Account Coordinator, Paid Search

WHY DEPT®?

We are pioneers at heart. What this means, is that we are always leaning forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating.

Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 20+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients' problems, no matter where you are in the world.

ABOUT YOU

As an Associate Coordinator, Paid Search, your primary function will be to provide vital production support for your account team. Day-to-day responsibilities include but are not limited to running and formatting performance reports, implementing account tasks and optimizations, building and uploading campaigns, and participating in and taking notes during internal syncs, client meetings, and presentations.

PROFICIENCY EXPECTATIONS

We expect Associates to develop a solid foundation of paid search analytical and technical expertise and be proficient in the following:

Proficiency in Excel/Sheets:

Demonstrate proficiency in using essential spreadsheet functions and formulas including, but not limited to:

• sorting
• filters
• vlookup
• concatenate
• pivot tables
• text to columns
• conditional formatting

Demonstrate an understanding of how to take advantage of these functions and formulas when performing tasks (ex: ad customization uses concatenation and length formulas) with limited oversight needed. Accuracy is critical, and Associates will need to QA their work to ensure accurate data is being relayed to the rest of the team and clients.

Proficiency in Paid Search:

Ability to navigate through the UIs to:

• Pull reports at various levels (campaign, keyword, audience, placement, device, etc.) along with the desired columns/metrics and understand the data/results.
• Implement tasks via the Google UI, Editor, and other necessary channel-specific platforms
• Upload & edit campaigns, targeting methods, ads, keywords, placements, negatives and other standard account management tasks within the UI
• Create and edit campaigns, ads, and audiences in Facebook
• Understanding of DMUS’s SEM methodology
• Various metrics and how to calculate them, as well as their relationship to each other (ex: CPC, CTR, CVR, etc)
• High-level understanding of the different levers to pull to hit target goals
• Attend search-specific training led internally or by channel partners to continue education

GROWTH EXPECTATIONS

Over time in the role, we expect Associates to be responsible for learning and mastering higher-level concepts as outlined below:

• Report write-ups –Able to identify performance trends, understand the metrics, explain why certain things happened in the past week, and develop write-ups with clear explanations.
• Bid adjustments – Able to understand different bidding methodologies (smart bidding vs manual) and the strategy behind the bid adjustments.
• Daily performance monitoring – Understand what to look at within the platforms daily to know when an action is needed based on performance fluctuations and trends.
• Budget pacing - Able to update, monitor, and communicate budget pacing performance to the broader team and flag any pacing areas above/below 15% variation.
• Campaign builds – Able to develop suggestions on the best method to build out a campaign, overall theme, keywords (search), parameters, settings, ads, etc.
• Pixels – Able to create/pull/QA pixels, tracking, remarketing, and list creation.
• Able to delegate production tasks to nearshore or other internal team members where appropriate.

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

We are a collaborative, open-door, best-idea-wins environment that fosters personal and company growth and has fun doing it. Here is a snapshot of our benefits package:

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
• 401k plan, plus matching
• PTO
• Paid Company Holidays
• Parental Leave