Senior Analyst, Commerce

5 months ago


Chicago, United States Spark Foundry Full time

Job Description

Overview: 
The Senior Analyst will be the day-to-day steward of search and Commerce media for assigned brands. They are responsible for monitoring and maintaining search/Commerce campaign development, activation, and innovation. The Senior Analyst is required to develop and maintain strong knowledge of client businesses and apply their media understanding accordingly to help deliver against client needs/objectives. They will work closely with their manager in the development and communication of all search/Commerce recommendations. 

Role Objectives: 

Build paid search/Commerce strategies across search engines, as well as AMS, and applicable platforms 

Monitor and optimize performance to meet business objectives 

Gather and analyze keyword research necessary to build a new campaign 

Responsible for gathering necessary data for plan development 

Group keywords into ad groups and develop relevant ad copy and extensions 

Present recommendations and apply client feedback to keyword and copy proposal 

Upon campaign approval, responsible for building flowcharts and loading buys into Prisma 

Generate paperwork necessary for purchase authorization and ensure vendor counter signature is received 

Primary party responsible for trafficking approved plan into search engines 

Primary party responsible for QA of all campaign components prior to launch 

Monitor and maintain campaign budgets, pacing, and bid adjustments 

Proactively advocate for campaign adjustments based on performance trends 

Active monitoring and management of performance and competitive landscape 

Development and implementation of optimizations and/or testing plans (e.g. search query reports, negative keyword maintenance, keyword overlap, testing implementation) 

Pulling and analyzing data to inform campaign reporting and develop strategic insights with clear actionable items 

Build clear, concise, and cohesive quantitative analyses inclusive of strong data visualization 

Active participation in client status and reporting calls, including presentation of reporting 

Responsible for granular maintenance of monthly billing cycle, including invoice tracking, buy actualization in Prisma, and draft billing compilation for manager approval 

Responsible for resolving billing discrepancies in partnership with client strategy and billing reconciliation team 

Responsible for learning all relevant tools for reporting, analytics, and competitive analysis 

Mastery of all core metric calculations and relationships (e.g. CPC, CPA, CTR, SOV, weighted averages) 

Serve as subject matter experts for Analysts and be a resource for training and ad hoc questions 

Develop strong working relationship with client teams and partner agencies (where applicable) by helping to create a seamless communications process 

Establish professional, productive rapport with sales representatives/media vendors 

Work closely with manager to establish priorities and manage workload 

Timely delivery of all work 

Successful completion of training programs and requisite certifications 

Qualifications

1-2 years of paid media experience with a focus on Commerce 

Experience buying and planning across multiple platforms to include Google, Bing, AMS, Criteo, etc. 

Knowledge of Amazon, Walmart, Target platforms 

AMS platform, AAP platform, Criteo, and/or Google Ads preferred 

Amazon Retail Analytics (ARA), 3rd Party Digital Shelf Reporting, i.e. Clavis or EDGE preferred 

Experience working in a client-facing capacity 

Experience using paid media to complement earned media campaigns and meet business objectives 

Proficiency in MS Suite: Excel, Word, Microsoft office, PowerPoint 

Demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills 



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