The Media Manager (MM) is responsible for
leading the success of clients’ online marketing programs for paid search. The MM
provides thought leadership on search strategies and optimization; builds
strong relationships and establishes clear lines of communication with clients,
partners and internal staff members. The MM is analytical and uses problem
solving capabilities to assure flawless program execution to meet and exceed
stated objectives.

Role
Objectives:

Account Management

• Assumes accountability
  and ownership of paid search program successes and failures for several client
  accounts. Monitors and reports program financials, budgets and fees to senior
  management

• Interfaces with other
  department leads to share ideas, communicate service offerings, and to identify
  and deliver new solutions for clients

• Keeps management apprised
  of key client opportunities, potential risks and other key nuances which affect
  the health of the business

Program Management

• Directs and manages the
  daily work flow of all client search and social programs, including initiation
  and management of projects across departments

• Reviews client
  deliverables for quality and ensures that recommendations and work product are
  sound and viable

• Creates and executes
  digital account strategies and plans for each client

• Develops and modifies
  bidding strategies in search and effectively manages keyword strategies on paid
  search engines

• Understands natural
  search optimization best practices and articulates knowledge and client
  deliverables effectively

• Provides excellent
  communication via phone, emails and direct contact

• Effectively creates and
  delivers client presentations

• Provides thought leadership
  to clients in paid search

• Commands data analysis of
  key metrics to identify, recommend and implement changes for increasing the
  performance of client programs

• Manages budgeting, forecasting,
  billing and invoicing

• Meets specified deadlines

Team Leadership
& Development

• Embraces and encourages a
  culture based on team work, collaboration, and intellectual curiosity

• Adopts stated account
  management standards and program management best practices

• Assists in training,
  mentoring, and developing team members

• Reverse mentoring with
  another colleague of a different channel expertise

Process Improvement

• Assists in the
  development and documentation of best practices for improving operational
  efficiencies within the team and the group

Minimum
Qualifications:

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

• 2-3
  years of account management experience in online advertising, direct marketing,
  or e-commerce

• Paid
  search experience

• Demonstrated
  problem solving and project management skills

• Minimum
  of 1-2 years as associate account manager or equivalent if internal candidate

• High
  competency level in MS Office with specific strengths in Excel and PowerPoint

• Able
  to work independently and balance multiple tasks

About
Performics:

Are you ready to re-invent digital marketing?  At
Performics, we’re accelerating the great missions of our clients—brands like
Allstate, Toyota, Verizon, American Express and Kohl’s—in the ever-evolving
world of search engine marketing, display media, social media and affiliate
marketing. 

If you’re ready to move at the speed of Google,
Facebook, and Twitter, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and get excited about
finding smarter ways to do things, we’d love to meet you.  We’ll give you
the tools, support, and freedom to lead, innovate and grow.  In fact,
Advertising Age, Crain's and Tribune have named Performics a "Best Place
to Work," and Forrester Research dubbed us one of 2012's "Top Digital
Agencies."  We hire exceptional people for our global headquarters in
Chicago and U.S. locations in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, and San
Francisco.  Our international presence spans 31 markets (and growing)
including regional hubs in London and Singapore.