Detailed Recruitment Checklist for Paid Ads Executive
- Position Details
- Position: Paid Ads Executive
- Experience: Minimum 2 years
- Candidate Qualification Criteria
- Minimum 2 years of experience in paid advertising.
- Proven track record with Meta Ads (Facebook Instagram) and Google Ads.
- Must have at least 1 year of experience in an agency environment.
- Technical Skills Assessment
- Meta Ads and Google Ads Expertise:
- Ask for specific examples of campaigns they have managed (e.g. ecommerce lead generation brand awareness).
- Ask the candidate to describe the process of setting up a Meta Ads campaign including audience targeting ad creatives bidding strategy and optimization.
- For Google Ads ask them to walk through setting up search display and YouTube campaigns and how they approach keyword research ad copywriting and bid management.
- Performance Metrics:
- Expect them to explain how they track and report on campaign performance (e.g. CPM CPC CTR ROAS conversion rate).
- Ask how they optimize underperforming campaigns. Look for responses that include strategies like A/B testing changing audience segments or modifying creatives.
- Familiarity with Ad Platforms:
- Ask which tools and platforms they use for managing ads (e.g. Facebook Ads Manager Google Ads Dashboard).
- Expect them to be familiar with at least one thirdparty tool for reporting or analytics (e.g. Google Analytics SEMrush or HubSpot).
- Experience with Budgets:
- Ask about the largest and smallest budgets they ve managed and the strategies they used to maximize results within those budgets.
- Expect them to explain how they plan and allocate ad budgets across different channels and campaigns.
- Campaign Optimization & ProblemSolving:
- Pose a hypothetical scenario: If a lead generation campaign isn t converting despite a high CTR what steps would you take to troubleshoot and optimize it
- Look for a structured approach: examining landing pages reassessing audience segmentation adjusting creatives and testing ad placements.
- Tools & Software Knowledge:
- Verify familiarity with Google Analytics Pixel setup conversion tracking and UTM tracking.
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