Paid Search Strategist
US$85,000 / yr base salary
Posted 9 Jun 2026
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- Expected experience
- 2–5 yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Remote
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$85,000 / yr |
|---|
Field of studyMarketing, Science (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
QRY 101
Hey there! We're QRY, a media-buying agency that specializes in scaling retail brands. We connect brand awareness and performance media to unlock growth, use sophisticated data analytics, and employ a full-funnel marketing strategy to help brands reach their most valuable consumers. We’re a high‑performance, high‑ownership team that values candor, curiosity, and results. We love what we do and the people we do it with.
We’re hiring a Paid Search Strategist to own search performance across a portfolio of clients. You’ll plan, launch, and optimize search and shopping programs (Google, Bing, YouTube, and other retail channels where relevant), keeping budgets/pacing tight and turning data into crisp decisions. You love the details, move with urgency, and explain complex ideas simply to teammates and clients.
If you have experience leading and managing search / SEM budgets for retail and ecommerce brands, this could be a perfect position.
Your day-to-day
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Search Strategy:
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You plan, book, and optimize paid search campaigns (i.e. Google AdWords, YouTube, Bing Ads, Amazon, etc) for 5-8 clients, utilizing available search planning tools to develop search plans.
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You strategize and implement A/B experiments to test keywords, bid strategies, ad copy, landing pages, offers, etc
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You advise on paid search strategies, rationales, and plans to meet client goals.
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You keep current on the latest trends in search, social media, mobile marketing, tracking and tagging, behavioral marketing, retargeting & addressability.
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With support from Associate Directors, you manage the channel's monthly reporting and strategy sessions with the client, owning overall communication for all channel initiatives.
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Performance:
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You scope, develop, and manage channel initiatives to consistently hit the goals for channels across all clients.
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You act as a strategic advisor and recommend strategic pivots to increase the channel's performance.
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Reporting + Forecasting:
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You enthusiastically present reports to clients, highlighting the performance of your channels, how they assisted other channels in the funnel, and how they affect the client's business, while recommending next steps.
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You complete a monthly forecast for respective channels based on budget and/or revenue goals.