Paid Media Manager

Denver, CO (On-site)

$70K/yr – $80K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Own and optimize paid media programs for major brands, leading cross-channel strategy, client conversations, testing, and the adoption of AI tools to boost efficiency and measurability.

  • Lead multi-channel paid media strategies for large brands
  • Manage client communications, budgets, and testing programs
  • Drive adoption of AI tools and innovative advertising techniques

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Work on a daily basis with large brands on performance and brand advertising campaigns that drive impact, revenue, and growth.
  • Work with and have the opportunity to manage advertising operations teams across social, search, and/or programmatic channels.
  • Own the strategic approach for paid media channels across key accounts, working hands-on-keyboard within media platforms to build and execute channel strategies that deliver against clients’ business objectives.
  • Lead day-to-day client conversations, translating performance insights into clear recommendations, strategic actions, and future planning.
  • Oversee media budgets, pacing, forecasting, and performance delivery to ensure activity remains aligned with client objectives and commercial targets.
  • Maintain high standards across campaign setup, QA, trafficking, tracking, optimization, and reporting accuracy.
  • Learn and implement advanced measurement tactics and tools to bridge the gap between investment and measurability.
  • Bring innovation and new ideas to the table for both your direct clients and accounts, as well as the agency more broadly.
  • Build and execute tests — then report on those findings and make recommendations on how those tests should be interpreted, iterated, and improved.
  • Drive the strategic adoption of Realtime’s proprietary AI tools, embedding them into key processes and workflows to improve campaign efficiency, optimization quality, and scalability.

Requirements

  • At least two years of advertising experience, with exposure to at least two of the following paid media channels: paid social, paid search/shopping, programmatic advertising, app-based advertising.
  • Proven track record of success within paid media campaigns.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple accounts and projects simultaneously to meet objectives and key deadlines.
  • Experience with website and lead analytics (UTM tagging, Google Tag Manager, Salesforce, Google Analytics, Tableau).
  • Relevant platform certifications obtained.
  • Outstanding data handling and analytical skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Familiarity with deck creation and presentation.
  • Well-organized and flexible; able to move from project to project without delay.
  • Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
We Are Stellar logo

We Are Stellar

The agency model didn’t survive AI. It just hasn’t admitted it yet.Stellar is a performance marketing group built for what comes next: high-growth brands that need speed, clarity, and outcomes — not tradeoffs.We unite 11 expert agencies across paid media, creative, lifecycle, SEO, and platform strategy, all connected by Pixis, our shared AI infrastructure.That means budgets shift automatically. Insights surface in real time. Campaigns get optimized before your team finishes the recap doc.No bolt-ons. No lag. No silos. Just one adaptive growth engine built to move as fast as your market does.If your current model is cracking under scale, Stellar was built to fix it.wearestellar.com | hello@wearestellar.com

Founded in 2025
7 employees (2 in marketing)

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~7

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (29% of company)
Median Career Experience
17 years
Median Tenure
1.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2