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Amsal is strongest in analytical performance management: separating the effects of scale from underlying performance issues, assessing efficiency through holistic metrics, and guiding decisions beyond CPA alone\. Amsal also has three years of people\-management experience and currently manages five direct reports\. Their management approach emphasizes introducing new perspectives, strengthening teamwork, and improving decision frameworks\. Before Spark Foundry, Amsal was Manager, Paid Search and Senior Associate, SEO at Mindshare, where they supported technical SEO, keyword research, site\-speed work, and reporting for Kimberly\-Clark family\-care brands\. Earlier roles in health\-plan advising, luxury sales, and digital marketing built experience in compliant enrollment marketing, CRM and client relationships, social content, campaign reporting, and search optimization\. Amsal earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from DePaul University\. ## Highlights - Works in Performance Media \- Search at Spark Foundry\. - Specializes in paid search and Google performance channels, including Performance Max, Demand Gen, and YouTube\. - Managed a $15 million annual paid media budget at the agency level\. - Brings three years of people\-management experience and currently manages five direct reports\. - Combines client\-facing strategy discussions with hands\-on campaign optimization\. - Uses holistic performance metrics to distinguish scaling effects from underlying performance issues\. - Guides performance decisions beyond CPA alone, including scale\-versus\-efficiency tradeoffs\. - Served as Manager, Paid Search at Mindshare\. - Conducted technical SEO audits for Kimberly\-Clark brands as a Senior Associate, SEO at Mindshare\. - Used Screaming Frog site crawls to make on\- and off\-page SEO recommendations to the Kimberly\-Clark IT team\. - Used SEMrush for keyword research to enhance on\-page SEO for family\-care brands\. - Contributed to a page\-speed initiative across Kimberly\-Clark brands using Excel\. - Produced monthly brand reporting using Google Search Console and Google Analytics\. - Marketed MAPD plans across a nationwide service area at Healthworks while remaining compliant and enrolling qualified Medicare beneficiaries\. - Built relationships with community leaders and organizers to create event\-marketing opportunities at Healthworks\. - Managed large client lists and databases through Broker Office CRM at Healthworks\. - Scheduled internal account\-review meetings at Healthworks to support timely processes and client retention\. - Built and maintained client relationships through Nordstrom Rewards account management in Luxury Sales at Nordstrom\. - Pursued in\-store and digital sales goals at Nordstrom through selling tools including social media\. - Managed Michigan Avenue Nordstrom social media channels to grow the client list and local brand awareness\. - Created short\-form copy, photos, videos, and content calendars for Nordstrom store social profiles\. - Supported organic social and paid social and search campaigns as a Digital Marketing Intern at Dimanche Marketing\. - Pulled search and social\-platform reports into Excel to analyze and optimize campaigns at Dimanche Marketing\. - Managed client social accounts at Dimanche Marketing through content\-calendar contributions, audience engagement, and customer\-query responses\. - Helped develop search\-campaign keyword lists and execute optimization through bid monitoring and targeting at Dimanche Marketing\. - Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from DePaul University\. ## Experience - **Performance Media \- Search at Spark Foundry** (2025\-03\-01–present) - **Manager, Paid Search at Mindshare** (2023\-05\-01–2025\-03\-01) - **Senior Associate, SEO at Mindshare** (2022\-03\-01–2023\-05\-01) — Conduct technical SEO audits for Kimberly\-Clark brands • Conduct site crawls using Screaming Frog to make on and off\-page SEO recommendations to the Kimberly\-Clark IT team • Use SEMRush to conduct keyword research to enhance on\-page SEO for family care brands • Work on page speed initiative for all brands while using Excel • Work on monthly reports on all brands using Google Search Console and Google Analytics - **Benefits Advisor at Healthworks** (2021\-08\-01–2021\-11\-01) — Market MAPD plans throughout nationwide service area to enroll qualified Medicare beneficiaries into health plans while remaining compliant\. • Foster relationships with community leaders and organizers across the service areas to create event marketing opportunities\. • Management of large client list and databases through CRM \(Broker Office\) • Responsible for scheduling internal account