Digital Media Coordinator - Political Cycle 2026 at GMMB | District of Columbia, USA | $55K/yr – $65K/yr

GMMB

Digital Media Coordinator - Political Cycle 2026

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

$55K/yr – $65K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own paid social and display performance for political campaigns across major platforms, handling strategy, targeting, reporting, vendor relationships and IO negotiations.

Own targeting strategy development and performance reporting with media planners.
Manage paid social and display campaigns across Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn, YouTube and optimize for client goals.
Maintain vendor relationships, negotiate rates and insert orders (IOs) while staying aligned with stakeholders.

Job Description

Responsibilities

GMMB seeks a Digital Media Coordinator to develop and optimize paid social and display advertising campaigns for our political clients.
In this role, you'll collaborate with media planners to build targeting strategies and performance reports, manage vendor relationships and negotiations, and monitor campaign performance to drive results across platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Collaborate with digital media planners to develop targeting, digital media strategies and performance reports .
Develop and manage paid social advertising campaigns .
Monitor campaign performance and optimize campaigns to achieve client goals .
Manage vendor communications, negotiate rates and added value, and manage insertion orders (IO's) .
Establish a consultative relationship across a variety of teams and stakeholders, while continuously adjusting strategy and tactics to achieve client goals .
Stay up to date on industry trends and best practices and apply relevant learning to work .

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university in Marketing or Business.
Minimum two years’ experience in digital media planning/buying/analytics.
Advertising product knowledge (ad types, targeting, and tracking capabilities) on social media and display platforms.
Campaign management experience on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Linkedin , Google YouTube, Display & Video 360 (formally Google DBM and DCM).
Leverage and maintain strong relationships with partners, remain up to date on partners and their offerings.
Diverse account background including direct response and awareness.
Familiarity with media analytics tools.
Ability to analyze campaign performance and make recommendations for optimization.
Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
Well-organized and highly detail-oriented.
Self-starter ready to grow, learn new skills, think big, and get the job done.

Benefits

full-time, salaried and benefits eligible position to run through mid-November 2026.

GMMB

We’re bold. We’re brave. We’re unstoppable.GMMB is an agency on a mission: to cause the effect. We come from diverse backgrounds—political campaigns, nonprofits, creative agencies and the media—but the one thing we all have in common is our drive to create real, meaningful change. Whether we’re focused on getting kids healthier, improving schools, advancing laws or electing progressive leaders, we’re not in this business to sell products. We’re here to spread ideas that will transform our world into a better, kinder, fairer place. Since 1983, our agency has tackled a broad range of issues, including environmental protection, community service, education and health reform. We’ve helped elect presidents at home and abroad, fought for stricter regulations on tobacco and drunk driving, and united children in foster care with their forever families. And we’ve built an impressive client base that shares our passion for doing work that matters.Creating real and lasting change in the world: It’s what we do. Are you with us?

Founded in 1983

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

231 employees (66 in marketing)

www.gmmb.com