Paid Social Manager

New York City, NY (Unknown)

$150K/yr – $160K/yrSenior Level5+ years exp

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale paid social programs across multiple platforms with ROI focus and tight CAC/ROAS alignment, while building scalable testing, forecasting, and cross-functional collaboration to extend funnel impact.

  • Growth Ownership: Own paid social across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and Reddit/Pinterest targeting CAC/ROAS goals.
  • Testing & Creativity: Lead structured tests across formats, audiences, messaging, and catalog feeds to drive incremental conversions.
  • Systems & Innovation: Build scalable processes, forecasts, and stay ahead with platform updates and new formats.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own and scale CookUnity's paid social program across Meta (Facebook, Instagram), TikTok, YouTube, and Reddit/Pinterest, ensuring all efforts are ROI-positive and aligned with CAC and ROAS goals
  • Run day-to-day execution and optimization with ruthless precision from campaign setup to audience targeting, creative rotation, and algorithm optimization
  • Develop and manage structured testing roadmaps across creative formats (video, static, UGC), audience segmentation, messaging angles, and catalog feed improvements
  • Monitor budgets and pacing with rigor; identify performance risks early and take action without needing approval
  • Deliver weekly, monthly, and annual forecasting in partnership with the Head of Growth, grounded in performance data and scenario modeling
  • Stay on the frontier of paid social innovation surfacing platform changes, beta features, new formats (Reels, TikTok Shop, etc.), and tooling enhancements to keep us ahead of the curve
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with SEO, product, lifecycle, and creative teams to close gaps in the funnel and extend paid social impact
  • Lead the strategy and execution of dynamic product ads and retargeting programs that drive incremental conversion—not just impressions

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience managing paid social for direct-to-consumer or ecommerce brands, with demonstrated success at scale
  • Expertise managing >$20MM/year in paid social budgets with a strong command of efficiency metrics (ROAS, CAC, payback)
  • Advanced fluency in Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads, and YouTube Ads, including campaign architecture, audience targeting, algorithm optimization, and measurement
  • Deep experience in dynamic product ads and catalog campaigns, including feed optimization, diagnostic tools, and testing frameworks
  • Highly analytical thinker you're comfortable working with large, messy data sets and distilling complex inputs into clear, actionable insights
  • Strong creative judgment you understand what makes thumb-stopping creative work and can brief, evaluate, and optimize creative performance at scale
  • Bias toward system-building over hacks: you use frameworks to scale yourself, and leave behind infrastructure that outlasts individual wins
  • Detail-oriented with exceptional project management skills you juggle multiple campaigns, vendors, and stakeholders without dropping threads
  • Deep interest in media industry trends, emerging channels, and measurement innovation (including AI-driven MMM and optimization tools)
  • Mindset that is successful for CookUnity’s Growth Team: Operates like an owner; consistently proactively sees around corners

Benefits

  • Health Insurance coverage
  • 401k Plan
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical
  • Paid Family leave
  • Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises
  • A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy our amazing meals, added to your account, monthly
  • AI-forward workplace: enterprise access to ChatGPT and Claude to help you work smarter and grow faster.
  • Wellness perks: access to fitness subsidies to build a healthy lifestyle
  • Personalized Spanish coach
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Cookunity

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CookUnity is the first Chef-Direct Subscription service—a chef-to-food lover marketplace connecting the country's most talented chefs with eaters (consumers). We’re changing meal delivery by bringing small-batch, restaurant-quality meals to eaters across the country. Every week, a diverse collective of all-star chefs craft their signature, ready-to-eat dishes for an elevated at-home dining experience.

Founded in 2015
Brooklyn, New York, USA
769 employees (52 in marketing)
43% recommend to a friend
88% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.1M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
29.1%
Direct
62.7%
Referral
3.7%
Social
3.2%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~769

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
30 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
1.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$371.9M
Last Raise
$250M
Debt Financing, 4 months ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2025
    Debt Financing • $250M
  • Apr 2023
    Series Unknown • $47M
  • Dec 2022
    Series Unknown • $4.5M

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