review meetings, ensuring timely and thorough completion of processes to ensure client retention\. - **Digital Marketing Intern at Dimanche Marketing** (2020\-01\-01–2020\-04\-01) — Assisted team in various projects ranging from organic social to paid campaigns on social and search\. • Regularly pulled reports from search and social platforms into excel for analysis to optimize campaigns\. • Managed clients’ social media accounts: contributing to content calendars, managing audience engagement, responding to customer queries\. • Helped develop and implement keyword lists for search campaign alongside executing optimization strategies such as monitoring bids and targeting\. - **Luxury Sales at Nordstrom** (2018\-08\-01–2020\-08\-01) — Create and maintain ongoing relationships with new and existing client base through management of the Nordstrom Rewards program account\. • Set and achieve sales goals, for both in\-store and digital sales through effective use of selling tools \(social media\)\. • Management of Michigan Avenue Nordstrom social media channels to grow client list and generate local brand awareness\. • Directly developed content for store social media profiles such as short form copy, photos, and videos alongside management of content calendar\. ## Education - Bachelor of Arts \- BA, Psychology — DePaul University (2013\-01\-01–2017\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Amsal do? Amsal works in Performance Media \- Search at Spark Foundry\. They specialize in paid search and Google performance channels, including Performance Max, Demand Gen, and YouTube\. ### What are Amsal’s core strengths? Amsal’s strengths include paid\-search strategy, hands\-on campaign optimization, performance analysis, client\-facing communication, and people management\. They evaluate performance holistically, distinguish scale\-related effects from true performance issues, and help teams make decisions beyond CPA alone\. ### What is Amsal’s people\-management experience? Amsal has three years of people\-management experience and currently has five direct reports\. Their management strengths include bringing new perspectives to teams, fostering teamwork, and changing decision frameworks\. ### What budget has Amsal managed? Amsal has managed a $15 million annual paid media budget at the agency level\. ### What was Amsal’s paid\-search role at Mindshare? At Mindshare, Amsal served as Manager, Paid Search\. ### What did Amsal accomplish as a Senior Associate, SEO at Mindshare? As a Senior Associate, SEO at Mindshare, Amsal conducted technical SEO audits for Kimberly\-Clark brands\. They performed site crawls with Screaming Frog to make on\- and off\-page recommendations to the Kimberly\-Clark IT team, used SEMrush for keyword research supporting family\-care brands, contributed to a page\-speed initiative across brands, and prepared monthly reporting with Google Search Console and Google Analytics\. ### What did Amsal do at Healthworks? At Healthworks, Amsal marketed MAPD plans across a nationwide service area to enroll qualified Medicare beneficiaries while remaining compliant\. They built relationships with community leaders and organizers to create event\-marketing opportunities, managed client lists and databases in Broker Office CRM, and scheduled internal account\-review meetings to support timely processes and client retention\. ### What did Amsal do at Nordstrom? In Luxury Sales at Nordstrom, Amsal maintained relationships with new and existing clients through Nordstrom Rewards account management\. They pursued in\-store and digital sales goals using selling tools including social media, managed the Michigan Avenue Nordstrom social channels, and developed short\-form copy, photos, videos, and content calendars for store social profiles\. ### What did Amsal do at Dimanche Marketing? As a Digital Marketing Intern at Dimanche Marketing, Amsal supported organic social and paid social and search campaigns\. They pulled search and social\-platform reports into Excel for analysis and optimization, helped manage client social accounts and audience engagement, responded to customer queries, contributed to content calendars, and supported search keyword\-list development, bid monitoring, targeting, and optimization\. ### What is Amsal’s education? Amsal earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from DePaul University\. ### How does Amsal approach paid\-media performance decisions? Amsal has experience discussing strategy directly with clients while also optimizing campaigns in a hands\-on capacity\. Their approach considers the tradeoffs between scale and efficiency rather than relying on a single metric\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/ACoAADIDRCQBGse1a7exbo4GOUHB1uVTe1AAB3w