Sr. Social Media Buyer

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$80K/yr – $90K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 16 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end programmatic media buying for Meta and TikTok, drive budget efficiency, margins, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration across international teams, leveraging AI tools to optimize campaigns.

  • Own media buying strategy and execution
  • Collaborate with PM and international teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Media Buying: Develop and implement media buying strategies that align with the company's GTM strategy, guaranteeing performance. Focus primarily on Meta and TikTok, optimizing spending to achieve KPI goals
  • Budget Management: Manage and allocate budgets effectively across platforms, ensuring optimal spend while meeting campaign objectives
  • Delivery of Campaign Budgets/Units: Ensure the complete and timely delivery of campaign budgets and units as per client agreements and campaign plans
  • Maintain and Maximize Margins: Closely monitor and manage financial margins to ensure profitability. Implement strategies to maximize margins, which is a critical priority for the business's ongoing success and competitive edge
  • Reporting and Analysis: Assist the account management team in the analysis and reporting of data from campaigns. Assist with developing comprehensive reports that not only detail performance metrics but also narrate a compelling story for clients, illustrating the value and impact of the campaigns
  • Collaboration with Account Management Teams: Work closely with account management teams on RFPs, campaign briefs, planning, and pricing strategies to ensure comprehensive service offerings and competitive positioning in the market
  • International Coordination: Collaborate with international teams to align processes and ensure that client expectations are met to guarantee campaign performance
  • Platform Management and AI Tools: Utilize advanced platform management technologies and AI tools like Pixis for hyper-experimentation and cross-platform optimization to dynamically adjust and push ad groups within Meta and across other platforms
  • Hiring and Training: Assist in the hiring process by participating in interviews and the selection of candidates. Develop and execute training programs for new hires to ensure they are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to perform their roles effectively
  • All other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Digital Marketing Experience: At least 5 years of experience in digital marketing, including SEM, SEO, Facebook/PMDs, and/or Programmatic/Trading Desks buying and execution
  • Certifications: Possession of AdWords, YouTube, and/or Facebook certifications will be considered a significant advantage
  • Industry Knowledge: A thorough understanding of the digital advertising space, including up-to-date knowledge of marketplace trends, third-party research partners, Data Management Platforms (DMPs), and relevant studies
  • Analytical Skills: A strong aptitude for data and analytics with a keen eye for extracting meaningful insights from complex data sets
  • Entrepreneurial Spirit: Demonstrated initiative and a proactive approach to testing innovative buying techniques and exploring new opportunities in digital advertising
  • Project Management: Ability to manage and prioritize multiple campaigns across various U.S. time zones, platforms, and ad formats efficiently
  • Technical Proficiency: Advanced knowledge of Excel, including calculations, pivot tables, and graph creation
  • Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal skills required for effective communication in-person, on the phone, and via virtual platforms
  • Problem-Solving: Proactive in identifying issues and devising effective solutions before they escalate
  • Creativity and Resourcefulness: A creative thinker with a solution-oriented approach who can leverage resources effectively to achieve business objectives

Benefits

  • Work with a leading startup in a high-demand industry, and you would be working with like-minded experts aiming to transform video ad operations
  • Competitive salary
  • Comprehensive medical benefits (Medical, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance)
  • Cell phone and Wi-Fi reimbursement
  • Bill Spend Stipend
  • Gym Stipend
  • Work-life flexibility - we value your contributions above all
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Channel Factory

3.5 Glassdoor

Channel Factory is a global technology and data platform that maximizes both performance efficiency and contextual suitability, delivering contextual performance for advertisers on YouTube. Channel Factory’s technology platform, ViewIQ, analyzes all YouTube channels and videos to ensure ads run on brand suitable and contextually relevant content. Channel Factory maximizes performance for advertisers on YouTube through managed service or self-service dynamic whitelists & blacklists, easily implemented through DV360 or Google Ads. Our platform is built to meet the needs of advertisers, offering standard IAB category lists or highly customized content lists in 36+ languages. Why Contextual Suitability? In our reviews of campaigns run outside of Channel Factory, we see on average 28% of an advertiser's campaign run against unsuitable videos, such as children’s content or against the wrong language. Leveraging historical performance data is a key differentiator for Channel Factory. We do not just ‘set it and forget it’ when it comes to contextual suitability. We incorporate active and historical campaign data into our ViewIQ platform and constantly optimize throughout the campaign, resulting in 30% efficiency in media spend.

Founded in 2010
Rowland Heights, California, USA
710 employees (135 in marketing)
57% recommend to a friend
65% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$80K/yr – $90K/yr

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Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 11 months ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2025
    Private Equity

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
23.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
41%
Direct
39.5%
Referral
9.7%
Social
8.4%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~711

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