Hybrid Associate Director, Paid Search

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About the role

  • Associate Director, Paid Search leading performance across client accounts. Responsible for strategy, growth, and mentoring team members in a hybrid advertising agency.

Responsibilities

  • Own performance across assigned paid search accounts, with full accountability for results
  • Set clear optimization priorities aligned to business goals such as revenue, pipeline, efficiency, or growth
  • Oversee budgets and pacing to ensure disciplined investment and no preventable over or underspend
  • Identify risks early and implement corrective action before escalation is required
  • Provide confident, data-backed recommendations to Client Service and senior stakeholders
  • Translate client business objectives into clear search strategies and execution direction
  • Guide account structure, bidding strategy, testing frameworks, and measurement approach
  • Partner with Media Strategy, Client Service, Creative, and Performance teams to ensure integrated execution
  • Coach and develop Senior Associates and Associates on performance judgement and optimization strategy
  • Create clarity around priorities, success metrics, and decision-making frameworks
  • Model and encourage responsible AI usage to improve efficiency and quality of output

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on expertise in Google Ads and Microsoft Ads across complex, performance-driven accounts
  • Demonstrated ownership of performance outcomes, not just execution
  • Experience setting channel strategy tied to measurable business objectives such as CPL, CAC, ROAS, or revenue growth
  • Ability to manage budgets responsibly and make confident investment trade-offs
  • Proven experience mentoring or developing more junior team members
  • Clear, direct communicator who can translate performance data into business impact
  • Comfort operating in a fast-paced agency environment with multiple stakeholders

Benefits

  • performance-based bonus consideration
  • comprehensive benefits package
  • extended health coverage
  • dental coverage
  • mental health coverage
  • health spending allowance

Job title

Associate Director, Paid Search

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$85,000 - CA$102,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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