Campaign Manager (Senior Associate), Search

Company description

Zenith is one of Publicis Groupe’s largest media agencies, spanning 95 markets globally with US offices in New York, Burbank, Chicago, Atlanta and Detroit. For more than 30 years, we have been at the forefront of media, helping to evolve and reshape the industry. We are highly regarded as a true agency partner by many high-profile brands for our expertise across numerous categories and wide range of capabilities that are unparalleled in the industry. Clients hire us for our track record of excellence in strategic planning, investment, and measurement. We also have specialist offerings, including content, commerce, multicultural and future-proofed data capabilities.

Overview

As the Campaign Manager, Paid Search, you will serve as the day-to-day executional lead for a premier global entertainment and audio streaming platform. In this role, your primary focus will be the flawless management and optimization of paid search campaigns, consistently delivering strong performance against client KPIs across markets globally. You will drive growth and innovation by providing sharp campaign strategies, while building trusted relationships and establishing seamless lines of communication with clients, partners, and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Campaign Execution: Oversee day-to-day campaign management, optimization, and reporting of paid search campaigns.

• Budget & Pacing Management: Flawlessly manage complex media budgets and daily budget pacing across multiple global markets, ensuring zero under- or over-spends while maximizing efficiency.

• Strategic Planning: Create and execute digital account strategies, contributing actively to annual planning and long-term client growth.

• Project Management & Organization: Serve as the team's organizational anchor. Maintain meticulous project tracking to keep the team focused, aligned, and ahead of schedule, taking personal pride in flawlessly meeting every deadline and deliverable.

• Collaboration: Interface with internal agency counterparts to share ideas, communicate service offerings, and identify/deliver new solutions for clients.

• Quality Assurance: Review client deliverables for quality, ensuring that all recommendations and final work products are sound, viable, and polished.

• Client Leadership: Provide excellent communication and thought leadership to clients via phone, email, and direct presentations.

• Data Analysis: Command data analysis of key metrics to identify, recommend, and implement strategic changes that continuously boost client program performance.

• Financial Management: Manage budgeting, forecasting, billing, and invoicing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, concentration in business, marketing, or advertising preferred.

• 1+ years of paid search experience, preferably on the agency side.

• Proficiency in Google Ads and Apple Search Ads preferred.

• Hands-on experience with AI Max and Performance Max campaigns preferred.

• Ability to set, track, and achieve key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure campaign success.

• Demonstrated problem solving, organization, and project management skills.

• Experience with project management tools (i.e. Asana) is a strong plus.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Google Workspace (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.) is highly preferred.

• Ability to work independently and balance multiple tasks.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Veterans Encouraged to Apply.

Compensation Range: USD $50,065.00 - USD $73,944.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 8/1/2026.