Senior SEM Specialist (Remote)

Forbes Advisor

$80K — $95K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years in performance marketing with a focus on paid search campaigns
  • Proficiency in data analysis and MS Excel
  • Google/Bing ads certification preferred
  • Experience with tools like SEM Rush and Google Search Console
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify trends and insights
  • Creative thinker with a strategic mindset
  • Excellent attention to detail and multitasking abilities

Responsibilities

  • Set up, manage, and optimize paid search campaigns to achieve positive ROI
  • Handle multiple accounts, providing variety and a dynamic workload
  • Monitor and adjust bidding strategies, budgets, and key account metrics
  • Create and maintain large keyword lists for campaign effectiveness
  • Implement creative copy and recommendations for campaign improvements
  • Align campaign goals and manage budgets while adhering to best practices
  • Collaborate with various stakeholders to enhance campaign performance

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment akin to a start-up
  • Access to resources and expertise from an established company
  • Collaborative work culture with cross-departmental cooperation
  • Focus on continuous learning and adaptation to industry trends
  • Remote work flexibility
Full Job Description
Forbes Advisor is looking for a skilled Senior SEM Specialist to join the Forbes Advisor Performance Marketing team with a focus on supporting one of Forbes business verticals. If you're looking for challenges and opportunities similar to those of a start-up, with the benefits of an established, successful company read on.

This position will report into the SEM Manager. In this role you will be required to set up, manage and optimize paid search campaigns and support the SEM team in various tasks, such as analyses and reporting. You will work closely with the wider paid search team to grow our online presence and conversions.

Responsibilities:
• Ensure campaigns deliver positive ROI to achieve desired results.
• Manage multiple accounts,this will bring variety in the role, while challenging, as a result of a busy workload and tight deadlines.
• Maintain and monitor bidding strategies, targeting settings, budgets, search terms and other important account metrics on existing and new categories.
• Manage the creation of large keyword lists
• Implement creative copy suggestions
• Define campaign budgets, align campaign goals and ensure search campaigns meet best practice principles.
• Provide recommendations and execute strategies for keyword and targeting opportunities, campaign structuring, targeting, DSA, Pmax and other areas of paid search to deliver performance goals.
• Keep up to date with search engine and PPC industry trends and developments.
• Utilize data driven analysis insights, identify opportunities, making recommendations for performance optimisations.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders in the business (Sales, Data, Product) to achieve desired goals.

Professional Competencies:
• Passion for Search and digital marketing.
• A detailed knowledge of PPC best approaches, principles and standards.
• A good understanding of how PPC fits in to the wider area of digital marketing
• Proven ability to achieve targets and results and make a tangible impact on ROI and revenues.
• Attention to detail and the ability to effectively multi-task in a deadline driven atmosphere.

Professional Skills & Qualifications:
• Proven 2+ years of experience in Performance marketing, creating, managing and executing paid search campaigns on Google and Bing ads.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and data manipulation.
• Google/Bing ads certification, a plus
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to think creatively
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong relationship building skills
• Ability to think strategically and develop innovative paid search strategies • Ability to present information effectively to a range of audiences
• Proficiency in managing moderate to large scale paid search accounts.
• Skills in campaign performance analysis and digital traffic metrics
• Experience working with paid search tools to analyze and audit performance such as SEM Rush, Google search console.
• Proven experience in using smart bidding strategies (tROAS, tCPA, maximize conversion, maximize conversion value).

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