Growth Marketing Manager, SEM

SeatGeek believes live events are powerful experiences that unite humans. With our technological savvy and fan-first attitude we’re simplifying and modernizing the ticketing industry.

By catering to both consumers and enterprises, we’re powering a new, open entertainment ecosystem where fans have effortless access to experiences, and teams, venues, and shows have seamless access to their audiences. Because everyone should expect more from ticketing.

As an SEM Manager on the Growth Marketing team, you’ll play a leadership role in managing a multi-million dollar marketing channel that has a direct impact on SeatGeek’s overall user revenue growth. You will use both sides of your brain to develop innovative growth marketing strategies in collaboration with marketing analysts, product managers data scientists; and you will demonstrate the value of these strategies through data-based analysis and a rigorous, fact-based approach. You’ll report to our SEM Director.

What you'll do

• Use analytical tools and data-driven methodologies to evaluate the performance of our SEM program and develop/execute strategic recommendations
• Optimize our bids/bid strategies to maximize ROAS AND market share
• Develop execute experiments A/B tests that evolve our bidding, copy, and landing page strategies
• Own strategic pillars on SEM e.g. event types, audiences/personalization, copy strategy etc.
• Manage and help grow SEM Analysts, providing strategic direction and coaching
• Use a rigorous analytical approach to evaluate the performance of our SEM program and make strategic decisions
• Steer relationships with external advertising and measurement partners like Google and Microsoft
• Collaborate with internal Analytics and Data Science teams to power data and insight-driven optimization and machine-learning bidding strategies
• Collaborate with internal Product and Engineering teams to tune the purchase path for growth and build tools to streamline/enrich workflow processes
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align our marketing strategies with enterprise-wide initiatives

What you have

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of performance marketing experience managing Paid Search specifically
• 2+ years of relevant work experience managing SEM teams
• Expertise with AdWords/Google Ads and Google Analytics
• An analytical and data-driven background, with a proven ability to extract valuable insights and narratives from large sets of data
• Strong verbal and written communication skills--you are at ease describing complex strategies and approaches to various audiences within an organization, from the C-Suite to entry-level analysts
• Strong data analysis toolbox, including experience with Excel, SQL, and Looker (or other BI tools)
• SEO experience a plus but not required
• Experience with Python or R a plus but not required

Perks

• Equity stake
• Flexible work environment, allowing you to work as many days a week in the office as you’d like or 100% remotely
• A WFH stipend to support your home office setup
• Unlimited PTO
• Up to 16 weeks of paid family leave
• 401(k) matching program
• Health, vision, dental, and life insurance
• Up to $25k towards family building services
• $500 per year for wellness expenses
• Subscriptions to Headspace (meditation), Headspace Care (therapy), and One Medical
• $120 per month to spend on tickets to live events
• Annual subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon music

The salary range for this role is $91,000- $139,000. Actual compensation packages within that range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.

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