Paid Media Executive

Philadelphia, PA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own paid media execution across Search, Social, and Programmatic for Higher Education clients, turning data into clear, impact-driven campaigns and enabling cross-market growth.

  • Growth ownership: plan, launch, and optimize multi-channel campaigns with a focus on measurable performance.
  • Analytics & reporting: translate campaign data into stakeholder-ready insights and identify trends to steer tactics.
  • International expansion: kickstart campaigns in new markets with training and cross-team collaboration to extend reach.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • You’ll take ownership of optimising paid search, social, and programmatic campaigns, managing large-scale activity across all three channels for our Higher Education clients.
  • Be a performance expert, managing campaigns around Search, Social & Programmatic to deliver real value.
  • Creating high quality analysis that breaks the data down to become easily digestible for key stakeholders.
  • Kickstarting international campaigns & working in new media markets is a key part of the role - training will be provided in these areas.
  • Plan, write and launch paid media campaigns that perform & provide the results.
  • Providing a consistent output of campaign builds, analysis and thinking outside the box to drive high levels of innovation.
  • Disciplined daily management of all paid media campaigns.
  • Tracking digital KPI’s to measure campaign performance.
  • Maintaining our strong relationships with Google & Facebook.
  • Produce detailed and accurate client reports and competitor analysis.

Requirements

  • Good technical knowledge of Paid Search & Social, at a minimum Google Ads & Facebook Ads.
  • Passionate about media & marketing (like us!).
  • Strong work ethic.
  • Highly analytical and data driven.
  • Strong excel skills.
  • Team player, who works well internally and across multiple teams.
  • Ability to analyse data and identify trends in customer behaviour.

Preferred

    Benefits

    • Work for a global market leader with a new office in the heart of Philadelphia
    • Huge potential for progression in line with our ambitious growth plans
    • Internal mobility options and established career paths
    • Generous PTO entitlement
    • Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental insurance
    • 401(k) retirement savings plan
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    Hybrid

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    Hybrid is a full-service marketing partner for the education sector – backed by unrivalled insight, advanced technology, and AI-driven enrolment strategies.With teams across six countries and over 16 years of dedicated experience in higher education, our integrated marketing solutions help education brands grow worldwide.More enrolments. More brand impact. More momentum. We deliver measurable results, faster, and at scale.

    Founded in 2009
    Bristol, England, GBR
    518 employees (119 in marketing)
    49% recommend to a friend
    55% CEO approval

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    11.9K
    Monthly Google Ads Budget
    $2.4K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    44.8%
    Direct
    42.3%
    Referral
    8.1%
    Social
    3.7%
    Paid
    0.9%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~518

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    94 (18% of company)

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