K/yr

Most pay falls between $69K and $82K. Based on 59 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
763 (26% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
134.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$10.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.7%
Direct
48.9%
Referral
5.2%
Social
2.6%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.6K
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Sr. Search Strategist

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