Specialist, Media Activation

Santa Monica, CA (Unknown)

$56K/yr – $103K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive paid media activation and optimization for Activision Blizzard’s global campaigns.

  • Build, launch, and optimize paid campaigns across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Google Ads, Twitch, Amazon, and programmatic partners.
  • Must-have: 2–4+ years in paid media with hands-on platform experience on at least 3 channels.
  • Standout: Collaborate with regional teams and cross-functional partners to drive global cohesion and performance insights.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Building, launching, and managing paid media campaigns across platforms including Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Google Ads, Twitch, Amazon, and programmatic partners.
  • Implementing audience targeting strategies including first-party data, lookalike modeling, contextual targeting, and interest-based segments.
  • Ensuring proper campaign setup, naming conventions, tracking, and QA prior to launch.
  • Working with regional teams to ensure global cohesion
  • Monitoring campaign performance daily and optimize toward KPIs including CPM, CPV, CTR, CPI, ROAS, and engagement metrics.
  • Conducting A/B testing on creative, copy, targeting, and bidding strategies.
  • Analyzing funnel performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and scale.
  • Partnering with analytics to ensure accurate tracking, tagging, and attribution.
  • Developing weekly and monthly performance reports with actionable insights.
  • Translating data into clear recommendations for stakeholders.

Requirements

  • 2–4+ years of experience in paid media activation or performance marketing in platform
  • Direct platform experience in at least 3 of the following: Meta, TikTok, Google Ads, YouTube, Snapchat, Twitch, or DSPs.
  • Strong understanding of performance marketing KPIs and attribution models.
  • Proficiency in AI, Microsoft Suite,Google Sheets; experience with reporting dashboards (Looker, Tableau, etc.) a plus.
  • Experience managing budgets in the $500K+ range preferred.
  • Highly detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.

Preferred

  • Media agency experience on a gaming or entertainment client
  • Experience on an integrated planning and activation team

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
  • 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
  • Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
  • Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
  • If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
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At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment.We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash BandicootTM, Tony Hawk’sTM Pro SkaterTM, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization. We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up. Ready to Activate Your Future?

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