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Senior PPC Specialist (Contract)

Roles & Responsibilities

  • 3+ years of experience managing PPC campaigns across Google Ads, LinkedIn, Meta, and X/Twitter.
  • Deep understanding of keyword strategy, bidding behavior, funnels, and intent mapping.
  • Strong preference for manual control—able to disable auto-optimization when it conflicts with brand or funnel strategy.
  • Excellent English communication skills and comfort operating in a growth-oriented environment with fast iteration and experimentation.

Requirements:

  • Build, structure, and refine PPC campaigns across Google Ads, LinkedIn, Meta, and X/Twitter; design account architectures aligned with brand voice, ICP specifics, and funnel needs.
  • Daily optimization—review negative keywords, adjust bids, reallocate budgets, and run A/B tests on creative, copy, audiences, and landing pages; maintain consistent messaging across platforms.
  • Reporting and decision-making—prepare weekly performance reports linking trends to business outcomes (pipeline, CAC, lead quality); recommend next steps with rationale and challenge assumptions when needed.
  • Cross-functional collaboration—work with Growth, Content, and Design teams; participate in performance reviews; help build documentation, playbooks, and scalable PPC processes.

Job description

We’re looking for a highly skilled PPC Specialist who genuinely loves paid advertising — someone who treats performance marketing as both a science and an art. You should be the kind of person who gets energy from optimization, understands how digital businesses really work, and takes pride in creating campaigns that reflect brand, strategy, and deep customer insight.

Your job is to build engine-room excellence in PPC performance.

This means:
 Understanding the business (not just the keywords)
 Switching off AI / auto-optimize features when needed to maintain brand consistency
 Running tests with intention
 Checking negative keywords daily
 Refining messaging and creative strategically
 Owning performance across all major platforms (Google Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Meta Ads, X/Twitter Ads)

We are looking for someone who is obsessed with detail, data-driven, and ready to bring craftsmanship back into PPC.

Your Responsibilities
  •  Campaign Strategy & Setup:
  • Build, structure, and refine PPC campaigns across Google Ads, LinkedIn, Meta, and Twitter/X.
  • Design clean account architectures with intentional segmentation.
  • Create campaigns that reflect brand voice, ICP specifics, and funnel needs — not generic AI-generated defaults.
  •  Daily Optimization & Analysis:
  • Review negative keywords daily and maintain impeccable keyword hygiene.
  • Analyze performance and act on insights quickly: pausing, reallocating, adjusting bids, testing new ideas.
  • Run A/B tests on creative, copy, audiences, and landing pages.
  • Maintain consistency across platforms and ensure unified messaging.
  •  Reporting & Decision-Making:
  • Prepare weekly performance reports with insights, not just data dumps.
  • Tie performance trends to business outcomes (pipeline, CAC, quality of leads).
  • Recommend next steps — with the “why” — and challenge assumptions when needed.
  •  Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Work with Growth, Content, and Design teams to align messaging, creative, and experiments.
  • Participate in performance reviews and strategy discussions.
  • Help build documentation, playbooks, and scalable PPC processes.

  • What Makes You a Great Fit
  • 3+ years experience managing PPC campaigns across Google, Meta, LinkedIn, and Twitter/X.
  • Deep understanding of keyword strategy, bidding behavior, funnels, and intent mapping.
  • Strong preference for manual control — especially disabling auto-optimization when it conflicts with brand or funnel strategy.
  • You love optimization.
  • You enjoy: Checking performance metrics; Fine-tuning targeting; Expanding/cleaning negative keyword lists; Testing hypotheses; Finding marginal gains
  • Strong analytical skills — you know how to interpret data beyond “CTR went up”.
  • Excellent English communication skills.
  • Comfortable in a growth-oriented environment with fast iteration and experimentation.
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