Senior Paid Media Manager

Chanhassen, MN (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own paid media discipline across multi channel campaigns by aligning budgets, forecasting, and performance insights with business goals.

  • Own multi channel paid media strategy and budget planning.
  • Lead setup, trafficking, QA and optimization to improve ROI.
  • Report KPIs and translate data into actionable leadership-ready recommendations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute integrated paid media strategies aligned with business objectives and marketing priorities.
  • Plan, launch, manage, and optimize paid media campaigns across digital and traditional advertising channels.
  • Build detailed media plans, allocate budgets, forecast campaign performance, and monitor spending to maximize return on investment.
  • Manage campaign setup, trafficking, quality assurance, and ongoing optimization to improve campaign effectiveness.
  • Analyze campaign performance using key performance indicators (KPIs) and provide actionable recommendations to improve results.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders and franchisees to support national and hyper-local advertising initiatives.
  • Present campaign insights, performance reports, and strategic recommendations to leadership and key stakeholders.
  • Stay current on emerging media platforms, advertising technologies, and industry trends, identifying opportunities to test new channels and tactics.
  • Manage multiple advertising campaigns and projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines in a hybrid work environment.
  • Collaborate with creative, marketing, and cross-functional teams to ensure campaign messaging and execution align with brand standards and business goals

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Five (5) or more years of hands-on experience planning, executing, and optimizing paid media campaigns, preferably within an agency or franchise environment.
  • Demonstrated experience managing multi-channel advertising campaigns with measurable business results.
  • Advanced proficiency with Google Ads, Meta (Facebook) Ads Manager, and Google Analytics.
  • Strong experience with media planning, budget management, channel selection, and campaign forecasting.
  • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate business objectives into effective paid media strategies.
  • Excellent communication, organization, and relationship management skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate effectively across departments.

Preferred

  • Experience within the fitness, wellness, or franchise industries.
  • Experience using Asana, Looker Studio, Google Tag Manager, and basic API integrations
  • Strategic paid media planning and execution
  • Digital advertising platform expertise
  • Campaign optimization and performance analysis
  • Budget management and forecasting
  • Data analysis and KPI reporting
  • Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, and Google Analytics proficiency
  • Strong presentation and communication skills
  • Project and time management
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Lift Brands

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Lift Brands is a leading innovator in the fitness industry as the parent brand to Snap Fitness and Fitness On Demand, and is a minority partner in the functional-based fitness brand Fitstop. Lift Brands delivers results through the most rewarding fitness experiences in the world, changing lives daily. For more information on Lift Brands, please visit www.liftbrands.com. Lift Brands is proud to serve in 20+ countries and collectively has over 1,600 locations all over the world.

Founded in 2014
Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA
157 employees (25 in marketing)
71% recommend to a friend
77% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
15.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.6%
Direct
24.8%
Referral
3.9%
Social
2.4%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~157

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
18 (11% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$200M
Last Raise
$200M
Private Equity, 12 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2014
    Private Equity • $200M