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About Comrade Digital Marketing We are a midsized marketing company established in 2008 and headquartered in Chicago. We provide search marketing services, namely SEO, GEO, PPC, web design and development. And we do it well! This is a remote position open to candidates across Canada. THE OPPORTUNITY Legal PPC is a different game. The stakes are high, the keywords are expensive, and the difference between a qualified case lead and a wasted click can mean thousands of dollars. We are a digital marketing agency that works exclusively with law firms across the United States, and were looking for a senior paid search specialist who already knows this landscape inside and out. Today, our PPC work is spread across several team members. Were hiring this role to bring focused, seniorlevel expertise into the center of our paid media operationsomeone who can consolidate strategy, raise the performance bar across every account, and take direct ownership of the campaigns that drive our clients caseloads. This isnt about managing ads in bulk. Its about treating every dollar of ad spend as an investment with a measurable return. If youve spent years refining your craft in legal PPC, understand the economics of case acquisition, and want a role where your expertise directly shapes client outcomeskeep reading. What Youll Do Run highstakes legal campaigns end to end plan, build, launch, and manage paid search campaigns for law firm clients across practice areas. Youll own performance from keyword strategy through to qualified lead delivery. Master Google Ads and Local Services Ads these are your primary platforms. Youll manage campaigns across both, optimizing for the nuances of legal search behavior, geographic targeting, and lead qualification at every stage. Develop strategies rooted in legal economics build campaign architectures that reflect how law firms actually value casesfactoring in practice area profitability, case value, and competitive dynamics to make every budget work harder. Sharpen targeting and keyword strategy conduct thorough keyword research and audience analysis tailored to legal services demand in specific markets. Youll know which terms attract real prospects versus which ones drain budgets. Optimize relentlessly for quality, not vanity metrics continuously refine campaigns with a focus on lead quality, conversion rates, and cost efficiency. Youll dig into the data daily, identifying whats working and eliminating what isnt. Turn data into action analyze performance across accounts, surface patterns and opportunities, and execute scaling strategies that grow results without inflating costs. Report with clarity and insight produce performance reports that go beyond dashboardscommunicate the story behind the numbers to internal teams, account managers, and clients in a way that builds trust and informs decisions. Elevate the team around you provide strategic guidance, mentorship, and quality oversight to fellow PPC specialists. Help standardize best practices and raise the overall caliber of paid media work across the department. What Success Looks Like Client campaigns consistently produce qualified legal leads at or below target costperlead benchmarks. Conversion rates and lead quality metrics trend upward across the portfolio of managed accounts. Campaign ROI meets or exceeds the agencyestablished performance standards for paid search services. Lead output aligns with case value and client intake capacitynot just volume for volumes sake. Junior specialists benefit from structured guidance, with visible improvements in campaign consistency and execution quality. PPC processes and standards are better documented, more repeatable, and applied uniformly across accounts. Who You Are Essential experience (5+ years) Youve spent significant time managing paid search campaigns specifically for U.S.based law firmsthis is nonnegotiable. You have deep, handson proficiency with Google Ads and Google Local Services Ads in legal verticals. You understand the economics of legal lead generationcase values, intake rates, practice area profitabilityand you build campaigns around those realities. You have a demonstrated history of generating qualified legal leads at competitive costperlead levels. Youre experienced managing meaningful ad budgetstypically in the range of $3,000 to $30,000+ per client per month. Youre sharp with data: comfortable building analyses, spotting inefficiencies, and making optimization decisions grounded in performance metrics. Youve worked in an agency setting and know how to manage multiple accounts simultaneously without letting quality slip. Bonus qualifications Experience running campaigns on Microsoft Ads, Meta Ads, LinkedIn Ads, or Yelp Ads. Background managing paid media for home services or other local service businesses. Familiarity working alongside SEO and content marketing teams to align paid and organic strategies. Handson experience with call tracking platforms and lead attribution systems. Prior experience coaching or mentoring junior paid media professionals. Compensation & Benefits Monthly compensation: $5,000$9,000/month based on your depth of experience, expertise, and proven campaign results. Performance bonuses: additional earning potential tied to campaign performance and client success metrics. Fully remote: work from anywhere we care about what you deliver, not where you sit. Highvalue client portfolio: work with law firms across the country on campaigns where your decisions have a direct, visible impact on client revenue. Leadership trajectory: step into a senior role within the PPC team with the opportunity to shape how the department evolves as the agency grows. Flexible engagement: fulltime is preferred, but were open to contract or parttime arrangements for the right candidate with exceptional expertise. TECH STACK Google Ads Google Local Services Ads Google Analytics (GA4) Google Tag Manager Microsoft Ads Meta Ads Call Tracking & Attribution Tools HubSpot CRM Internal Reporting Dashboards About The Team Youll be joining a paid media team embedded within a fullservice digital marketing agency that lives and breathes local service marketing. The broader team includes specialists in SEO, content, web development, and account managementall focused on helping law firms grow. The culture is built around transparency, ownership, and measurable results. People here are datadriven and collaborative, they share whats working, they hold each other to high standards, and they take pride in the outcomes they deliver for clients. Your closest collaborators will be fellow PPC specialists, account managers, and the SEO and content teams. A NOTE ON OUR HIRING PROCESS Were prioritizing finding the right person over filling this role quickly. As part of the interview process, finalists will be asked to complete a campaign audit exercisereviewing real performance data and presenting their analysis along with optimization recommendations. We want to see how you think, not just what youve done. Ready to own the paid media engine for a legal marketing leader? If you think in costperlead, optimize for case value, and take pride in campaigns that actually move the needleapply now. #J-18808-Ljbffr