Paid Social Specialist

Portsmouth, NH (Hybrid)

$55K/yr – $95K/yrMid Level2+ years expVolunteer

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own paid social execution end to end with cross-functional alignment to creative, analytics, and client success teams.

  • Campaign ownership: plan, launch, and optimize paid social programs with strict QA and budget pacing.
  • Insights and optimization: translate performance data into recommendations and testing priorities for ongoing improvement.
  • Cross-functional alignment: partner with creative and analytics, ensure messaging, measurement, and reporting are cohesive.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build, launch, and optimize highly targeted paid social campaigns across multiple channels.
  • Own day-to-day campaign management, including budget allocation, pacing, audience targeting, bid strategies, creative testing, and ongoing optimization.
  • Ensure campaigns are set up correctly from the start with rigorous QA.
  • Monitor daily performance to proactively identify risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Analyze campaign performance data and translate it into clear, actionable insights and optimization recommendations.
  • Partner with Paid Media Managers to support broader account strategy and long-term performance improvement.
  • Collaborate with creative and analytics teams to align messaging, creative direction, measurement frameworks, and reporting.
  • Maintain strong organization across multiple accounts, timelines, and deliverables.
  • Stay up to date on the latest in the field and share ideas the team can test and scale.
  • Participate in regular client calls, providing thoughtful updates on campaign performance, learnings, and next steps.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of hands-on paid social experience, ideally in an agency environment
  • Direct experience managing live campaigns in Meta Ads Manager and/or LinkedIn Campaign Manager
  • Strong understanding of paid social fundamentals
  • Comfort with leveraging performance data to inform decisions, recommendations, and testing priorities
  • Working knowledge of tracking concepts, such as UTMs, pixels, conversion events, and attribution basis
  • Experience analyzing performance with tools such as Google Analytics and platform-native reporting dashboards
  • Detail-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership over clean builds, accurate data, and reliable execution
  • Ability to manage multiple campaigns, accounts, and priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Clear, thoughtful communicator who collaborates effectively with teammates across disciplines

Preferred

  • Meta Ads Certification
  • LinkedIn Ads Certification
  • TikTok Ads Certification
  • Google Analytics Certification
  • Experience managing campaigns on additional platforms (Pinterest, Reddit, etc.)
  • Exposure to B2B paid social, demand gen, or lead-focused campaigns

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Health benefits
  • Simple IRA
  • Flexible work from home schedule
  • Fluid workday hours
  • Hybrid WFH and/or in-office schedule
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Vital Design

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We make you irresistible online with digital marketing, website design, and brand strategy for higher education institutions, B2B companies, and eCommerce. With 20+ years of experience and 100+ talented team members, we deliver time-tested, future-focused solutions for:Paid Digital Media | SEO | Content Marketing | CRO | Video Marketing | Brand Storytelling | Web Development | Social Media Marketing | More |You get:More qualified online leads & sales | Full-funnel pipeline strategy | Omni-channel engagement | Results that matterAll with a bunch of the smartest, nerdiest people you’ll ever meet, and a collaborative, process-driven approach that keeps the wheels on the bus goin’ round and round.We are a full service digital agency with certifications and advanced experience in:- Front-end Web Development- Back-end Web Development- Application Development - SEO Strategy - Email Marketing - Marketing Automation- Conversion Rate Optimization- Brand Strategy- UX/UI- E-commerce- Content Strategy- Social Media Strategy- PPC Advertising- Sales Optimization- Photography- Videography

Founded in 2001
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
119 employees (58 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
59% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
19K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$79K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.4%
Direct
40.5%
Referral
8.6%
Social
6.3%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~119

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
43 (36% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
5.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
12