Associate Buying Director, Paid Search

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for data-driven advertising? As our Associate Buying Director, Paid Search, you’ll be at the forefront of creating and optimizing high-impact paid search campaigns for a diverse portfolio of clients. This role is your chance to shape strategies, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and deliver measurable results that drive client success. If you're a problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you.

• Develop and implement paid search strategies that align with client goals and objectives.
• Drive innovation by testing new strategies, tools, and techniques to improve campaign performance.
• Manage and optimize paid search campaigns across various platforms.
• Conduct in-depth keyword research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities for campaign improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including designers, copywriters, and account managers to ensure campaign success.
• Monitor and analyze campaign performance, providing actionable insights and recommendations.
• Prepare and present detailed reports on campaign performance to clients and senior management.
• Lead and mentor a small team of paid search specialists, ensuring best practices and continuous learning.
• Manage budgets and ensure efficient allocation of resources to maximize ROI.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and changes in paid search algorithms and technologies.

• 5+ years of experience, or proven experience, in paid search advertising, with a proven track record of managing successful campaigns.
• Strong knowledge of Google Ads, Bing Ads, and other paid search platforms.
• Proficiency in using analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, etc.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and make data-driven decisions.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Google Ads certification is a plus.

About Walz Tetrick Advertising

Walz Tetrick is a full-service marketing, creative and media agency in Kansas City. The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce named Walz Tetrick one of its Top 10 Small Businesses, honoring our resilience, innovation and values. Though we’ve been around since 1967, we approach every opportunity with the same zeal we did when we were just getting started. We look for associates, partners and clients who share that enthusiasm and appreciate our all-in approach to brand activation. With each day, we harness more tools and information to illuminate our way.

Walz Tetrick offers an office culture like no other. CEO Charlie Tetrick values his employees and creates a uniquely positive and supportive culture. We work and play as a family. Our current work hours are “in office” Monday, Wednesday and Thursday with an option to “work from anywhere” Tuesday and Friday.

We’re proud of our strong benefits package that includes a 401(k) with an employer match, long-term disability and dental insurance. We offer excellent health insurance, and the agency pays 90 percent of the employees’ premiums with an option to add a spouse and family. We have a generous paid time off policy that includes days to volunteer at a charity of your choice.

If you’re passionate, strategic, collaborative and kind, with a dose of scrappy thrown in, we want to meet you.

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