Director, Paid Search

Brainlabs is the media agency built to answer one question: what's actually driving profit? Founded in 2012 by Daniel Gilbert, we were built by engineers before we were a media agency. Today, 1,000+ Brainlabbers across five continents use our proprietary agents, built on 32 media tools and over 2,500 logged experiments, to help brands connect every channel they plan and buy to one thing: the bottom line.

So you’re interested in becoming a Director, Paid Search? Let's dive into what that means:

Role type: Full-time
Team: Head of Practice, Paid Search
Location: New York City, New York | Dallas Fort-Worth, Texas | Boca Raton, Florida
Compensation: We hire candidates across our US office locations and at varying levels of experience. Our posted salary ranges reflect differences in both location and experience, with final compensation determined once a candidate’s background and location are confirmed.
Work Authorization: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or continuation for this position.

As a Paid Search practitioner, ultimately you will be accountable for ensuring work for clients is delivered to standard, being the point of escalation as required. You’ll take the lead on specific scaled initiatives that benefit the entire practice. Working closely with the Head of Practice, you’ll manage resource effectively and get involved in new business too. You’ll adopt technology to advance delivery and augment the practice capabilities through process optimisation.

In this role you will:

• Use your deep-practice knowledge you will use your decision making latitude and work independently to deliver highly successful campaigns.
  
• Effectively plan, deliver and measure campaigns ensuring high-impact returns for clients. 
  
• Develop and implement, as well as follow guidelines and processes. 
  
• Actively lead and develop the Paid Search best-practice roadmap so that our offering is continually developing. 
  
• Act as a senior point of escalation for clients, working to ensure that work is delivered to standard and on time.
  
• Play a key leadership role of Brainlabbers in the practice, growing capability and knowledge to help deliver for our clients

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has strong Paid Search delivery knowledge and 6+ years of experience
  
• Has demonstrable success in optimising Paid Search campaigns and work through automation, processes and technology adoption/development. 
  
• Has a developing understanding about how channels work and optimise together. 
  
• Is a natural problem solver who enjoys providing solutions for clients.
  
• Is a confident, dynamic, engaging and authentic communicator who cares about the quality of work and continuous learning. 
  
• Is passionate about growing the knowledge of those around you
  
• Has excellent presentation skills and strong data analysis and reporting skills. 
  
• Has a strong attention to detail, methodical and process orientated.

And this is what success looks like in the role:

• You will live our culture code every day!
  
• Effective campaign creation and delivery metrics
  
• Internal targets/metrics on technology adoption and process optimisation met, 
  
• You will hit our quality assurance metrics on all campaigns you lead. 
  
• Client satisfaction targets being met (internal & external)
  
• Learning certifications created and met across the practice
  
  

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What happens next?

We know searching for a job is tough and that you want to find the best career and employer for you. We also want to ensure that this position is the best fit for both you and us. Therefore, you will participate in a comprehensive interview process that includes skills interviews with our team. The goal of this process is to allow you to get to know us as we learn more about you.

Brainlabs actively seeks and encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and identities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace: we are committed to equal opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the application process, please let us know!

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