Senior SEM Analyst

Sr. Sem Analyst

LegalZoom is on a mission to help people navigate the legal system with confidence and clarity. As a leader in online legal services for over 20 years, we combine technology, attorney-led solutions, and expertise to protect the aspirations, lives, and legacies of millions of customers. If you're ready to contribute to a collaborative, diverse, and distributed group of creative thinkers and problem-solvers, we can't wait to meet you.

In an effort to foster a better work-life balance, LegalZoom is committed to a remote-first work environment. Our Austin, Beaverton, Frisco, LA Metro, and SF Bay Area offices allow our Zoomers to collaborate with teammates and offer special onsite events, lunches, and more. This position will be focused in the LA Metro area.

As a Sr. Sem Analyst at LegalZoom, you will take ownership of paid search campaigns across major search engines including Google and Bing to drive customer acquisition. We are seeking a proactive individual contributor, with a strong sense of ownership to own the management and optimization of Sem campaigns that meet business objectives and maximize ROI. This role requires a deep understanding of performance marketing, strong analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. You will collaborate closely with product, product marketing, creative, and data science teams to ensure alignment on goals and leverage collective insights to enhance campaign performance. A strong analytical mindset and comfort with experimentation design will be key as you drive innovation in paid search, testing new approaches, and scaling successful tactics to drive sustained business growth.

You will :

Oversee and execute paid search campaigns across Google Ads, Bing Ads, and emerging search platforms. Pmax experience is a plus.

Monitor and analyze campaign data to identify key trends and insights that fuel data-driven optimizations and guide cross-functional learnings.

Manage campaign budgets, ensuring optimal allocation of spend to meet traffic, acquisition, and revenue goals. You must be comfortable with budget pacing and forecasting.

Conduct keyword research, competitive analysis, and audience research to inform campaign strategy and targeting.

Prioritize and execute continuous hypothesis-driven experimentation across various categories to optimize ad copy, targeting strategies, bidding techniques, and landing pages.

Competitor research to benchmark campaigns and adjust strategies for conquesting, ensuring a competitive edge in the search landscape.

Collaborate closely with internal teams, including product marketing, creative, and data science to ensure alignment across all Sem efforts and contribute to project plans and briefs, ensuring consistency with overarching marketing objectives.

Stay up-to-date on industry trends and changes to search engine algorithms to ensure campaign strategy is aligned with best practices and recommendations.

You have :

Bachelor's degree, with preference for marketing, analytics, statistics, or a related major

3-5 years of hands-on experience managing paid search campaigns.

Recent hands-on-keys experience with Google and Bing Ads is required as you will be required to directly execute campaign launches and optimizations. Google and Bing certifications are a plus.

Experience with experimentation design, landing page optimization, conversion rate optimization (CRO), and A / B testing.

Proficiency in structured analysis and Excel

Excellent communication skills and ability to present data and insights to internal stakeholders.

Experience managing Sem for SMB and / or consumer-focused brands, particularly in the legal or services industry, is a plus.

LegalZoom is a remote-first company and the national range for this role is $84,400 to $109,400. Actual compensation offered will depend on several factors including but not limited to : geographic location, work experience, education, skill level, and / or other business and organizational needs. In addition, an annual bonus, incentive bonus and / or restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package. You will also receive a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits as seen below.

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401k, With Matching Contributions

Paid Time Off

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Short-Term / Long-Term Disability Insurance

Plus other wellness benefits to include :

Fertility

Mental Health

One Medical

Fringe lifestyle benefits up to $250

Join us in making a difference as we build our future and help ensure access to professional legal advice to all! LegalZoom is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. LegalZoom prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.