Associate Planner, Paid Social

Boston, MA (On-site)

$50K/yr – $71K/yrEntry Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own paid social planning and optimization across platforms by turning real time data, API partnerships, and cross functional teamwork into measurable social outcomes.

  • Cross functional ownership: translate client goals into a paid social strategy across devices and platforms.
  • Data driven optimization: apply real time data, testing and learnings to campaigns and share insights with teams.
  • Platform and partner innovation: monitor new ad products and vet API partners to stay ahead of opportunities.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a member of a cross-functional client team to understand goals and translate them into a paid social media strategy across all platforms and devices.
  • Partner with Media Planning, Social Strategy, and Strategy & Analytics groups to understand the role of paid social within the larger paid media campaign, as well as the organic social strategy.
  • Support your team in flawlessly running paid media in API partner platforms and directly in social platforms. Responsible for campaign setup, trafficking, ongoing optimization, and reporting that meets and exceeds client goals.
  • Stay up to date on new ad products and technology advancements, understanding how to translate them to deliver on business goals.
  • Work with the Strategy & Analytics team to use real-time data, testing, and campaign learnings to effectively optimize and manage campaigns. Collect insights to share back with internal and client teams.
  • Leverage planning and forecasting tools within platforms to inform budgets, bid strategies, and target audiences.
  • Produce clear communication for internal teams regarding campaign performance, recommendations and expected deliverables.
  • Work flexible hours to adapt to the real-time nature of the social space. Be available “on call” during non-business hours for posting and optimizing as needed.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree Required
  • 1+ years’ experience working in self-service capacity within social platforms.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Positive attitude and able to work independently, as well as part of a team
  • Superior collaboration and teamwork skills; experience working with cross-functional teams
  • Effective at project management and ability to re-prioritize while operating within a fast paced environment, while maintaining attention to detail
  • Intermediate to advanced skills in Excel

Preferred

  • Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Benefits

  • medical coverage
  • dental
  • vision
  • disability
  • 401K
  • parental and family care leave
  • family forming assistance
  • tuition reimbursement
  • flexible time off
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Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V

Publicis Media harnesses the power of modern media through leading agency brands Dysrupt, Infinite Roar, Publicis Collective, Publicis Health Media, Spark Foundry, Starcom and Zenith, as well as global accelerator PMX; immersive experience group PMCI (inclusive of Picture Motion and RDL Worldwide); and access to integrated platform-based technologies and offerings from CJ, Epsilon and Influential. A key business solution of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40]), Publicis Media’s digital-first, data-driven global solutions deliver client value and drive growth in a platform-powered world. It is present in over 100 countries with over 23,000 employees worldwide.

London, England, United Kingdom
11K employees (3,008 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
526.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.4%
Direct
38.4%
Referral
11.8%
Social
15.8%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2,719 (25% of company)
Median Career Experience
13.5 years
Median Tenure
4.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
215