Manager, Paid Social

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$75K/yr – $108K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 6 days ago

Job Summary

Own day-to-day stewardship of paid social campaigns from strategy through activation and optimization, collaborating with media, strategy, and activation teams to turn objectives into impactful social buys.

  • Lead campaign planning and daily management
  • Stay ahead of trends in social formats and tools
  • Educate clients and teams on latest social capabilities

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Be the day to day steward of social media campaign development, activation and innovation. Work closely with the media strategy and client teams to translate high-level marketing goals and media objectives into impactful paid media campaigns on social networks
  • Direct and manage the daily workflow of all paid social campaigns, including proposal development, campaign activation & maintenance, and post-buy recaps
  • Interface with Investment, Strategy, and Activation media teams to respond to client briefs, build strategic campaign plans, communicate service offerings, and to identify and deliver new solutions in a collaborative fashion
  • Monitor the latest trends in social media, including advertising formats, channels and technologies in order to improve campaign performance and provide recommendations on how clients can best leverage new tools and services
  • Advocate the value of social media and help educate clients, partners and internal teams on the latest developments and capabilities in this fast-growing media channel

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience managing Search, Display, Video, Social and/or Mobile Programmatic Media Buying with previous leadership/management experience
  • 1+ years working with Meta, and/ or TikTok, Reddit, Snapchat, Pinterest, and X ads platforms with hands-on experience managing and optimizing buys through API and/or self-serve tools
  • Understanding of traditional and interactive media planning elements
  • Strong analytics, organizational, and communication skills
  • Resourceful, curious, and motivated individual with an ability to work independently as well as in a collaborative team setting

Benefits

  • The 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)
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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

Salaries

Posted range

$75K/yr – $108K/yr

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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

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

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Manager, Paid Social

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