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Director, Paid Search

Arnold Worldwide

Arnold Worldwide

Marketing & Communications
Tribeca, New York, NY, USA
USD 150k-150k / year
Posted on Oct 9, 2025

Agency :

Havas Media New York

Job Description :

Havas Media Network North America, the Media Experience agency, is looking for a Director to join the Paid Search Team, part of our global community of 10,000 team members who are focused on using Meaningful Media to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people.

Havas Media is looking for a Director, Paid Search with experience managing complex paid search engagements, leading junior level staff, and working with demanding clients in multiple industry verticals such as Financial Services, Pharma, and/or Retail for example.

A DAY IN THE LIFE MIGHT LOOK LIKE:

Campaign Planning, Management & Optimization

  • Create and manage campaigns to effectively deliver client objectives and targets

  • Ensure best practice set up and ongoing management of campaigns

  • Oversee optimization of campaigns manually and through utilization of bid management tools

  • Complete and manage the forecast and plan of monthly budgets in line with client objectives

  • Development and planning of performance media strategy largely independently

  • Management of direct reports to effectively manage & optimize campaigns

Reporting & Analysis

  • Interpret performance reporting data for clients on a regular and/or ad-hoc basis

  • Present campaign strategy and report on key performance milestones to date

  • Be able to direct and/or execute optimizations based on performance analysis

Team Management

  • Manage personal development plans for all direct reports ensuring SMART objectives are set

  • Develop performance media knowledge, tech knowledge and skill sets of direct reports

  • Provide regular support and advice to help progress direct reports

  • Responsible for all your team’s daily operations

  • Overseeing accurate and timely finance administration and budget

  • Take a lead role in recruitment for the Paid Search team

Performance Innovation

  • Help to drive innovation and creative search solutions for clients

  • Lead team and company trainings on the world of performance media

  • Ensure beta participation for clients and work alongside other online and offline account teams to deliver an integrated digital marketing solution

  • Reflect the agency ambition and vision in all work, and lead and inspire the team to follow high standards

  • Deliver improvements in Paid Search opportunities, client delivery, and Paid Search product across the wider Paid Search team

  • Identify and progress commercial opportunities for your clients

  • Assist VP on answering RFP’s and may participate in new business pitches

WHAT YOU’LL NEED/SKILLS:

  • Performance media experience required

  • Management experience required

  • Intermediate – Advanced level Excel skills required

  • Drives development of team members, gives constructive and on-going feedback

  • Continually strives to seek innovative ways to find solutions for our clients

  • Be the senior client channel lead for your accounts

  • Able to see big picture perspective and apply appropriately to brand

  • Client Acumen, skilled at managing clients and setting clear goals / expectations

WHO YOU ARE:

  • Enjoys being a leader of people and of a team

  • Agility and flexibility to manage multiple projects at one time

  • Excellent communicator, can inspire others to achieve best results, great motivator

  • Astute attention to detail

  • Must have Pharma Experience

ABOUT HAVAS MEDIA GROUP NORTH AMERICA:

Havas Media Group North America is the Media Experience agency. We deliver this brand promise through our proprietary Mx System, where meaningful media helps build more meaningful brands. Our focus is on understanding the most Meaningful Media – the media channels, moments and brands that really move consumers to action, the media that is trusted, engaging, and influential will have the best chance of helping an advertiser reach an engaged audience.

Our global mission to make a meaningful difference starts at home – because we can’t grow if our people can’t grow. It’s this simple but oftentimes overlooked insight that guides everything we do, from the decisions and investments made in our work for clients, to the inclusive programs that prioritize our people’s needs and the needs of our community. Our Values are the basis of our decision-making at Havas Media Group —from the clients we seek to the talent we attract, to what we reward and recognize in our staff, to how we reinforce these values of Taking the Lead, Having a Voice, and Showing We Care on a daily basis.

We are part of Havas Group, owned by Vivendi, one of the world's largest integrated content, media, and communications groups. Globally, we are home to more than 10,000 specialists across 150 countries worldwide, with 69 Villages. Our North American clients include Puma, Titleist, Swarovski, Fidelity Investments, Keurig Dr. Pepper, Dolce & Gabbana, Sanofi and many others. Our most important asset however is our talent. We hope you agree!

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Comp 150K

Contract Type :

Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.