Known
Senior Director, Search
New York, NY · Director
Sponsorship not specified$170k-$185kDetected 8 days ago
AlgorithmsMachine LearningData ScienceLLMsStatisticsSEOSEMGoogle AdsContent MarketingAccount ManagementLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- Known's Media Science team uses advanced analytics, machine learning, statistics, and algorithms to plan and optimize advertising dollars.
- We partner with our clients to translate their business goals into meaningful metrics, and buy media across all channels to drive those target outcomes.
- As a Senior Director, Search, you own search performance across a portfolio of clients.
Responsibilities
- Own performance and client relationships across your portfolio, meeting targets and delivering clear, data-grounded narratives
- Manage, develop, and hire direct reports
- own the professional development of the full search team under you
- Build and present media plans, performance reports, and strategic recommendations to client leadership
- Build and grow search practice with an eye to the future, which may include changes in Search and AI landscape, evolution of overall paid media landscape, and other cross channel knowledge sharing.
- Manage, develop, and hire direct reports; own the professional development of the full search team under you
- Translates business problems into specific, solvable media questions and delivers high-quality work against them
- Holds a high bar for accuracy in reporting and analytics, for their own work and others'
- Collaborative by default; builds trust across media, analytics, and client teams
Requirements
- A degree from a well-regarded college or university
- 8+ years of hands-on experience managing paid search strategy and execution in a digital agency or comparable environment
- Demonstrated experience managing gen AI-powered search campaigns, including Performance Max, Responsive Search Ads, Smart Bidding and emerging generative ad formats across Google and Microsoft
- Working knowledge of SEO, including technical SEO, content strategy, and the intersection of organic and paid search
- Experience managing and growing a team of at least 4-6 people
- Track record managing clients directly at a senior level
- Experience in translating goals to KPIs
- Ability to think creatively and question conventional platform or channel approaches when the situation calls for it.
- Ability to evaluate and direct work across paid search and gen AI search in a single coherent strategy
- Experience with search audience strategies, keyword architecture, and budget scaling across verticals
Nice to have
- Known is what happens when a data science firm and a creative agency stop arguing and start collaborating.
- We were built from scratch with PhD data scientists and award-winning creatives working on the same briefs, from day one.
- We're distributed across the U.S. and unapologetically ambitious.
- If you're tired of choosing between doing smart work and doing creative work, you'll fit right in here.
- Experience working with data scientists or technical teams on measurement and optimization problems is a plus
Compensation
- Annual bonuses
Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off
- 401k with company matching and no vesting period
- Generous medical plan
- Paid parental leave
- Advise clients and internal teams on how machine learning, automation, and generative AI tools can improve search performance
Company info
- There's always a better way.
- At Known we are setting out to build something more than just a company.
- The base salary for this position is $170K-$185K
- This range is posted in compliance with state and municipal Pay Transparency laws.
- In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible to receive additional Known benefits.
- We are one team.
- We see the good.
- We never stop learning.
- We are building a legacy filled with exceptionally talented people with a kaleidoscope of backgrounds, experiences, and origin stories who feel encouraged and empowered to bring their whole selves to work, and to partner with us in molding and shaping our culture through our values.
- Known is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or locally protected class.
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