Supervisor, Search Investment

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About the Role

As the Supervisor, Search, you will be a thought and strategic leader within the Decoded Advertising group. You will be responsible for leading and developing a team of Search buyers based in NYC. In this role, you will leverage your knowledge of the space to take a step back and help design the right strategies, processes, and training programs to maximize the performance of the team. In everything you do, you will be data driven at heart, leveraging core statistical principles to help us separate the signal from the noise, and ensure decisions are backed with analytical rigor.

Responsibilities:

Leverage cutting edge media buying expertise to drive best in class Paid Search results for F500 performance brands.
Turn business problems into business solutions using data, automation, and statistics.
Question the status quo of our client's strategies and performance, and strive to deliver orders of magnitude gains via innovation
Leverage statistical principles and design tests to improve our understanding of how and why users interact with our ads and ultimately convert on our campaigns
Provide senior presence in all forms of client interaction with day-to-day managers

About You

The essentials:

4+ years of experience buying media at scale against performance KPIs in Search, with a record of delivering material YoY growth to mature search programs and annual spends over $1MM
You can use strong and persuasive communication when discussing paid search performance with clients and your team
‘Driven’ and ‘Innovative’ are attributes commonly associated with you
Not afraid to get in the weeds, but still also able to identify the larger direction of the team & paid search industry.
Define, monitor, and analyze trends in clients’ KPIs
Develop both short & long-term paid search strategies based on client-specific goals
Actively test and analyze keywords, advertising copy, landing pages, campaign types and positioning to drive results in line with the client's goals
Communicate performance results and strategy recommendations to clients clearly & secure buy-in from decision-makers
Create slides with good design & strong storytelling for clients
Rigorous and sound analytical process rooted in statistical concepts, including hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, probability distributions, and time series analysis.
Ability to identify performance trends with strong optimization recommendations and testing opportunities
Ability to lead a team of analysts executing campaigns, overseeing their day-to-day work, and providing strategic and operational support
Experience working on B2B/lead generation clients is a plus
Prior experience working with offline conversion imports and value-based bidding is highly preferred
SA360 experience is a plus
Performance Max experience is preferred

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.

This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.

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Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range$70,000—$75,000 CAD

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.