Senior Advertising Manager - Paid Media

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$80K/yr – $85K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive retail media strategy for large CPG brands, owning client outcomes and end-to-end leadership across Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, and similar networks.

  • Own day-to-day retail media strategy for assigned clients with measurable outcomes.
  • Must-have: 3+ years managing large-scale digital/retail media accounts in CPG/e-commerce.
  • Standout: Hands-on expertise across Amazon DSP, Walmart Connect, and Instacart with insight-led optimization.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The Sr. Advertising Manager – Retail Media is a senior individual contributor role responsible for owning and driving clients’ digital advertising strategies across major retail media networks. Reporting to the Senior Director of Paid Media, this role combines deep platform expertise , analytical rigor, and AI-enabled insight generation to deliver measurable commerce outcomes for CPG clients.
  • The ideal candidate has 3 + years of hands-on experience managing larger-scale retail media and digital advertising accounts. They bring deep platform expertise (Amazon including DSP, Walmart Connect, Kroger/Instacart, and emerging channels), strong analytical skills, and the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable client recommendations.
  • This person acts as the primary day-to-day strategic lead for assigned clients, proactively communicates with senior stakeholders, drives process improvements as the team scales, and ensures the team delivers measurable business outcomes through insight-led retail media strategies.
  • Client Leadership – Partner with internal account teams and external clients to develop and execute retail media strategies aligned with client business objectives, growth targets, and promotional calendars.
  • Client Relationship Management – Serve as the primary POC for senior stakeholders. Proactively communicates performance trends, optimization plans, risks, and strategic recommendations.
  • Performance Reporting – Translate performance data into compelling client narratives — connecting media results to business outcomes such as incrementality, profitability.
  • Market Research – Conduct keyword research, competitor analysis, market research, and platform innovation scouting
  • Thought Leadership – Stay current on retail media trends, platform updates, and measurement methodologies. Proactively bring new ideas and testing opportunities to the team and clients.
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C.A. Fortune

C.A. Fortune was founded in 1983 and later expanded under current ownership in 2013 to answer the need for a brokerage that could adapt with the changing consumer. In the past eleven years, through organic growth and strategic transactions, we’ve grown to serve clients nationwide across conventional and natural retailers in every channel - and added a suite of capabilities to support our clients at every step of the consumer journey. Our people are located across the country, and always happy to gather at our headquarters in Chicago’s vibrant West Loop.Our team is defined by passion, energy, hunger and drive. We’re a melting pot of expertise in sales, retail, e-commerce, marketing & advertising, and data & analytics. What these teams have in common is...you. We’re all highly motivated to help you win over customers and consumers.

Founded in 1983
Chicago, Illinois, USA
403 employees (27 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

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3.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.6%
Direct
46.7%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.3%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~403

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Marketing Team Size
26 (6% of company)
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