FREELANCE | Senior Paid Search Specialist
Barkley
Remote · Kansas City, MO · Posted September 17, 2026
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About the job
BarkleyOKRP is looking for short-term contract support, with the potential to convert to a full-time hire, for our Paid Search team. Ideally this is a Senior Specialist level with a minimum of 3 years experience.
Responsibilities:
Managing campaigns in Google Ads and SA360 including budget pacing, search query analysis, and bid optimization toward specific performance KPIs and fighting strategies
Launching and optimizing Shopping, Demand Gen, PMax and AIMax campaign types.
Maintaining optimization logs and writing performance insight for reports
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