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Paid Search Manager

Sundays, Vancouver, WA, United States


The Role We’re looking for an experienced Google Ads manager who can scale sophisticated paid search campaigns across both brands and bring real strategic thinking to the table. You’ll work closely with our Director of Paid Media, contributing to channel strategy while taking day‑to‑day ownership of growth, execution, and optimization across budgets at scale.

This is a hands‑on role. You’ll be in the platform regularly, and your expertise will shape how we think and have measurable impact on the business. The person who thrives here knows how to drive scale, communicates clearly, and takes genuine ownership of results.

What You’ll Be Doing

Run, optimize, and scale campaigns across Search, Shopping, Performance Max, AI Max, and Demand Gen for both Sundays and Hetta

Collaborate on channel strategy with the Director of Paid Media, bringing platform expertise and a clear point of view to the conversation

Manage budget pacing and allocation across both brands, surfacing trade‑offs and recommendations proactively

Partner closely with the Director of Paid Media to achieve profitable operation and scaling of channel campaigns, operating within net sales and MER targets

Build and actively manage first‑party data strategy, including customer match lists and audience seeding for AI‑powered campaigns

Own product feed quality for Shopping and PMax, including rich metadata and attribute optimization that fuels Google’s AI systems

Measurement & Analysis

Maintain a robust conversion tracking setup, covering Enhanced Conversions, and consent‑compliant measurement infrastructure

Track and report on core KPIs (ROAS, CPA, CVR, impression share, new customer acquisition cost) with context and clear recommendations

Engage with attribution across a longer consideration funnel, building toward incrementality thinking rather than last‑click defaults

Present performance in a way that drives business decisions

Testing & Optimization

Run structured tests across creative, copy, audiences, bidding, and landing pages, with clear hypotheses and documented learnings

Navigate the balance between AI automation and human oversight, knowing when to trust the algorithm and when to constrain it

Stay current on Google’s product roadmap (AI Mode, Demand Gen drops, PMax updates) and bring new opportunities to the team proactively

Working with the Team

Coordinate approaches across Sundays and Hetta, two distinct brands with different customers and positioning managed on shared infrastructure

Generate clear creative briefs for assets on the Google channel including YouTube and PMAX placements

Lead copy development and messaging planning for the Google channel

Partner with creative and web on asset quality knowing that AI‑powered campaigns are only as good as the creative and data you feed them

Participate in cross‑channel planning and, over time, be willing to be cross‑trained in the Meta channel

Required Qualifications

5+ years of hands‑on Google Ads management, with at least 2–3 years running budgets of $200k+/month

Fluency across Performance Max, AI Max for Search, and Standard Shopping, with a clear understanding of their distinct roles and how to run them together as a system

Hands‑on experience with Demand Gen campaigns, including audience seeding, creative strategy, and how it works alongside PMax and Search

A real first‑party data strategy mindset: customer match, Enhanced Conversions, and value‑based bidding aren’t buzzwords to you

Strong command of Google Merchant Center and feed optimization, including the metadata and attribute depth that AI‑powered campaigns depend on

Solid measurement fundamentals, including the ability to articulate the nuances and pitfalls of platform‑reported attribution

Experience with high‑AOV or considered‑purchase brands. You understand the longer conversion window and know how to build for it

Analytical and clear: able to work through complex data, identify what matters, and communicate it without jargon

Preferred Qualifications

Background in furniture, home goods, or other high‑consideration lifestyle categories

Experience managing Google’s AI‑powered tools as a collaborator, knowing when to trust automation and when to override it

Familiarity with incrementality testing and media mix thinking beyond platform attribution; experience with attribution software (Triple Whale, Northbeam) strongly preferred

Some Meta Ads experience, or a real interest in developing it. We’d cross‑train the right person

Experience managing paid search across multiple brands simultaneously

Familiarity with feed management tools like DataFeedWatch

The First 90 Days You’ll start with a full audit of current campaigns, performance baselines, and where the biggest opportunities are. From there, we’ll expect a prioritized roadmap with your honest read on where to focus. Ongoing, you’ll be measured on revenue growth and hitting MER targets by brand, new customer acquisition efficiency, budget utilization, and the quality of your testing and cross‑team collaboration.

On Meta We run active Meta programs across both brands and value channel breadth on the team. This role is Google‑first, but candidates with Meta experience, or a genuine interest in developing it, are particularly attractive to us. For the right person, we’d build a cross‑training plan within the first six months.

What We Offer

Competitive salary and performance bonus tied to channel outcomes

Three weeks of vacation in your first year

A flexible, collaborative work environment with a design‑forward office in Vancouver

Fully stocked kitchen with snacks, coffee, and tea

Ergonomic workstations with sit‑stand desks

Generous product discounts across Sundays and Hetta

Opportunities for professional development and career growth as the company scales

The salary range for this role is $74,000 – $100,000 annually.

Sundays is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer committed to inclusive hiring practices.

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