Paid Search Manager

4 days ago

Greater Sydney Area, Australia Kindred Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year

About the Agency

Our client is one of Sydney's most celebrated, award-winning independent digital marketing agencies that focuses on their people. A growing team that's been quietly perfecting its recipe for digital success across Search, Social, SEO & Email Marketing.

Their clients rave about their responsiveness, attention to detail, and genuine partnership approach. No corporate bureaucracy, no endless approval chains, and just smart, creative Specialists who care deeply about delivering results They are agile and boutique with an enterprise-level performance, all wrapped up in that refreshingly honest Sydney-sider spirit.

The Role

They are looking for a Paid Search Manager to join this award-winning team From hands-on with campaign strategy, translating technical jargon such as ROAS, CPC, CPL, CPA, CTR and more to clients who require your expertise, and supporting their business growth with impactful performance data, having real influence over client success.

You will work as the go-to Google Ads Specialist for clients and internal teams, present strategies, results, and recommendations with clarity and confidence, and help advise clients on best practices for improving funnel performance and maximising media efficiency

What You'll Be Doing

  • Plan, launch, and optimise high-performing Google Ads campaigns across Search, Display, YouTube, Performance Max, and Shopping.
  • Develop keyword strategies, audience targeting, bidding approaches, and budget allocation to maximise ROI.
  • Ensure campaigns are structured for efficiency and aligned with client objectives.
  • Continuously monitor performance, identify trends, and apply data-driven optimisations.
  • Stay ahead of platform changes, betas, and industry trends to test and apply new opportunities.
  • Identify and implement scaling strategies to grow accounts sustainably.
  • Collaborate with cross-channel teams (SEO, Social, CRO) to ensure campaigns support the broader marketing ecosystem.

Who You Are

You're someone with 3+ years of digital marketing agency experience who thrives in a fast-paced, results-driven environment, with solid knowledge in Google Ads. More importantly, you enjoy taking charge of SEM channel as you work with different platform specialists, and use your knowledge, creativity & care to solve interesting problems

If you're curious, proactive, and slightly obsessed with performance, and looking for tailored career progression within the performance space, this could be the one for you

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Think you need to be flawless to land your next role? Truth is: perfect candidates don't exist.

Reach out to the team at Kindred, we're excited to tell you more about this rare opportunity to step into a business with heart, purpose, and incredible potential.

Kindred is a human-first recruitment & talent partner for brands and agencies across SEO, SEM, Paid Social and Digital Marketing. We will require overseas applicants to have existing work rights in Australia. No sponsorship is available for this opportunity.

Kindred - where kindred souls meet great opportunities.

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