Paid Media Specialist

Newark, CA (On-site)

$88K/yr – $121K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive paid media operations across search, social, and multi‑channel campaigns with agency collaboration to optimize ROI.

  • Must-have: 4+ years of hands‑on paid media execution in Paid Social
  • Standout: cross‑channel coordination (Programmatic, CTV/OTT, OOH) with vendors
  • Standout: ownership of timelines, asset delivery, and performance reporting

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Monitor Paid Search and Paid Social campaigns daily, reviewing pacing, delivery, and performance trends, and partnering with the media agency on optimizations, QA, and troubleshooting.
  • Support coordination and execution of brand and upper‑funnel campaigns across Addressable, Programmatic, CTV/OTT, and OOH, partnering closely with direct vendors and our media agency.
  • QA all campaign launches, confirming accurate setup across platforms and vendor partners, including tracking, UTMs, landing pages, targeting, budget allocation, and creative spec adherence.
  • Manage and maintain paid media timelines, ensuring assets, briefs, tracking elements, IOs, tags, and vendor requests are delivered on schedule.
  • Partner closely with our media agency on briefs, targeting plans, trafficking details, pacing reviews, optimization recommendations, and reporting deliverables.
  • Own campaign project management, including tracker management, workflow organization, stakeholder alignment, and ensuring launch readiness across all channels.
  • Work with Creative Marketing to track creative requirements, manage production timelines, and ensure assets meet platform and vendor specifications.
  • Own creative trafficking, including QA, naming conventions, UTM validation, tracking verification, and submitting assets across platforms and vendor portals.
  • Monitor budget pacing, reconcile media billing, and proactively flag discrepancies, overspend/underspend risks, and optimization opportunities.
  • Build and maintain weekly and monthly reporting across performance and brand KPIs (CPA, CTR, CVR, ROAS, reach, frequency, VCR), using tools such as Excel, GA4, Looker Studio, or vendor dashboards.
  • Conduct ad hoc analysis to uncover trends, identify optimization opportunities, and support marketing and business decisions.
  • Assist with influencer paid amplification, including boosted posts, trafficking, pacing, and reporting.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of paid media experience in an agency or in‑house environment, with hands‑on execution in Paid Social platforms.
  • Experience supporting or coordinating campaigns in Programmatic, CTV/OTT, or OOH (direct experience or vendor/agency collaboration).
  • Solid understanding of agency workflows, vendor communication, and cross‑channel campaign operations.
  • Strong proficiency with analytics and reporting tools, such as Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Looker Studio, Tableau, and platform/vendor dashboards.
  • Strong Excel proficiency: pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, pacing trackers, report building, and data analysis.
  • Familiarity with project management and workflow tools such as Asana, Smartsheet, or Jira.
  • Experience collaborating with creative teams using tools like Figma, digital asset management platforms, or similar workflow systems.
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to turn data into clear, actionable insights.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple campaigns, deadlines, and stakeholders in a fast‑paced environment.
  • Experience partnering with creative teams and external vendors to manage asset delivery and creative requirements.
  • Familiarity with UTM taxonomy, trafficking best practices, QA processes, and naming conventions.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to present results, updates, and recommendations clearly.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field.

Benefits

  • Additional Compensation and Benefits : Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)

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Referral
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