--- title: 'Paid Search & Social Specialist at Prophet' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/paid-search-social-specialist-prophet-atlanta-ksmmynd1605w' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-06' --- # Paid Search & Social Specialist at Prophet - **Company:** Prophet - **Location:** Atlanta, GA / Austin, TX / Chicago, IL / San Francisco, CA / New York, NY - **Posted:** 2026-10-02 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-06 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/prophet/jobs/4738901005 ## Job description ## About The Role We are currently looking for a Paid Search & Social Specialist to join our growing media team. This person will support the planning, execution, optimization, and reporting of paid search campaigns across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and related platforms. You’ll manage campaigns across B2B and B2C clients with increasing independence, using data, testing, and search behavior insights to improve performance and connect paid search results to broader client business goals. This role is ideal for someone who is detail-oriented, curious, and comfortable balancing hands-on campaign management with clear communication, collaboration, and strategic thinking. ## Your Day to Day - Manage the day-to-day execution and optimization of paid search campaigns across Google Ads and Microsoft Ads, supporting goals such as lead generation, ecommerce sales, qualified traffic, pipeline growth, and brand visibility. - Support campaign planning and setup, including keyword research, account structure, audience strategy, ad copy, bidding, budgets, and trafficking. - Monitor campaign performance and compile data for reporting, surfacing trends, risks, insights, and optimization opportunities. - Analyze results across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, GA4, and reporting dashboards to identify patterns and recommend improvements. - Contribute to testing across ad copy, keywords, audiences, bidding strategies, landing pages, and campaign structure. - Maintain organized campaign documentation, budgets, timelines, pacing trackers, and optimization records. - Support conversion tracking, UTM governance, and tagging QA in partnership with analytics and operations teams. - Write clear, performance-minded search ad copy tailored to user intent, funnel stage, and client goals. - Collaborate with media, analytics, creative, and client strategy teams to support integrated campaign execution. - Use AI tools independently to improve analysis quality, accelerate research, support ad copy development, and enhance personal work output. - Construct and deliver clear written and verbal communications with limited support. Manage assigned tasks consistently and flag timing, budget, performance, or scope issues proactively. - Continue developing a strategic point of view that connects paid search performance back to each client’s broader business goals. ## What You Bring - Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business, Analytics, or a related field. - 3+ years of hands-on experience managing paid search campaigns across Google Ads and/or Microsoft Ads — agency or multi-client experience preferred. - Working knowledge of paid search setup, optimization, and reporting, including keyword strategy, match types, Responsive Search Ads, extensions, bidding strategies, audience targeting, and budget pacing. - Familiarity with Performance Max, Demand Gen, AI Max, or other evolving Google Ads campaign types is a plus. - Comfort with GA4, conversion tracking, UTM strategy, and basic tagging concepts. - Comfort with data and reporting tools; proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, required. - Experience with or willingness to learn AI-powered tools for analysis, research, workflow efficiency, and message development. - Strong attention to detail, effective communication skills, and the ability to produce polished, client-ready work with limited revisions. - A proactive, curious mindset with a team-first approach and a willingness to ask questions, test new ideas, and improve how work gets done. - Ability to manage multiple priorities across clients, timelines, and deliverables in a fast-paced agency environment. - Location: Austin, Atlanta, Chicago, New York City or San Francisco. Hybrid working model: 3+ full days in office or at client site. Location: Austin, Atlanta, Chicago, New York City or San Francisco Hybrid Working Model (3 Days in office) Salary: $70,000 - $90,000 Prophet is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All employment, promotion, and evaluation decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. ## About Prophet ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Prophet is a global consulting firm that helps business and marketing leaders achieve uncommon growth through consulting, experience, and creative services. - **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA - **Founded**: Year not publicly specified; the firm has been operating for nearly 30 years. - **Founders**: Not publicly listed ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Business Consulting and Services, Management Consulting, Brand Strategy, Marketing Consulting - **Target customers**: B2B, large enterprises, and global brands. Clients include CVS Health, Home Depot, Marriott, Netflix, Electrolux, UBS, and The North Face. - **Mission or purpose statement**: "Prophet unleashes the power of people, businesses, and brands to move society forward." They are "the Uncommon Growth Company." ## Products & Services - **Growth Strategy**: Developing strategies to find and capture new growth opportunities. - **Brand Building**: Brand-led business transformation to create lasting relevance. - **Marketing Excellence**: Demand generation, campaign management, media, and experiences. - **Business Strategy**: Strategic planning and new business building. - **Experience & Innovation**: Design, product innovation, and customer experience. - **Organization & Culture**: Culture as a catalyst for growth, talent strategy, and organizational design. - **Go-to-Market Innovation**: Launching new products and services. - **M&A Growth Acceleration**: Integrating acquisitions for faster growth. - **AI Foundry & Digital Growth**: A specialized team focusing on AI-powered solutions and digital transformation. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (Private) - **Key Metric**: **Revenue**: Estimated at **$127.0M** (annual). **Funding**: **$10.8M** in total funding across 3 rounds. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly listed. Key partners include major global brands (Netflix, Marriott, UBS, etc.). - **Growth Signals**: - Employs ~600 people globally (LinkedIn reports 469 on its profile, but the company website states "600+"). - 15 global offices across the US, Europe, and Asia. - Recognized as a top consultancy: America’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2026 (Forbes), America’s Top Management Consulting Firms 2026 (Business Insider), Best Management Consultants 2026 (brand eins, Germany), Hidden Champions of Consulting Award 2026-27 (Germany). - Chief Digital Officer Chan Suh honored in AdWeek’s AI Power 50. - Active hiring with 16 open positions (as of mid-2026). ## Competitive Advantages - **Interdisciplinary Model**: Operates as "One Firm, One Interdisciplinary Approach" with a single global P&L, allowing them to bring the best talent from any office or discipline to a client problem. - **Nearly 30 Years of Track Record**: Proven history of working with the world’s most successful companies. - **Focus on "Uncommon Growth"**: A differentiated positioning that blends rigorous strategy with bold creativity. - **Strong Brand Recognition**: Consistently ranked among top management and brand consulting firms globally. ## Strategic Focus - **AI Integration**: Heavily investing in AI with a dedicated "AI Foundry & Digital Growth" team and a Chief Digital Officer focused on AI. - **Brand-Led Transformation**: Centering growth on brand relevance and customer connection. - **Global Reach, Local Impact**: Expanding capabilities across 15 offices to serve global clients while maintaining a single, collaborative culture. - **Talent Development**: Focused on developing the "whole person" through a strong EVP and commitment to growth. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasizes four core values: "Create with courage, open minds, give and grow, and share joy." Described as a place where diverse perspectives are welcomed and the team operates as a single, collaborative unit. - **Remote/Hybrid/Office Policy**: Likely hybrid/office-based given the consulting model and 15 global office locations. The firm has offices in San Francisco, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, Zurich, and others. - **Notable Perks & Engineering Culture**: - "Day-One Impact" – employees are expected to contribute to transformative client work immediately. - Strong focus on personal and professional growth ("We’re simply all about growth: for our clients, our people and the world."). - Interdisciplinary teams mean exposure to strategy, design, technology, and culture. - Active social impact: employees have donated 25,000+ hours. - Award-winning firm with a strong brand reputation. - **Who Should Apply**: Ideal for consultants, strategists, designers, marketers, and AI/digital experts who want to work on high-impact projects for Fortune 500 clients in a creative, collaborative environment. ## Sources 1. [Prophet.com - About](https://prophet.com/about/) 2. [Prophet.com - Careers](https://prophet.com/about/careers/) 3. [Prophet.com - Leadership](https://prophet.com/about/leadership/) 4. [LinkedIn - Prophet](https://www.linkedin.com/company/prophet) 5. [Prophet.com - Solutions](https://prophet.com/) 6. 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