Media Buyer

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$65K/yr – $70K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own paid social campaign execution and data integrity across major platforms, with a tight loop on build, optimization, and cross-functional handoffs.

  • Campaign Execution & Optimization: Build, QA, launch, adjust bids and pacing, and swap assets within planned flights to hit targets.
  • Technical & Data Ops: Govern pixels, mapping, and GTM tagging to ensure clean, platform-facing data that feeds algorithms.
  • Collaboration & Compliance: Align with planners, creatives, and PMs while upholding brand safety and consent-driven pixel setups.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Campaign Building & Trafficking: Build, QA, and launch paid digital media campaigns across self-managed platforms, primarily Meta, LinkedIn, Google (including Demand Gen, YouTube), Reddit, and TikTok
  • In-Platform Optimization: Conduct daily monitoring of active campaigns. Adjust bidding strategies, execute audience exclusions, manage budget pacing, and deploy creative swaps in accordance with planned flighting schedules
  • Technical Operations & Tagging: Support pixel governance, conversion mapping, and overseeing event tagging via Google Tag Manager (GTM) to ensure accurate performance data links seamlessly back to ad platform algorithms
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Media Planners and Search Managers to review media plans for operational feasibility. Work closely with Creative Strategists, Account Directors, and Project Managers to traffic newly approved ad variants smoothly
  • Brand Safety & Compliance: Enforce strict brand safety frameworks (e.g., publisher exclusions, blocklists) and pixel setups aligned with client consent management platforms to safeguard institution reputations

Requirements

  • Platform Expertise: 2-5 years of direct, hands-on-keyboard execution experience within Meta Ads Manager, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, and Google Ads. Fluency in other paid social platforms is a plus
  • Process-Driven Mindset: Attention to detail regarding naming conventions, creative parameters, and budget allocations; ability to operate independently without manual oversight
  • Data Literacy: Strong capability in Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets, data normalization, and diagnosing platform-level delivery discrepancies or tracking drops
  • Agency Experience Preferred: Familiarity with mid-to-large account budgets, multi-brand environments, or deadline-driven marketing cycles is highly preferred

Benefits

  • Health care plan (medical, dental and vision)
  • Retirement plan with employer match
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Generous paid time off package that includes vacation, sick, "life happens" days, birthdays, summer Fridays and public holidays
  • Paid family leave
  • Cold brew coffee, snacks and fresh fruit
  • Wellness resources
  • Special access to New York City's arts and entertainment scene
  • We have been honored for our commitment to our team with workplace awards from Crain's, Best Companies Group, Cynopsis, Digiday, and Fortune.
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Situation

Situation is an award-winning agency built for live entertainment brands and championing the power of shared experiences around the world.With 20+ years of award-winning work, Situation is designed to meet the challenges and opportunities facing the live events industry today. We offer full marketing and creative services for experience-based brands: live entertainment, attractions, theater, sports, arts and culture institutions, and more.Are you looking for a partner to support your end-to-end consumer experience? Whether we’re full-service or full-specialist, our preferred way of working is the one that sets our clients up to win.Want to join our team of experience champions? We are always on the hunt for new team members who share our core values: innovation, collaboration, and commitment. We’re dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities and creating a diverse staff, reflective of the experiences we champion and audiences we build.Situation is part of Situation Group, a global collective that supports life-changing impact—partnering with brand experiences that promote understanding, connection, community, and growth.

Founded in 2001
New York, New York, USA
107 employees (56 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$9.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.6%
Direct
46.7%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.3%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~107

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
42 (39% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5