Paid Ads & SEO Specialist

Job Title: Paid Ads & SEO Specialist

Company: Bucket List Creative

Location: St. Louis, MO (Hybrid: in-office, work from home Fridays + one additional day per week)

Type: Full-time

Salary: Flexible based on experience

About the role

Bucket List Creative is a St. Louis-based creative marketing agency and, alongside STL Bucket List and Sauce Magazine, part of one of the fastest growing media companies in the region. We're hiring a Paid Ads & SEO Specialist to grow our internal brands - stlbucketlist.com, saucemagazine.com, and bucketlistcreative.com - through SEO and paid ads, and to lead strategic ad campaigns for our clients in home services, construction, and hospitality.

What you'll own

• Grow traffic and revenue across stlbucketlist.com, saucemagazine.com, and bucketlistcreative.com through SEO and paid advertising

• Own SEO across our sites and client sites: keyword research, technical audits, on-page optimization, and local SEO

• Plan, build, and manage paid ad campaigns for our internal brands and for clients in home services, construction, and hospitality

• Lead campaign strategy: budgets, targeting, creative testing, and ongoing optimization

• Work closely with our software engineer on website projects, including events and restaurant-guide tools, landing pages, site structure, speed, and conversion tracking

• Leverage AI platforms to scale projects efficiently

• Set up and maintain analytics and conversion tracking

• Report performance clearly to internal teams, with recommendations

What we're looking for

• 1 year of paid ads and SEO experience preferred, not required - we're open to people with deep experience or lighter experience

• Experience managing paid ad campaigns, ideally across multiple accounts or sites

• Working SEO knowledge: keyword research, technical fundamentals, and local SEO

• Comfortable using AI tools and platforms to improve efficiency and output

• Able to collaborate with a developer on website changes

• Organized, self-directed, and comfortable owning campaigns end to end

A plus, not required

A lot of our work crosses over into client management and social media, so either is a plus:

• Client management experience

• Light social media experience

Why work with us

• Grow our three internal brands - STL Bucket List, Sauce Magazine, and Bucket List Creative - plus a variety of local and regional client brands

• Collaborative, creative team with real ownership of your work

• Room to grow with a growing company

Benefits

• Health and dental insurance

• 401(k) retirement plan

• Annual profit share

• Technology credit and gas credit

• PTO / flexible work schedule

• 8 weeks paid maternity/paternity leave

Ready to apply?

Send your resume and a brief note on a campaign you're proud of to [email protected], or fill out the application form on our careers page.