Who we are: Vivid Seats is the fastest-growing online marketplace for sports and concert tickets.  We were recently listed as one of the city's fastest growing internet companies by Crain's Chicago Business and named one of the city's top digital employers by BuiltInChicago.org!  We offer the perks, culture, and opportunity of an entrepreneurial start-up, supported by the scale, stability, and resources of over a decade of profitable growth.  Our mission is to help fans attend all their favorite live events with the highest satisfaction and savings in the industry.

Job Description: Our passionate team is made up of dynamic and innovative team players who work hard and truly love what they do.  Our Search Engine Marketing team creatively conceives, manages, and optimizes one of the industry’s largest Paid Search accounts in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. There’s a ton of work to be done. Care about your work and have a stake in growing an exciting online industry leader.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the growth of Paid Search accounts across major search engines by optimizing and refining SEM initiatives based on seasonality, industry updates and a dynamic live event calendar
• Leverage campaign performance data from multiple sources to gain insights, identify trends and make strategic recommendations to improve performance
• Assist in determining relative priority of particular projects by weighing potential impact and anticipated completion time, helping to manage team’s project organization and daily work flow
• Provide constructive feedback, coaching on industry best practices, and training on new strategies for junior to intermediate team members
• Effectively communicate goals and initiatives with account management teams at our search engine partners
• Assist in identification and implementation of display advertising opportunities
• Troubleshoot ad serving errors, analytics tracking issues, and reporting discrepancies as they arise, effectively communicating such issues to executive management as needed
• Conduct competitive and industry research to stay current with market trends, updates and advertising strategies

Requirements:

• A Bachelors degree and a minimum of  4 years of experience in Search Engine Marketing
• Experience in e-commerce preferred
• Proven success in managing marketing teams consisting of individuals at various stages of their careers
• Strong leadership, organizational and time management skills; able to maintain a detailed project-plan with a high level of accuracy
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to manipulate and interpret program performance data
• Technologically savvy, quick learner with outstanding Excel skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to work under tight deadlines in a high pressure environment
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Google Analytics, SiteCatalyst or other web analytics software experience
• Proactive, energetic personality; strives to learn new skills and share knowledge with industry

What We Offer: Vivid Seats offers competitive compensation levels, substantial individual and team-based bonus opportunities, aggressive promotion timelines, and a variety of workplace perks.  Specifically, staff has access to discounted event tickets, frequent in-office catered meals, monthly happy hours, team outings, discounted gym memberships, subsidized healthy meal and snack programs, and summer sports leagues.  Standard benefits are also offered such as medical/dental/vision/life insurance, 401(k), paid time off, and transit plan discounts.​

Vivid Seats is an equal opportunity employer.