Paid Search Manager

About the Role: We are hiring for our Paid Media team, looking for a Manager, Paid Search - a performance-driven marketer with a strong mastery of paid search advertising systems, the evolving AI search environment, and a deep understanding of the AI ecosystem and emerging ad platforms. This is a fast-paced, high-accountability environment designed for marketers who are ambitious, curious, and ready to grow. You'll play a key role in scaling paid media campaigns across a portfolio of high-growth consumer brands, focusing on Google, YouTube, Bing, and emerging AI platforms.

What you'll do

• Plan, develop, and implement comprehensive paid media strategies exclusively focused on Paid Search to increase brand visibility and drive new user acquisition.
• Manage between 6-10 Paid Media accounts on behalf of Darkroom clients, with aggregate monthly spends ranging between $20,000 - $3M.
• Develop innovative paid search strategies that blend traditional search, YouTube, and emerging AI search.
• Utilize Platform Ad Managers, third-party reporting tools, and AI to develop insights and action items intended to increase clients' revenues.
• Maintain religious mastery of important KPIs like CPA, CAC, iROAS, nCAC, MER, aMER, CTR, and CPM.
• Implement real-time, proactive, and reactionary ad-buying decisions across multiple platforms.
• Preemptively develop quarterly strategies for clientele based on perceived success metrics and YoY performance.
• Deep dive into competitor research, industry knowns, and brand identity to manage client expectations and brainstorm new marketing initiatives.

What you'll need to be successful

• 4+ years minimum of paid media advertising experience within Paid Search, Google in specific (building high converting funnels and driving quantifiable results).
• 3+ years minimum managing paid search advertising for growing clients in the consumer space spending over $400k+ minimum monthly aggregate spend.
• Mastery of the e-commerce marketing funnel (offer to ad to landing page to conversion).
• Expertise in developing, testing, and optimizing advertisement copy and short form video creative.
• Background in data-derived decision-making and forecasting budgets/spend projections linked to perceived results.
• Experience with all core e-commerce revenue drivers and reporting on metrics that actually matter.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO + Local holidays: Rebooting is part of the work. Take the time you need to stay sharp.
• Remote-First Culture: Fully remote role supporting a team in the EST time zone (9 AM–5 PM EST).
• Parental Leave: Flexible parental leave to support new parents.
• Growth: Our interdisciplinary model gives every Darkroomer exposure far beyond their core role.