Manager, Paid Social (Embedded Role, Entertainment Client)

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$75K/yr – $120K/yrManager3+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own AI driven paid media governance by steering algorithmic spend, protecting data integrity, and shaping creative inputs for machine learning feedback loops.

  • Own data and signal health: ensure CAPI, offline conversions, and pixel firing push toward high value outcomes.
  • Creative as targeting: work with creatives to identify asset attributes that feed the AI learning loop and improve performance.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Algorithmic Steering: Manage and optimize "black box" campaign types by shifting focus from manual bid adjustments to value-based signal management.
  • Data Signal Hygiene: Act as the primary owner of data integrity, monitoring the health of Conversion APIs (CAPI), offline conversion uploads, and pixel firing to ensure the AI is optimizing toward high-value business outcomes.
  • Creative Performance Analysis: Partner with creative teams to treat "Creative as Targeting." You will analyze which visual attributes drive algorithmic success and request specific assets to feed the AI’s learning phase.
  • Constraint & Guardrail Management: Implement and monitor brand safety controls, negative placements, and frequency caps to ensure AI spend does not deviate from brand standards.
  • Anomaly Detection & Intervention: Utilize automated reporting to identify performance "hallucinations" or spend inefficiencies, intervening manually when AI models over-scale or under-perform against KPIs.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in paid digital media platforms (e.g. Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager).
  • Deep understanding of the modern tracking landscape, including server-side tagging, first-party data strategies, and privacy-centric measurement.
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to translate "machine logic" into a human-readable strategy.
  • Proficiency in advanced data manipulation and "outside-the-platform" analysis.
  • Strong communication skills to act as a bridge between technical data sets and creative production teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred.

    Benefits

    • The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
    • - Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
    • - Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
    • - Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
    • - Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
    • - Tuition Assistance
    • - Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
    • - Matching Gifts programs
    • - Flexible working arrangements
    • - "Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
    • - Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
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    Starcom

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    With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the center of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With almost 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, Starcom partners with the world's leading marketers and brands, including Bank of America, Best Buy, Kellanova, McDonald's, Novartis, Samsung, Visa, WK Kellogg Company and more.

    Founded in 1936
    Chicago, Illinois, USA
    6.1K employees (2,084 in marketing)
    66% recommend to a friend
    59% CEO approval

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    20.1K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    43.1%
    Direct
    41.6%
    Referral
    9.1%
    Social
    4.6%
    Paid
    1.1%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~6.1K

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    1,983 (33% of company)
    Median Career Experience
    10 years
    Median Tenure
    4.5 years
    Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
    34

    Funding

    Total Funding
    $57.1M
    Last Raise
    $43.2M
    Series A, 1 months ago

    Funding History

    • Feb 2026
      Series A • $43.2M
    • Aug 2025
      Series A
    • May 2025
      Series A • $13.9M

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