Paid Media Strategist

USA (On-site)

$93K/yr - $109K/yr (Est.)Senior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end paid media planning, execution, tracking, and reporting, aligning campaigns with client objectives and driving measurable performance through structured builds, robust analytics, and leadership of junior team members.

  • Own media planning and budgeting: craft the media plan, budget pacing, dashboards, and weekly performance reviews to optimize across search, social, and programmatic.
  • Lead team development and client communications: mentor juniors, present insights, and ensure timely updates on launches, budget shifts, and issues.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Initiate the overall campaign and ad planning, structure and in-platform builds of Paid Search, Paid Social and Programmatic campaigns, making sure all tactics and targeting ladder up to the media strategy and client business objectives
  • Understand importance of and have the ability to implement appropriate organization of campaign builds and hierarchy that is critical for optimization and reporting success
  • Ensure websites and paid media campaigns are set up with proper tracking using GTM & GA4
  • Website triggers have been reviewed and events have been created for all applicable conversions needed for paid media success measurement (page views, form submission buttons, floorplan downloads, etc..)
  • UTM codes have been built using the standardized nomenclature and applied to all applicable paid media campaigns and ads
  • Ensure any website to client management system configurations needed to pass through pertinent lead/action data and ad source information is complete before paid media campaigns launch
  • Own and maintain, with the assistance of a specialist, the media plan and weekly budget pacing documents to ensure appropriate monthly budgets are being adhered to for every paid media channel
  • Be a resource for junior team members on weekly pacing, bi-weekly performance analysis and monthly spend reconciliations
  • Ensure timely communication to the Account Lead and/or Client about any major campaign updates (i.e. launch, major budget shifts, technical issues with ads, delays, etc.)
  • Build the reporting dashboard shell (using Looker Studio) and ensure junior members understand the steps needed to populate every week

Requirements

  • 5+ years previous digital media experience, preferably with direct client experience
  • Familiarity with marketing principles, analytics and concepts
  • Strong practice of various channels and buying methods, specifically programmatic (display, video), social and search
  • Proficient in building and managing campaigns in Meta, Google and Programmatic platforms
  • Honed skills in negotiating and constructing digital media plans, understanding of planning, buying & activation
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills; able to confidently present and “sell through” ideas both internally and to Clients
  • Enjoys looking at data and figuring out the why
  • Has some experience with managing a direct report
  • Problem solver with the ability to develop creative solutions and be proactive about problems they’ve been exposed to in the past; should also be comfortable asking questions and discussing POVs with the team
  • Experience creating internal processes to help manage day to day workload and execute campaigns effectively; is confident to challenge process for efficiencies and bring solutions to the team
  • Organized and detail-oriented with strong attention to follow-through; exhibits strong attention to detail and understands need for standardized process
  • Have the ability to synthesize large amounts of data into actionable information – for example, can this candidate be given instructions and then work independently to deliver a final product that is accurate
  • Experience with lead-based campaign planning and execution
  • Experience in the real estate industry - leasing apartments or selling homes - is a plus!
  • Familiarity with website tag management, tracking, and analytics platforms such as GA4 and GTM a plus!
  • Familiarity with reporting and data visualization platforms such as Looker Studio a plus!

Preferred

  • Experience in the real estate industry - leasing apartments or selling homes - is a plus!
  • Familiarity with website tag management, tracking, and analytics platforms such as GA4 and GTM a plus!
  • Familiarity with reporting and data visualization platforms such as Looker Studio a plus!

Benefits

  • Medical Dental & Vision Insurance, paid time off, 401k match, wellbeing resources, and more.
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Streetsense

Streetsense is a global creative collective of placeshapers, brandbuilders, and storytellers. We’re dialed in—to cities, to neighborhoods, to people—to make space for great experiences and shape what’s next.

Founded in 2002
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
230 employees (60 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$63.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.9%
Direct
50.1%
Referral
6.6%
Social
9%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~230

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
25 (11% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1