Sr. Associate, Performance Marketing

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level3+ years exp

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and optimize paid social campaigns end-to-end, driving performance through data driven optimization, experimentation, and stakeholder collaboration.

  • Lead daily optimization, pacing, and in‑platform troubleshooting to keep campaigns on target.
  • Drive campaign experimentation and surface opportunities to the manager for action.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Launch, monitor, optimize, and report on media campaigns across paid social channels, with the potential to manage paid search and programmatic campaigns where clients require.
  • Own daily optimization, budget pacing, and in-platform troubleshooting to keep campaigns on plan and on target.
  • Build and traffic campaigns accurately, owning self-QA before every launch.
  • Analyze performance data to refine tactics, and surface in-platform signals, risks, and opportunities to your Manager.
  • Support media planning with actuals, reallocations, and audience execution against the strategic media plan.
  • Run campaign experimentation across audiences, creative, and bidding to identify what drives performance.
  • Evaluate creative and recommend adjustments aligned to platform best practices and client objectives.
  • Join internal and external calls, speaking directly to tactical detail and in-platform campaign structure.
  • Be a key contributor in performance platform calls, clearly articulating active and upcoming campaign plans and implementing platform provided recommendations where applicable.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of media buying experience within paid social. Strong working knowledge of paid search; programmatic experience a strong asset.
  • Strong command of the qualitative and quantitative aspects of paid media.
  • Proficiency in the Google / Microsoft Suite and project management tools (monday.com, Asana, or ClickUp).
  • Strong collaboration, communication, and organizational skills.
  • A keen eye for creative content and current marketing trends.
  • Working understanding of marketing analytics, QA, and optimization best practices.
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled platform features and automation (Advantage+, Performance Max, smart bidding) is a plus.
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Viral Nation

Viral Nation is a global leader in social media innovation, uniting powerful marketing services, proprietary technology, and creator representation. Founded in 2014, we’ve evolved to fuel cultural resonance and predictable growth for brands through a social-first approach. Our belief that creators and social communities are the new media of today and tomorrow steers our world-class services, which include influencer marketing, community management, social content production, social strategy, and our talent representation agency. Our creator intelligence technology, CreatorOS, and AI-powered brand safety solution, Secure, allow us to maximize creator partnerships while safeguarding brand reputation. To learn how we’re redefining the ways brands engage and thrive in an ever-evolving digital world, please visit www.viralnation.com

Founded in 2014
New York, New York, USA
450 employees (130 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
62.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$277
Traffic Source Mix
Search
47.4%
Direct
40.3%
Referral
9.2%
Social
1.9%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~450

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
109 (24% of company)
Median Career Experience
8 years
Median Tenure
2.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$197.9M
Last Raise
$197.9M
Private Equity, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2022
    Private Equity • $197.9M

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