CoStar Group

Senior Search Engine Marketing Manager, Apartments.com

CoStar Group$90K — $130K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or relevant field from an accredited university
  • 7+ years of experience in marketing, business, search (SEM/SEO), or related areas
  • Experience managing $50MM+ annual digital marketing budgets
  • Deep expertise in Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising
  • Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Google Analytics and Excel/Google Sheets
  • Proficiency with conversion tracking and data integrity across platforms
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly in presenting to senior leadership

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute SEM strategy across major advertising platforms
  • Manage budget allocation and optimization to maximize ROI
  • Enhance campaign performance through bids, keywords, and creatives
  • Create reporting frameworks with actionable insights
  • Lead the testing of new features and automation opportunities
  • Collaborate with analytical, creative, and external teams to drive performance
  • Monitor competitors and provide strategic insights to teams
  • Experiment with AI techniques to boost program performance

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage including medical, vision, dental, and prescription drug
  • Life, legal, and supplementary insurance options
  • Virtual and in-person mental health counseling services
  • 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid time off
  • Tuition reimbursement for professional growth
  • On-site fitness center or reimbursed gym costs
  • Access to Employee Resource Groups and wellness resources
  • Complimentary snacks and beverages
Full Job Description
Senior Search Engine Marketing Manager, Apartments.com


Job Description


Role Description: 

 

Apartments.com is looking for a Senior Search Engine Marketing Manager responsible for driving high-volume performance through scalable growth. This role prioritizes smart bidding strategies, feed-based automation, and API integrations to expand B2C lead generation and traffic acquisition.   

 

You will be responsible for our SEM operations, utilizing sophisticated, signal-based approaches to ensure market dominance through technical efficiency and performance at scale. The ideal candidate is skilled at making data driven decisions that impact large scale, measurable growth in a fast paced, dynamic environment.  

 

This position is 5 days in our Atlanta office. 

 

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  

 

 Basic Qualifications: 

  • 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. 

 

Preferred Qualifications:  

  • 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 

What's in it for you?
When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training and tuition reimbursement.

  • Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):
  • 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

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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About CoStar Group

CoStar Group is a provider of information, analytics and marketing services to the commercial property industry in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Spain. Founded in 1987 by Andrew C. Florance, the company has grown to include online database CoStar and many online marketplaces, including Apartments.com, LoopNet, Lands of America, and BizBuySell. CoStar Group was founded in 1987 by Andrew C. Florance in Washington, D.C. In 1998, the company became a public company via an initial public offering on the NASDAQ, raising $22.5 million. In 2004, CoStar Group, Inc. v. LoopNet, Inc. became a landmark case in copyright law. In October 2009, the company acquired a building in Washington, D.C., now its headquarters, from the Mortgage Bankers Association for $41.3 million. The building had sold 2 years earlier for $79 million and the company claims it used its analytics data to know the right time to buy. In April 2012, CoStar Group acquired LoopNet for $860 million. In April 2014, the company acquired Apartments.com for $585 million. In April 2015, the company acquired Apartment Finder for $170 million. In July, the company acquired Belbex an online marketplace and information provider for commercial property based in Spain. In February 2017, the company acquired Westside Rentals. In February 2018, the company acquired ForRent.com from Dominion Enterprises for $350 million in cash and $35 million in stock. In October, the company acquired Realla.co an online marketplace for commercial property based in the United Kingdom. In November, the company acquired Cozy Services for $68 million.
Learn more about CoStar Group
Size
4,742 employees
Market Cap
$31.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$227.1 million
Founded
1987
5 Year Trend
+18.3%
Revenue
$1.6 billion
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