Hiring a YouTube Ads manager can help your business reach new audiences, generate leads, and get more value from your advertising budget. However, finding someone who knows how to create campaigns isn’t necessarily the same as finding someone who can manage them successfully.
Before hiring, you need to understand their experience, approach to campaign management, and ability to measure results.
So, what should you ask during an interview? Here are some important questions to help you find the right YouTube Ads manager for your business.
1. Ask About Their Previous YouTube Ads Experience
Start by understanding how much experience the candidate has managing YouTube advertising campaigns.
Don’t just ask how many years they’ve worked in digital marketing. Find out whether they’ve actually managed YouTube Ads campaigns and what responsibilities they handled.
Ask questions such as:
- How long have you been managing YouTube Ads?
- What types of businesses have you worked with?
- What campaign objectives have you managed?
- Have you managed lead generation or e-commerce campaigns?
- What’s the largest advertising budget you’ve handled?
Their answers should help you understand whether their experience matches your business requirements.
2. Ask Them to Show Examples of Previous Campaigns
One of the best ways to evaluate a YouTube Ads manager is to review their previous work.
Ask whether they can provide campaign examples, reports, or case studies that demonstrate their experience.
However, don’t focus only on impressive numbers. Ask what the campaign was trying to achieve, how much was spent, and what results were generated.
For example, a campaign generating thousands of video views may look impressive, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it produced qualified leads or sales.
Look for someone who can explain the strategy behind the results and their specific contribution to the campaign.
3. Find Out How They Choose Campaign Types
YouTube advertising offers different campaign options depending on your marketing objectives.
An experienced manager should understand how to choose an appropriate campaign approach based on whether your goal is brand awareness, website traffic, leads, or sales.
Ask:
- How do you decide which campaign type to use?
- When would you recommend a video campaign?
- How do you approach audience targeting?
- How do you decide which bidding strategy to use?
Pay attention to whether they explain their decisions clearly. You want someone who selects campaign settings based on your goals rather than using the same setup for every client.
4. Ask How They Measure Campaign Performance
A good YouTube Ads manager should understand how to measure performance beyond views and impressions.
Depending on your campaign objectives, useful metrics may include:
- Impressions: How many times your ads were shown.
- Views: How many qualifying views your ads received.
- View rate: The percentage of impressions that resulted in views.
- Cost per view (CPV): The average cost of a qualifying video view.
- Conversions: The number of valuable actions generated.
- Cost per conversion: How much it costs to generate each tracked result.
Google Ads also provides video performance and audience retention reports, which can help managers understand how viewers interact with different creatives.
Ask the candidate which metrics they prioritise and why. Their answer should reflect your business goals, not simply the numbers that make a campaign look successful.
5. Ask About Conversion Tracking
If your goal is to generate leads or sales, conversion tracking is essential.
Your YouTube Ads manager should understand how to measure actions taken after someone interacts with an advertisement.
Ask questions such as:
- How do you set up conversion tracking?
- Have you worked with Google Tag Manager?
- How do you track form submissions and phone calls?
- How do you check whether conversions are recording correctly?
- How do you troubleshoot tracking issues?
A candidate who understands tracking can help you make better decisions about your advertising budget.
Without reliable measurement, you may struggle to determine whether your campaigns are actually contributing to business growth.
6. Find Out How They Optimise Campaigns
Launching a campaign is only the beginning. You need someone who knows how to review performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
Ask how they approach optimisation.
For example:
- How often do you review campaign performance?
- How do you identify underperforming audiences?
- What do you do when a campaign isn’t generating conversions?
- How do you test different video creatives?
- When would you increase or reduce a campaign budget?
Look for answers that demonstrate a structured approach to testing and optimisation.
A good manager should be able to explain why they’re making changes rather than adjusting settings without a clear reason.
7. Understand Their Reporting and Communication
You should know what your YouTube Ads manager is doing with your advertising budget.
Before hiring, ask how often they provide reports and what information those reports include.
A useful report should explain campaign spending, performance, conversions, and important changes made during the reporting period.
Also, discuss how you’ll communicate, how quickly they respond to questions, and whether they provide recommendations when performance changes.
Clear communication makes it easier to understand what’s happening with your campaigns and what needs attention.
8. Watch Out for These Hiring Red Flags
Not every candidate who claims to be a YouTube Ads expert has the experience your business needs.
Be cautious if someone:
- Guarantees a specific number of leads or sales.
- Focuses entirely on views without discussing your objectives.
- Cannot explain their previous campaign results.
- Doesn’t understand conversion tracking.
- Uses the same strategy for every business.
- Cannot explain how they optimise campaigns.
- Avoids providing regular performance reports.
These warning signs don’t automatically mean someone is unsuitable, but they should encourage you to ask more questions before making a decision.
How to Choose the Right YouTube Ads Manager
Hiring the right YouTube Ads manager requires more than checking their years of experience. You should evaluate their previous campaigns, technical knowledge, optimisation process, and ability to connect advertising performance with your business goals.
Looking for better results from your YouTube advertising? Hands Free Marketing helps businesses across New Zealand manage and optimise digital advertising campaigns. Get in touch today to discuss your goals and find a YouTube Ads strategy that works for your business.
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