SEM Campaign Manager (Remote)

London, UK (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and optimize paid search across Google Ads, Bing Ads, and more, driving cross-functional collaboration and data driven testing to scale owned categories fast.

  • Channel ownership: plan and optimize PPC programs with clear targets and leadership updates.
  • Testing and optimization: build a roadmap of experiments and scale winning ideas.
  • Insights and collaboration: partner with Product, Data, Finance, and Marketing to drive growth.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Work within our in-house PPC team to plan, implement, and optimize paid search campaigns across platforms including Google Ads, Bing Ads, and others.
  • Take ownership of channel performance, achieving targets and explaining any variance to leadership and stakeholders in management commentary or other forums as required.
  • Develop and execute best-practice PPC strategies to meet business goals, including keyword and audience opportunities, campaign structuring, targeting, and display network strategies.
  • Define both short-term and long-term strategies and execute them, providing recommendations for campaign optimization and audience growth.
  • Provide guidance and support to team members in determining the optimal tactics and approaches to deliver commercial priorities.
  • Build and manage a testing roadmap for your categories, ensuring successful experiments are scaled quickly and communicated to the wider team.
  • Leverage data-driven insights to identify opportunities, make informed recommendations, and optimize campaign performance.
  • Generate innovative ideas to challenge and reshape existing best practices.
  • Stay up to date with search engine updates and PPC industry trends.
  • Build strong collaborative relationships with teams across Business Development, Product, Data, Engineering, Compliance, and Finance to drive growth and improve owned categories.

Requirements

  • Proven 3+ years’ experience in PPC/SEM, working on Google Ads and Microsoft Ads.
  • In-depth knowledge of Google Ads and Bing Ads, including smart bidding strategies.
  • Experience managing large-scale PPC accounts.
  • Strong analytical skills and proficiency in data analysis tools.
  • Experience with website analysis using analytics platforms, including Google Analytics and internal reporting tools.
  • Experience using external competitive research tools such as SEMrush, Adthena, or similar.
  • Highly motivated with a proven track record of exceeding expectations.
  • Enthusiastic about search marketing, with a desire to develop PPC and people management skills while growing professionally.
  • Enjoys working in a collaborative team environment and supporting the business in achieving goals.
  • Proficient in Excel.
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Founded in 1970
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
668 employees (240 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
85.5M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
66.7%
Direct
27.1%
Referral
3.7%
Social
2.1%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~668

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
222 (33% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
3.3 years