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Google Ads & Paid Search Specialist

Build and manage paid search campaigns that generate qualified leads for sewer, drain, and trenchless companies.

No Dig Trenchless Marketing is looking for a Paid Search Specialist who understands that successful advertising is not about clicks, impressions, or CTR alone.

The goal is to generate the right leads, at a sustainable cost, for the services our clients actually want to grow.

This is a remote role focused primarily on U.S.-based local and service-area businesses.

About No Dig Trenchless Marketing

No Dig Trenchless Marketing is a specialized digital marketing agency serving:

  • Sewer repair companies
  • Drain cleaning companies
  • Trenchless contractors
  • Pipe lining businesses
  • Hydro jetting companies
  • Drainage contractors
  • Plumbing and drain companies
  • Septic companies

Our services include:

  • SEO
  • Google Business Profile management
  • Google Ads
  • Website design and development
  • Reputation management
  • AI search optimization
  • Lead generation
  • LeadWise and CRM automation

Paid search is a major part of our lead-generation strategy because many of our clients operate in markets where customers search with immediate commercial intent.

About the Role

The Paid Search Specialist will be responsible for planning, building, managing, and improving campaigns focused on generating qualified opportunities.

You may work on:

  • Google Ads
  • Search campaigns
  • Local Services Ads where appropriate
  • Keyword research
  • Negative keywords
  • Geographic targeting
  • Campaign structure
  • Ad copy
  • Landing pages
  • Conversion tracking
  • Search-term analysis
  • Budget management
  • Bidding
  • Lead-quality analysis
  • Reporting

This role is for someone who understands both the advertising platform and the business economics behind the campaign.

What You'll Be Responsible For

Campaign Strategy

Build paid search strategies around:

  • Priority services
  • Service areas
  • Budget
  • Competition
  • Lead value
  • Business goals

A campaign for emergency drain cleaning should not necessarily be structured the same way as one for pipe lining or sewer replacement.

You should understand those differences.

Keyword Research

Identify high-intent searches that are likely to generate real business opportunities.

Examples may include:

  • Sewer repair
  • Drain cleaning
  • Hydro jetting
  • Sewer replacement
  • Pipe lining
  • Pipe bursting
  • Camera inspection
  • Trenchless sewer repair

You should be able to distinguish between:

  • Informational searches
  • Commercial searches
  • Emergency intent
  • Research-stage intent
  • Poor-fit traffic

Negative Keyword Management

Monitor and exclude irrelevant search terms.

Examples may include searches related to:

  • Jobs
  • Careers
  • Salary
  • Training
  • DIY
  • Equipment
  • Rentals
  • Products
  • Services the client does not offer
  • Areas outside the service territory

Negative keyword management is not a one-time task.

It is an ongoing part of campaign quality.

Campaign Architecture

Build campaigns and ad groups around logical service categories.

For example:

Drain Cleaning

High-volume local service intent.

Sewer Repair

Repair and replacement searches.

Hydro Jetting

Specialized cleaning intent.

Trenchless Services

Pipe lining, pipe bursting, and related no-dig solutions.

The structure should make it easier to control:

  • Budget
  • Ad messaging
  • Landing pages
  • Search terms
  • Performance

Ad Copy

Write ads that clearly communicate:

  • Service
  • Customer need
  • Relevant differentiators
  • Location
  • Next step

Avoid generic language that could apply to any contractor.

The ad should make sense for the search that triggered it.

Geographic Targeting

Manage targeting around the areas the client actually serves.

You should be comfortable working with:

  • Cities
  • Counties
  • Radius targeting
  • Multi-location campaigns
  • Exclusions

Geographic targeting should reflect real business coverage.

Budget Management

Monitor how budget is distributed across:

  • Services
  • Campaigns
  • Markets
  • High-value opportunities

You should be able to explain when budget should be:

  • Increased
  • Reduced
  • Shifted
  • Held steady

based on performance rather than intuition alone.

Bidding Strategy

Evaluate bidding approaches based on:

  • Conversion data
  • Campaign maturity
  • Budget
  • Competition
  • Lead volume

We do not want someone who changes bidding strategies constantly without enough data.

Decisions should have a reason.

Landing Page Collaboration

Work with SEO, content, and web team members to improve paid landing pages.

A strong landing page should align with:

  • Search intent
  • Ad copy
  • Service
  • Geographic targeting
  • Conversion goal

You may provide recommendations around:

  • H1s
  • CTAs
  • Forms
  • Trust
  • Reviews
  • Page structure
  • Mobile experience

Conversion Tracking

Ensure important actions are tracked correctly.

This may include:

  • Phone calls
  • Form submissions
  • Quote requests
  • Inspection requests
  • Bookings

You may work with:

  • Google Ads conversion tracking
  • Google Analytics 4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Call tracking
  • LeadWise
  • CRM attribution

A campaign cannot be optimized properly if tracking is unreliable.

Search-Term Analysis

Regularly review what users actually searched before clicking an ad.

Use this data to identify:

  • New keyword opportunities
  • Waste
  • Negative keywords
  • Poor targeting
  • Changes in customer behavior

Search terms often reveal problems that campaign-level metrics hide.

Lead-Quality Analysis

We care about whether leads are useful.

You may review data around:

  • Service requested
  • Location
  • Qualification
  • Spam
  • Booked appointments
  • Won/lost status

A campaign generating 50 cheap but irrelevant leads is not outperforming a campaign generating 20 qualified opportunities.

