Performance Marketing Associate, Social

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$66K/yr – $70K/yrMid Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own end to end paid media operations across social, search, and emergent channels, driving optimization, testing, and platform innovation while collaborating with major platforms and sharing insights across the Performance Media Group.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Launch and manage paid media campaigns across social, search, and emerging channels, supporting audience targeting, ad copy alignment, creative testing, bidding, pacing, and budget allocation.
  • Optimize campaign performance by reviewing data daily, identifying trends, reducing inefficient spend, managing delivery, and refining bidding strategies to improve results against campaign KPIs.
  • Drive scalable growth and stronger returns by continuously testing creative, audiences, bidding strategies, attribution approaches, and platform capabilities.
  • Partner with platforms including Meta, Google, and TikTok to test new ad products, respond to platform updates, and implement capabilities that strengthen campaign execution.
  • Leverage AI-powered tools to improve workflow efficiency, accelerate testing, and identify new opportunities for campaign optimization.
  • Maintain daily and monthly forecasts, monitor performance against goals, and surface insights that support informed budget and optimization decisions.
  • Translate campaign data into clear, actionable recommendations and share learnings across the Performance Media Group to support broader growth initiatives.

Requirements

  • 1+ years of experience in paid media, performance marketing, digital advertising, or a related field.
  • Hands-on experience with self-service paid media platforms, ideally including Meta Ads Manager and Google Ads, with an interest in emerging channels, formats, and platform features.
  • Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel and/or Google Sheets; experience with Looker, Tableau, or similar reporting tools is preferred.
  • Comfort working with campaign performance data, large datasets, and metrics such as ROAS, pacing, margins, and other performance KPIs.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage budget changes, ongoing creative testing, and competing priorities in a fast-moving environment.
  • Curiosity about AI-powered tools and the ability to use emerging technology to improve campaign execution, analysis, and workflow efficiency.
  • A growth mindset and enthusiasm for performance marketing, experimentation, platform innovation, and evolving ad-tech trends.
  • This role is based in New York City and requires working in the office four days per week.

Benefits

  • Work with the Best: Collaborate with top-tier professionals across media, advertising, tech, fashion, lifestyle, and publishing, shaping the future of these dynamic industries.
  • Grow Your Skills: Unlock your potential with access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops, and exclusive industry events.
  • Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work, empowering you to balance professional success with personal priorities.
  • Foster Connection & Belonging: Join our Employee Resource Groups and help create a welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered.
  • Wellness First: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1.
  • Plan for Your Financial Future: Enjoy competitive financial perks, including a 401(k) plan with a generous company match.
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As one of the nation’s largest global, diversified information, services and media companies, Hearst has been leading with purpose and integrity and innovating for more than a century. With a mission to inform audiences and improve lives, the company’s portfolio includes global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing the maintenance of jets and helicopters; 35 television stations; 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers; more than 200 magazine editions around the world and ownership in cable television networks A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN. Leading with purpose, Hearst is always moving forward. With a commitment to the highest quality in our products and services, we’re investing in healthcare solutions to help improve patient outcomes and technology that curbs emissions. Our brands are providing vital analysis, data and software to the global financial services industry; delivering important service and investigative journalism; and inspiring audiences with sports and entertainment programming. And we are dedicated to serving the communities it operates in, both civically and philanthropically.

Founded in 1981
New York, New York, USA
6.4K employees (1,993 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
78% CEO approval

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$66K/yr – $70K/yr

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Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
344.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.6%
Direct
56.2%
Referral
13%
Social
2.4%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~5.6K
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Performance Marketing Associate, Social

CDS Global · New York City, NY · Hybrid