Manager, Digital/Paid Social

Miami, FL (On-site)

$55K/yr – $95K/yrManager3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive paid media strategy and activation across social and programmatic channels for a connector-level manager role.

  • Own full-funnel strategies and budget planning aligned to client goals.
  • Must-have: hands-on experience across Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Reddit, DV360, StackAdapt, and The Trade Desk.
  • Standout: proven ability to translate performance data into client-ready recommendations and optimize campaigns.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Paid Media Digital Manager (Connector – Manager Level)
  • Strategy & Activation
  • Develop and manage full-funnel paid social and programmatic strategies aligned to client goals, audience insights, and platform best practices.
  • Lead channel selection, audience development, budget allocation, and flighting for small-to-mid scale activations, ensuring efficient performance and scalability.
  • Apply platform and performance insights to inform creative direction, messaging, audience refinement, and landing page approach in partnership with creative and analytics teams.
  • Stay current on platform updates, emerging formats, measurement evolution, and industry trends, proactively identifying implications for client programs and optimization opportunities.
  • Execution & Optimization
  • Oversee and execute paid campaigns across platforms including Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Reddit, DV360, StackAdapt, The Trade Desk, and other biddable platforms used across accounts.
  • Ensure campaigns are properly set up, optimized, and maintained to meet defined KPIs, including awareness, engagement, CTR, conversions, CPA, or client-specific goals.
  • Demonstrate situational awareness by anticipating performance risks, flagging issues early, and recommending solutions.

Requirements

  • 3–6+ years of experience managing paid social and/or programmatic advertising programs.
  • Hands-on expertise across major paid platforms including Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, and Reddit, as well as programmatic platforms such as DV360, StackAdapt, and The Trade Desk.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret platform data, dashboards, and Excel-based reporting to generate insights.
  • Experience developing media strategies, audience frameworks, and testing methodologies.
  • Clear, confident communicator with the ability to translate performance data into client-ready narratives and recommendations.
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple workstreams simultaneously.
  • Demonstrated accountability, ownership, and understanding of the financial implications of media execution and time management.
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Golin

We are a global public relations agency that helps companies create change that matters. Our people help us do the best work of our lives for our clients. Work that earns attention and showcases the power of collaboration. Golin was proudly named in PRWeek US' 2024 Agency of the Year, 2022 Best Places to Work, PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2021, 2020 and 2019, PRovoke Media’s 2021 North American Large Agency of the Year and listed to the Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplaces in 2021.

Founded in 1956
Chicago, Illinois, USA
1.4K employees (324 in marketing)

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30.5K
Traffic Source Mix
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35.7%
Direct
41.6%
Referral
6.6%
Social
14.9%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.4K

Marketing Team

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254 (19% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
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