MacKenzie Krantz

Director of Agency Partnerships

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Mackenzie is a Senior Paid Search Manager at Granular, and specializes in B2B, industrial/manufacturing, and service business PPC accounts. She holds a degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater and is certified in Google Search Ads, Google Display Ads, Google Video Ads, Google Ads Measurement, Google Analytics, and Bing/Microsoft Ads. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, and when not traveling she enjoys spending time with her family, friends, and doodle.

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