Senior Paid Media Manager (AI Native)

USA (Remote)

$125K/yr – $145K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own paid media strategy and delivery for food and beverage brands across Meta, TikTok, and retail networks, driving full-funnel plans, rigorous performance targets, and clear client storytelling with AI-enabled workflows.

  • Own multi-channel paid media strategy, execution, and optimization across Meta, TikTok, and retail media networks.
  • Lead full-funnel planning and performance storytelling tied to client revenue goals.
  • Deliver regular performance reports and guide clients with data-driven recommendations, while partnering with creative on high-performing ad concepts.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end strategy, management, and performance for paid media campaigns across Meta, TikTok, and retail media networks.
  • Build, launch, and optimize campaigns directly in-platform, from account structure and audience strategy through creative testing and budget pacing.
  • Set and hit performance targets (ROAS, CAC, efficiency, incrementality), and translate results into clear client-facing narratives.
  • Develop full-funnel media plans grounded in audience insight and aligned to each client's revenue goals.
  • Own the delivery and presentation of weekly, biweekly, and monthly performance reports based on each client's cadence, including presenting results and recommendations directly to the client.
  • Partner with creative to brief, test, and iterate on ad creative that drives measurable performance.
  • Lead client communication on paid media, including recaps, recommendations, and strategic direction.
  • Stay ahead of platform changes, measurement shifts, and emerging channels relevant to F&B brands.
  • Use AI tools — Claude, GPT, and others — to work at a level that would otherwise require a larger team. You're actively building faster workflows, sharper briefs, and better analyses using AI today. Not waiting to learn it.

Requirements

  • REQUIRED 5+ years of hands-on paid media experience (Meta, TikTok, Retail Media), with a track record of owning strategy and performance independently.
  • REQUIRED Agency experience, or a proven track record working across a high volume of clients or brands simultaneously.
  • REQUIRED Proven performance experience with food & beverage or CPG brands.
  • REQUIRED You're actively using AI tools like Claude, Perplexity, GPT, and others to do more than would otherwise be possible. This isn't a bonus skill. Candidates who aren't already doing this won't be competitive for this role.
  • Deep, current expertise managing campaigns on Meta and TikTok.
  • Direct, hands-on experience with at least one major retail media network, including but not limited to Amazon Ads, Walmart Connect, or Instacart.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage yearly budgets of varying sizes, from $100,000 to multi-million-dollar accounts, and be accountable for measurable outcomes.
  • Strong analytical skills; comfortable in platform dashboards, GA4, and pulling a clear story out of the data.
  • You genuinely thrive managing a high volume of clients simultaneously. The breadth motivates you. You don't need a small, tidy book of business to do your best work, you need the scoreboard.
  • You're motivated by performance, not activity. When results are off, it bothers you and you don't wait to be asked to fix it.

Preferred

  • Bonus Depth - Connected TV (CTV) campaign experience, planning and executing CTV campaigns for DTC or CPG brands.
  • Bonus Depth - Pinterest Ads experience, particularly for F&B or lifestyle brands.
  • Bonus Depth - Google Ads (Search, Performance Max, Shopping) — a strong plus for clients with broader channel strategies.

Benefits

  • Fully remote position
  • Health, vision & dental insurance — 75% company covered
  • Basic life insurance — 100% company covered
  • 401k match up to 4%
  • Career growth opportunities as we scale
  • A small, collaborative team where your work actually matters
  • The chance to work with some of the most exciting brands in food & beverage
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