Harrison and Star

Senior Media Manager, Investment

Harrison and Star$80K — $120K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of managing and optimizing paid search campaigns with large budgets
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for articulating strategies
  • Strong presentation and storytelling skills focusing on data visualization
  • High attention to detail and multitasking capabilities
  • Proven success in optimizing SEM campaigns with measurable performance improvements
  • Proficient in industry-standard SEM tools like Google Ads and Analytics
  • Strong problem-solving and data analysis abilities

Responsibilities

  • Lead SEM strategy development and optimization for national brand campaigns
  • Collaborate with SEM team members to align and improve campaign performance
  • Translate business objectives into actionable SEM strategies
  • Manage daily performance and execution across multiple SEM campaigns
  • Communicate best practices and strategies for paid search to stakeholders
  • Create search POVs and case studies for agency sharing
  • Conduct SEM audits and competitive analysis for opportunity identification

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with a major national brand
  • Access to ongoing professional development within a leading agency
  • Collaborative team environment fostering knowledge sharing
  • Exposure to large-scale SEM budgets with significant impact
  • Ability to work hybrid with a focus on in-office collaboration
Full Job Description
Agency:
Critical Mass

Job Function:
Media

Job Subfunction:
Media Operations

Job Description:

As Senior Media Manager, you will own the creation, execution, and optimization of paid search campaigns, acting as the strategic SEM lead and advisor for a major national brand. You'll provide leadership and expertise in account structure and setup, ongoing budget and bid management, and continuous performance optimization. You'll collaborate across multiple teams and disciplines, present data-driven insights, and deliver actionable performance reporting to clients. You'll be responsible for defining and communicating SEM goals, maintaining client satisfaction, and educating both internal and external teams on the evolving SEM landscape and its opportunities.

You Will:
  • Lead the ongoing development, implementation, and optimization of SEM strategy for a national brand with $1M+ budgets
  • Work as part of a larger SEM team, aligning your campaigns with your colleagues' strategies to reduce costs & improve performance by sharing learnings
  • Translate business goals to SEM platform activation strategies/tactics
  • Own the hands-on execution and management of day-to-day performance for multiple campaigns across SEM, Performance Max & Demand Gen, including budget pacing, campaign setup, account structure, targeting strategy, bid strategy, platforms, data usage, performance optimizations, testing strategy, troubleshooting, and downstream client funnel optimization
  • Clearly communicate paid search best practices and strategies, both internally and externally
  • Create and share search POVs and case studies across the agency
  • Develop consistent account processes and procedures
  • Craft compelling ad copy and guide CRO strategies to drive high-quality traffic and conversions
  • Deliver actionable insights to clients through insightful, visually compelling reports (including analysis and strategic recommendations)
  • Identify market and consumer trends, telling a story with search data
  • Run iterative testing strategies to drive incremental performance lifts
  • Map out search tactics and strategies on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
  • Conduct regular SEM audits and competitive analyses to identify net-new opportunities
  • Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to refine our strategy and improve campaign performance
  • Stay on top of the latest trends in the SEM landscape, keeping clients educated and adapting our search strategies as needed in response

You have:
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience managing and optimizing paid search campaigns (Search, Performance Max & Demand Gen) with large spends
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly and persuasively articulate paid search strategies
  • Strong presentation and storytelling skills, with an emphasis on data visualization
  • High attention to detail and multitasking across accounts
  • Proven success in optimizing SEM campaigns and achieving substantial improvements in performance over time
  • High proficiency in industry-standard SEM tools (e.g. Google/Microsoft Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Google Ads Editor)
  • Ability to react quickly, assess, and implement solutions
  • Excellent data analysis and problem-solving skills
  • A passion for testing and learning and a proactive approach
  • Ability to mine search data for campaign performance insights, uncovering opportunities to drive ROI
  • Passion for staying current in a rapidly evolving digital environment, leveraging new tools and techniques to gain a competitive edge

You May Have:
  • Search Ads 360/SA360 experience a strong plus
  • Advanced Excel/spreadsheet & Prisma experience a plus
  • Google Ads certification a plus
  • Experience with Discovery, YouTube/Video, Display, Shopping/PLAs, and Social campaigns a plus
  • Experience with additional search tools such as SEMrush, Spyfu, Adgooroo, Marin, Skai, or Google Merchant Center a plus
  • Experience with Google Data Studio and other data visualization tools (e.g Tableau) a plus
  • Experience in the automotive industry a plus
  • Agency experience a plus


$80,000 - $120,000

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

About Harrison and Star

Harrison and Star is a healthcare advertising agency that provides marketing and advertising services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company offers a range of services including brand strategy, creative development, digital marketing, and market research. Harrison and Star was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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500 employees
Industry
Founded
1986
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