🚀 Director, Paid Search

Overview

We are pioneers at heart. We are a digital-first agency with a deep skillset in tech and marketing, hiring curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating. Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care, with teams across 20+ countries, offering the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits to help you thrive. This is a fully remote position but you must be located in San Diego, CA or Chicago, IL in order to be considered.

About You: You have a true talent for paid search, blending strategy, creativity, and leadership. You lead by example with best practices, facilitate knowledge-sharing, and ensure activations run smoothly to help clients achieve their goals. You are committed to building a thriving team, staying up-to-date with SEM updates, and driving performance against KPIs. You identify talent, cultivate development, and build succession plans to empower your team.

PROFICIENCY EXPECTATIONS: Directors should be experts in paid search activation strategy, understand how it weaves within the integrated media ecosystem, and deliver technical excellence across all search channels while supporting career growth and client satisfaction.

Location note: This is a fully remote position but requires the candidate to be located in San Diego, CA or Chicago, IL to be considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead paid search activation strategy and oversee a team of paid search experts, ensuring adherence to DEPT standards and promoting knowledge-sharing.
• Direct daily account management, tactical creation and implementation, tracking performance against goals, and meeting deadlines.
• Be accountable to Client Partners in delivering tactical plans that align with brand strategy and KPIs.
• Support client partners in managing client relationships related to paid search strategy, team, and performance.
• Ensure effective collaboration of paid search strategy and implementation for flawless execution toward client goals.
• Act as a point of escalation for activation team members, coaching on advanced strategy, optimizations, processes, or next steps to drive growth.
• Oversee activation team resourcing and utilization, updating tracking to reflect bandwidth and client load.
• Identify succession plans and cultivate talent development for upward mobility and continuity.
• Collaborate with reps to identify opportunities, drive channel-specific innovation, and implement best practices and training.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 8 years’ paid search experience (spanning core Google Ads products) and at least 3 years in a client-facing marketing role.
• Proven experience managing a team of 2+ direct reports and mentoring for career advancement.
• Deep understanding of Google Ads, Apple Search Ads, and Microsoft Ads.
• Ability to audit accounts and present actionable insights to clients.
• Experience discussing growth strategy, SEO, CRO, analytics, and measurement with marketing managers and C-Level executives.
• Experience acting as an escalation point for clients and evaluating service levels with proposals for improvements.

What Do We Offer?

We foster a collaborative, open-door environment with growth opportunities and a fun culture. Benefits snapshot:

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
• PTO
• Paid Company Holidays

Salary range: US Remote Range: $106,900—$140,000 USD. This is based on a 40-hour workweek and leveling, with flexibility.

DEPT is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment and workplace for everyone, and we accommodate reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process and employment. We participate in E-Verify where required.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION We are committed to an inclusive workplace and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply. Learn about our DEI efforts and beliefs.

About DEPT

DEPT is a pioneering technology and marketing services company delivering end-to-end digital experiences for brands worldwide. Learn more about DEPT.