Media Supervisor, Search

Updated: January 13, 2026

Location: Santa Monica, CA, United States

Job :13382-OTHLOC-C5xvYfwP

You’re driven, resourceful, and above all else - remarkably smart.

The Media Supervisor, Search is a role within the Performance Media Team responsible for helping to develop, execute and report on media programs, focused primarily on search.

As the Media Supervisor, Search this person will focus their efforts specifically around search campaigns but must have a working knowledge of other media programs to better understand the role that search plays within the larger media landscape.

This position is actively involved in the development of search planning and strategy with a focus on ensuring flawless execution and reporting that aligns with campaign goals and objectives. It ensures the accuracy of execution while delivering effective search programs that align and accomplish our client’s goals and objectives.

It also plays an important role in helping to shape our processes for QA, execution and reporting, and has extensive knowledge and experience to identify inefficiencies and improve our workflow. They will also play an integral role in developing relevant training programs and processes to ensure we create an environment of sharing and learning across all departments, teams and offices.

A big piece of the post‑execution role will be ensuring we have reporting excellence and optimizing our campaign regularly to meet our goals and objectives. The role closely manages the launch and reporting process, ensuring paid media specialists and analytics FTEs align recommendations back to original goals and objectives.

• Strategy/Planning & Presentation Development:
  Gain an understanding of audience and competitive research and the implication on media; participate in planning as the lead on market and competitive research insights and implications as well as previous campaign performance. Outline potential A/B testing opportunities such as Google vs Microsoft, ad copy variations, keyword bids.
• New Business:
  Assist senior media team members in the development of new business responses as applicable.
• Client Management:
  Continually seek ways to improve process to ensure flawless delivery and reporting, collaborating across agencies, client and partner team to ensure we have the data to get the right results.
• Execution/Campaign & Project Management:
  Ensure flawless execution with a strong knowledge of program KPIs and media operations (trafficking, tagging, QA, etc.). Provide campaign delivery reports with accuracy; evolve process for improving media programs; develop insertion orders; ensure media budget approval before releasing IOs; verify vendor invoices and approve for payment.
• Training, Mentoring & Onboarding:
  Proactively set up onboarding meetings for new employees, share relevant industry updates, mentor and educate junior team members.
• Measurement & Reporting:
  Flawlessly execute optimizations, directly in media systems or with partners; provide comprehensive optimization recommendations; identify and execute tests & learn.

• 4+ years of experience executing and planning both SEM/PPC.
• Experience interacting directly with clients, building relationships and executing flawless campaigns.
• Experience managing and optimizing paid search campaigns across all major search engines.
• Comfortable analyzing high volumes of data.
• Certification in Google Ads and Microsoft Ads is required, additional Google Analytics experience preferred.
• Free to travel as needed to support the business.
• Experience in pharma or healthcare is required.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $90,000 to $105,000, with potential commissions/bonus based on performance.

Benefits include a competitive compensation package, health benefits (medical, dental, vision), company match 401(k), flexible paid time off, and sick time.

Syneos Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, marital status, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.