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Weekend Search Engine Marketing Jobs in Elgin, IL

Staples, Inc.

Manager SEM Quill

Lincolnshire, IL · On-site

Manager, Search Engine Marketing - Quill Work Model: Onsite, Lincolnshire, IL About Quill Quill is a Staples company focused on helping businesses succeed with the products, services, and solutions ...

Staples, Inc.

Manager SEM Quill

Lincolnshire, IL

Manager, Search Engine Marketing - Quill Work Model: Onsite, Lincolnshire, IL About Quill Quill is a Staples company focused on helping businesses succeed with the products, services, and solutions ...

Ovative group

Manager, Paid Search (SEM)

Chicago, IL · On-site

TheOvativeGroup Manager, Paid Search (SEM) position is an opportunity for an experienced candidate to take the next step in a leadership role at a fast-growing company that has the highest standards ...

Cars

Director, Paid Search

Chicago, IL · On-site

It exists because SEM is an 8+ figure, business critical acquisition channel that needs a single accountable owner to drive volume and efficiency while navigating the shift to AI-driven search (AI ...

GAF

Digital Marketing Consultant-SEO

Chicago, IL · On-site

$65 - $95/hr

Digital Marketing Consultant-SEO Location: Chicago, IL-Remote/Hybrid About Us: Predictive Sales AI is at the forefront of transforming the home services industry with AI-driven software. We empower ...

DAC Group

SEO/GEO Director

Chicago, IL · On-site

Furthermore, they stay up to date on the latest search engine and AI updates and apply knowledge and experience of marketing strategy and search engine marketing concepts. The SEO/GEO Director will ...

DAC Group

SEO/GEO Director

Chicago, IL · On-site

Furthermore, they stay up to date on the latest search engine and AI updates and apply knowledge and experience of marketing strategy and search engine marketing concepts. The SEO/GEO Director will ...

Americaneagle.com

SEO Specialist

Des Plaines, IL · On-site

$60K - $80K/yr

Americaneagle.com is a family-owned web design, development, and digital marketing agency with a ... The SEO Specialist's primary function is to facilitate the day-to-day execution of organic search ...

Darwill, Inc.

SEO Specialist

Oakbrook Terrace, IL · On-site

Darwill is a third-generation, family-owned, full-service marketing partner based in the western ... Technical SEO Collaboration: Work closely with developers to troubleshoot indexation, crawlability ...

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As of Aug 27, 2026, the average yearly pay for weekend search engine marketing in Elgin, IL is $72,849.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $61,300.00 and $82,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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AspectWeekend Search Engine MarketingWeekend Social Media Manager
CredentialsSEO certifications, digital marketing experienceSocial media certifications, content creation skills
Work EnvironmentDigital marketing agencies, e-commerce companiesBranding agencies, media companies
Industry UsageOnline advertising, search engine optimizationContent marketing, community engagement
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Weekend Search Engine Marketing focuses on optimizing websites for search engines and managing paid search campaigns, often requiring SEO and SEM certifications. Weekend Social Media Managers handle content creation, community engagement, and brand promotion on social platforms, emphasizing social media skills. Both roles are part-time, weekend-focused, and common in digital marketing industries, but they differ in their core responsibilities and skill sets.

