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Client Success Manager, SEM

full-time•Chicago•$80k - $90k

Summary

Location

Chicago

Salary

$80k - $90k

Type

full-time

Experience

2-5 years

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About this role

Skai (formally Kenshoo) is looking for the best and the brightest to join our rapidly growing team. We're proud of our industry-leading digital marketing software but we're even prouder of the people behind it. That's where you come in!

  

The SEM Client Success Manager is responsible for overseeing all facets of client utilization of the Skai™ Search SEM management platform. The CSM is ultimately accountable for clients' satisfaction and ability to leverage Skai™ Search to drive ROI for SEM initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have great project management skills, excellent technical credentials, hands on experience implementing SEM campaigns and most importantly, a results-oriented, consultative approach to addressing client needs.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

 

●      Partner with Skai™ Client Success Directors to actively build relationships with client partners

●      Assist Client Success Directors in driving client retention, and identifying business growth opportunities

●      Provide initial, and ongoing training to clients to enable them to effectively use the Skai™ platform

●      Assist clients in basic implementation and usage of Skai™ products

●      Provide technical support and search marketing best practice and strategy recommendations

●      Communicating regularly with the customer to evaluate satisfaction

●      Ability to understand clients’ business goals, to anticipate future needs and help determine the ideal solution

●      Partner closely with the product development, sales, technical account management and sales engineers to drive platform innovation and capture market opportunity

●      To collaborate with Local and Social client success teams

●      Energized by solving problems and finding opportunities to make clients successful

●      Ensure client expectations are exceeded!

 


Requirements

 

●      B.A. or B.S.

●      2 or more years of hands on SEM campaign implementation and management experience

●      Ability to understand basic SEM analytics

●      Ability to perform detailed client audits to identify client needs or workflow gaps

●      2+ years experience in client services and/or technical project management

●      Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment with tight deadlines

●      Ability to elicit client feedback to help direct continuous improvements for the Skai™ Search platform

●      Phenomenal communication skills and organized project management

●      Experience collaborating with a team both locally and virtually

●      Organized and methodical, with excellent time management skills

●      Skai™ or other SEM platform experience preferred

●      Ability to travel occasionally

●      Microsoft Excel and other basic technical experience with code such as basic JavaScript and HTML is a plus

●      Passion and dedication

●      Desire to be the best

●      Ability to work both independently and as part of a team

●      Strong interpersonal communication skills - in writing and verbally

●      Proven track-record of problem-solving

●      Results oriented

 

We are hybrid for the long term - with a great home/ office work mix​ (three days in office per week), passionate and diverse team members, and a vibrant company culture.

 

The annual salary range for this position is $80,000-90,000. The actual salary will vary depending on the applicants experience, skills and abilities as well as internal equity and market data. This position is also eligible for additional quarterly bonus compensation through one of Skai’s highly attractive incentive plans, full details will be provided during the recruitment process.


Equal Opportunity Employer


Skai, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. At Skai, we believe ensuring a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace is not just an ideal to strive for; it is right, necessary, and our responsibility as humans. Our full DE&I commitment and global framework can be viewed on our company website and are aligned to our core values. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, and bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, medical condition including acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related conditions, or any other protected status. Also pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we encourage and will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

  

Applicants with Disabilities


Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified disabled applicants may participate in the application process. Please advise in writing of special needs at the time of application.

  

Skai is an E-Verify employer

What you'll do

  • The SEM Client Success Manager oversees client utilization of the Skai™ Search SEM management platform, ensuring client satisfaction and ROI. They partner with Client Success Directors to build relationships, provide training, and offer technical support.

About Skai

Skai is the leading omnichannel advertising platform for commerce media, combining advanced digital marketing capabilities with commerce insights and operations to drive growth for brands and agencies. Powered by unified data and proprietary GenAI, Skai delivers full-funnel media planning, optimization, and measurement, plus insights and automation that help brands improve digital shelf performance, retail execution, and revenue recovery. This integrated approach maximizes sales, profitability, and market share across media and commerce touchpoints. Trusted by over 8,000 brands and agencies, including PepsiCo, Sanofi, and Estée Lauder, Skai integrates with 300+ publishers and retail media networks such as Amazon Ads, Walmart Connect, Criteo, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and TikTok. Headquartered in San Francisco with nine international offices, Skai empowers brands to connect media and commerce for measurable growth and efficiency. Skai uses the brand name Kenshoo Skai in the UK & Europe.

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