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Paid Search Strategist

Flint - San Francisco, CA, USA - In-office - posted 2026-10-09

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Flint is an AI-powered performance marketing platform that autonomously optimizes ad accounts for brands. The company has recently signed a Fortune 10 customer and is backed by Accel, Sheryl Sandberg's SBVP, and Neo. As a Paid Search Strategist, you will be the search expert managing Google Ads accounts for Flint's portfolio of brands, many of which spend millions annually. You'll own accounts end-to-end, from campaign structure and keyword strategy to bidding, budgets, and landing page optimization. Your responsibilities include: - Running Google Ads accounts hands-on across multiple brands, managing structure, keywords, bidding, budgets, and testing - Diagnosing wasted spend and missed conversion opportunities, then scaling profitable channels - Rebuilding or repairing underperforming accounts with stronger execution and measurement foundations - Making strategic decisions based on customer growth goals rather than vanity metrics - Serving as the expert for strategic accounts and stepping in personally when needed - Challenging Flint's AI agent when it makes errors and collaborating with engineers to improve it - Translating your search playbook into Flint's agent logic, starting with search-query mining and ad-group structuring - Working alongside the account team, which handles most day-to-day customer communication You'll gain visibility into how search performs across diverse brands and industries, seeing results within days rather than months. Your expertise directly shapes how Flint's AI agent optimizes search for all future customers, making this a unique opportunity to build the frontier AI for performance marketing. The role is based in Flint's dog-friendly Financial District office in San Francisco. REQUIREMENTS: - Strong hands-on Google Ads experience in DTC or B2B (both preferred) - Proven track record owning meaningful budgets and delivering measurable results - Good judgment about when accounts need optimization versus rebuilding - Investigative mindset; you solve problems rather than work around them - Experience testing and measuring account performance - Clear, frequent written communication and strong attention to detail - Comfort with AI tools and genuine interest in building AI for your craft NICE TO HAVE: - Experience with Shopping, Performance Max, and AI Max campaigns - Meta advertising experience - Incrementality testing and offline conversion tracking - Experience building AI workflows or tools

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