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Manager SEM Quill

Lincolnshire, IL • On-site

Staples, Inc.
Retail • 10K+ employees

5.7

Company rating: 5.7 out of 10

Based on 637 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

457th of 738 rated retailers

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Full-time

Retirement, PTO

Posted 6 days ago

Job description


Manager, Search Engine Marketing - Quill
Work Model: Onsite, Lincolnshire, IL
About Quill
Quill is a Staples company focused on helping businesses succeed with the products, services, and solutions they need to operate effectively. The Growth Marketing team plays an important role in driving acquisition, order growth, customer value, and profitable performance across digital channels.
About the Role
Quill is seeking a Manager, Search Engine Marketing to lead the day-to-day strategy, execution, performance management, and optimization of its paid search program across Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising, including Search and Shopping/PLA campaigns. This role serves as Quill's internal SEM owner and is accountable for ensuring the channel operates with strong analytical discipline, agency accountability, execution rigor, and alignment to acquisition, order growth, profitability, and customer value goals.
This is a manager-level individual contributor role with no direct reports today, but it requires leadership through influence, including directing external agency resources, coordinating cross-functional partners, and serving as a senior performance marketing thought partner across Growth Marketing forums.
What You'll Be Doing
  • Own the day-to-day health and performance of Quill's paid search program across Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising, including Search and Shopping/PLA campaigns.
  • Lead the agency team responsible for SEM execution by setting priorities, defining deliverables, reviewing work quality, tracking commitments, and ensuring resources remain focused on the highest-value opportunities.
  • Conduct regular in-platform analysis to identify performance drivers and opportunities across queries, campaigns, products, audiences, devices, geographies, bids, budgets, impression share, CPC, conversion, feed health, and other relevant dimensions.
  • Diagnose unexpected performance changes quickly, develop hypotheses, isolate root causes, coordinate corrective actions, and escalate material risks as needed.
  • Own SEM pacing and tactical budget decisions within approved investment plans and established guardrails.
  • Develop and maintain an SEM testing and optimization roadmap covering campaign structure, bidding, creative, landing pages, feeds, promotional execution, and platform capabilities.
  • Partner with Marketing Analytics to connect platform performance to customer economics, lifetime value, incrementality, and broader business outcomes.
  • Create clear performance readouts, recommendations, and action plans for Growth Marketing leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
What You Bring to the Table
  • Strong SEM judgment and hands-on platform depth to independently evaluate performance, challenge recommendations, and diagnose issues.
  • Excellent project and program management skills with the ability to coordinate campaigns, promotions, deadlines, assets, dependencies, and stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to build hypotheses, work through platform data, and translate findings into business actions.
  • High ownership, strong problem-solving instincts, and a bias for early issue detection and timely escalation.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence peers, partners, and stakeholders without formal authority.
  • Comfort working in a performance-oriented environment with changing platforms, business priorities, and operating conditions.
  • Genuine interest in performance marketing, customer acquisition, e-commerce, and continuous improvement.
Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, economics, analytics, or a related field.
  • Seven or more years of progressive paid search or performance marketing experience, including demonstrated ownership of scaled SEM programs.
  • Hands-on experience building, managing, optimizing, analyzing, and reporting on paid search and Shopping campaigns.
  • Demonstrated in-house experience managing an external paid media or SEM agency, including directing work, challenging recommendations, and holding partners accountable.
  • Experience managing or materially influencing a large-scale SEM program; experience with a significant monthly media budget is strongly preferred.
  • Advanced working knowledge of Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising, including Search, Shopping/PLA, automated bidding, campaign structure, query analysis, and budget management.
  • Experience with retail or e-commerce performance marketing and product- or feed-driven advertising.
  • Strong Excel proficiency and demonstrated ability to independently analyze large or complex platform data sets.
  • Experience with testing and experimentation, including forming hypotheses, defining success criteria, and translating results into improvements in strategy or execution.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Prior direct people-management experience or substantial formal coaching or mentoring responsibility.
  • Working knowledge of paid social and SEO sufficient to contribute meaningfully in cross-channel discussions and identify areas of overlap with paid search.
  • Experience partnering with analytics teams on lifetime value, incrementality, attribution, customer segmentation, or marginal-return analysis.
  • Experience using SQL, business intelligence tools, or other analytical tools beyond spreadsheet analysis.
  • B2B e-commerce or business-customer acquisition experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values the diversity of its people, products, and services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
We Offer:
  • Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
  • Flexible PTO (22 days) and Holiday Schedule (7 observed paid holidays)
  • Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs, and more! https://careers.staples.com/Staples-Life/Benefits

The salary range represents the expected compensation for this role at the time of posting. The specific base pay may be influenced by a variety of factors to include the candidate's experience, skill set, education, geography, business considerations, and internal equity. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for bonuses, or other forms of variable compensation.
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About Us
Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
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Staples is the country's largest operator of office supplies superstores, offering a vast selection of products at low prices, primarily to small business owners. The company has a strong online presence and operates over 994 stores in the U.S. and 40 warehouses/fulfillment centers. The company was founded by Leo Kahn and Thomas G. Stemberg, and opened its first store in Brighton, Massachusetts on May 1, 1986. By 1996, it had reached the Fortune 500, and later acquired the office supplies company Quill Corporation. Staples provides office and school supplies, office furnishings, electronics, software, snack and beauty products, as well as offering printing and technological services. The company has a strong commitment to innovation and customer service.

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