Paid Media Strategist (Contract)

USA (Remote)

$75/hr – $100/hrMid LevelContract

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the influencer driven paid media stream, turning creator content into scalable ads and tests that move client goals across platforms.

  • Creative & testing: shape angles, hooks, formats, and testing plans from platform best practices and data.
  • Campaign & optimization: align creative, targeting, budget, structure, and optimization into a single client-facing path.
  • Storytelling & partnerships: translate performance data into compelling client arguments and win-rate improving recommendations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead paid influencer creative strategy across campaigns, including identifying the strongest content angles, hooks, formats, and testing opportunities based on client goals, platform best practices, and performance data.
  • Develop paid ad strategies that connect creative, audience targeting, budget allocation, campaign structure, and optimization plans into one clear recommendation for clients.
  • Partner with Sales, Strategy, and Client Services to support new business opportunities, helping shape paid media recommendations that strengthen proposals and help win deals.
  • Build client-facing materials and proposals that make paid media strategy clear, including budget allocations, targeting strategies, and flight schedules.
  • Educate clients on paid media strategy and campaign structure to ensure alignment.
  • Set up and manage campaigns end-to-end, including structure, targeting, creative deployment, and optimization.
  • Analyze and report on performance data, translating metrics like CPM, CPC, CTR, ROAS, and attribution into clear, actionable insights for clients.
  • Collaborate with campaign and account teams to align paid strategy with organic influencer content calendars.
  • Recommend creative formats (e.g., Reels, Stories, Partnership Ads, Whitelisting, Spark Ads) based on platform best practices and campaign goals.

Requirements

  • Strong strategic background in paid social and creator/influencer content, with the ability to develop creative and ad strategies that drive measurable performance.
  • Proven ability to evaluate influencer content through a paid media lens, identifying what will perform, what needs to be optimized, and how to turn creator assets into effective paid ads.
  • Agency background in paid media (influencer or creator marketing agency experience is a strong plus)
  • Hands-on experience with Meta Ads Manager and TikTok Ads Manager (specifically whitelisting, allowlisting, and conversion-focused campaigns)
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate performance data into clear, actionable insights for clients
  • Self-directed and proactive, with the ability to context-switch across multiple accounts and manage budgets effectively
  • Comfortable owning client relationships, leading strategy conversations, and presenting recommendations directly to stakeholders
  • Familiarity with social commerce is a bonus

Preferred

  • Agency background in paid media (influencer or creator marketing agency experience is a strong plus)
  • Familiarity with social commerce is a bonus

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