Cost Per Lead

Track CPL by:

  • Campaign
  • Service
  • Location
  • Time period

Then compare it with:

  • Lead quality
  • Close rate
  • Job value

CPL alone does not tell the full story.

Customer Acquisition Cost & Revenue

Where tracking allows, help connect advertising to:

  • Customers
  • Revenue
  • Customer acquisition cost
  • ROAS
  • Marketing ROI

This helps move reporting closer to actual business performance.

Local Services Ads

Where relevant, you may also support Local Services Ads.

Responsibilities may include:

  • Setup support
  • Service selection
  • Lead monitoring
  • Budget monitoring
  • Dispute/review processes where available
  • Performance analysis

LSAs should be treated as another acquisition channel, not a replacement for Google Ads or SEO.

What We're Looking For

You should have practical experience with:

  • Google Ads
  • Search campaigns
  • Keyword research
  • Negative keywords
  • Campaign structure
  • Ad copy
  • Geographic targeting
  • Conversion tracking
  • Search-term analysis
  • Budget management
  • Lead-generation campaigns

You should also be comfortable interpreting business performance rather than just platform metrics.

Experience We Value

Strong candidates may have experience with:

  • Local service businesses
  • Home services
  • U.S. clients
  • Lead-generation campaigns
  • Multi-location businesses
  • High-intent search
  • Call-driven campaigns
  • Service-area targeting
  • Google Ads account restructures
  • Landing-page optimization

Experience in sewer, drain, plumbing, or trenchless advertising is helpful but not required.

Tools & Platforms You'll Work With

Depending on the account, you may work with:

  • Google Ads
  • Google Analytics 4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Google Search Console
  • Google Business Profile
  • Call tracking
  • LeadWise
  • GoHighLevel
  • CRM systems
  • Keyword research tools
  • Spreadsheet/reporting tools
  • AI tools
  • Project management platforms

You do not need to know every tool before applying.

You should understand the core paid-search principles.

What Success Looks Like

Success may include:

  • More qualified leads
  • Lower wasted spend
  • Better search-term quality
  • Improved conversion rates
  • Stronger landing-page alignment
  • Better tracking
  • Better budget allocation
  • Improved lead quality
  • Lower customer acquisition cost
  • Higher revenue from paid search

Success is not:

We increased impressions by 40%.

unless that improvement helps produce more valuable business.

Qualified Leads Matter More Than Cheap Leads

Low CPL does not automatically mean a campaign is performing well.

We care about whether leads fit:

  • Service
  • Geography
  • Intent
  • Client goals

Clicks Are Not the Goal

Clicks are part of the process.

The goal is:

Search

→

Click

→

Lead

→

Qualified Opportunity

→

Customer

Search Intent Matters

A search for:

pipe lining cost

may require a different approach from:

emergency sewer repair near me

Campaign strategy should reflect that difference.

Tracking Must Be Reliable

We do not want campaign decisions based on broken conversion data.

Tracking should be verified before performance conclusions are made.

Paid Search and SEO Can Work Together

Google Ads can provide useful information about:

  • Search demand
  • Converting terms
  • Service priorities
  • Landing pages

This data can help inform SEO strategy too.

The Website Matters

A strong campaign cannot fully compensate for:

  • Poor mobile UX
  • Weak forms
  • No reviews
  • Slow pages
  • Confusing messaging

Paid search performance is connected to the landing experience.

Nice to Have

Helpful experience includes:

  • Local Services Ads
  • Call tracking
  • CRM attribution
  • GoHighLevel
  • LeadWise
  • GA4
  • GTM
  • Landing-page CRO
  • Basic SEO
  • Microsoft Ads
  • Retargeting
  • Multi-location campaign structures

Communication Matters

You may need to explain:

  • Why CPL increased
  • Why a campaign needs restructuring
  • Why a keyword should be paused
  • Why lead quality matters more than total conversions
  • Why more budget will not necessarily solve a conversion problem

You should be able to explain paid search clearly to both internal team members and client-facing staff.

Remote Work

This is a remote position.

Because our clients are primarily based in the United States, some overlap with U.S. business hours may be required.

Specific scheduling expectations will be discussed during the hiring process.

What We Offer

Depending on the final employment arrangement, the role may include:

  • Remote work
  • Specialized paid-search experience
  • Work with high-intent local service campaigns
  • Collaboration with SEO, web, content, client success, and automation teams
  • Exposure to lead-quality and revenue attribution
  • Opportunity to influence strategy, not just execute tasks

Compensation and employment terms will be discussed with qualified candidates.

Hiring Process

  1. Application

    Complete the LeadWise form below.

  2. Application Review

    We review your resume and relevant paid-search experience.

  3. Screening

    Selected candidates may have an initial conversation with our team.

  4. Interview

    We may discuss:

    • Campaign strategy
    • Lead quality
    • Search-term analysis
    • Budget decisions
    • Conversion tracking
    • Problem-solving
  5. Skills Assessment

    Selected candidates may receive a practical Google Ads exercise.

    For example, you may be asked to review campaign data and explain:

    • What you would change
    • What you would leave alone
    • What additional data you need
    • How you would evaluate success
  6. Final Decision

    We review the full application before making a final decision.

Apply for the Google Ads & Paid Search Specialist Position

If you know how to turn search demand into qualified opportunities and care more about business outcomes than vanity metrics, we would like to hear from you.

Complete the application below.

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