Assistant Buyer, Paid Social

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$47K/yr – $50K/yrEntry Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and coordinate paid social campaigns from planning to reporting, collaborating with internal teams to launch with accuracy and optimize delivery.

  • Lead planning, setup, execution, and performance reporting across paid social channels
  • Coordinate with Media Operations, Finance, Analytics, and Planning to ensure accurate launches and ongoing optimization

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Assisting with planning, campaign setup, execution, and reporting across paid social platforms.
  • Supporting the development of media plans, presentation decks, flowcharts, spec sheets, and campaign documentation.
  • Gathering campaign data, platform costs, audience insights, and other information to support planning recommendations.
  • Collaborating with internal teams including Media Operations, Ad Operations, Finance, Analytics, and Planning to ensure campaigns launch accurately and efficiently.
  • Creating media contracts and maintaining accurate campaign details within internal systems.
  • Monitoring campaign pacing, budgets, and delivery while helping identify optimization opportunities.
  • Supporting campaign trafficking and quality assurance alongside Ad Operations and media partners.
  • Assisting with campaign reporting, proof-of-performance documentation, and post-campaign recaps.
  • Managing day-to-day communication with internal teams, media partners, creative agencies, and, over time, clients.
  • Staying current on emerging social platforms, industry trends, and new advertising opportunities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Excellent organizational, time management, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
  • Interest in paid social media, digital marketing, or advertising is strongly preferred.
  • 3-6+ months of hands-on experience in execution & optimization of digital media campaigns with a focus in Paid Social
  • Analytical skills, both the ability to interpret overall social performance and paid campaign performance (within and beyond KPIs of social platforms)
  • A passionate, resourceful, curious problem-solver.
  • Our hybrid work model gives employees flexibility while supporting collaboration, mentorship, and professional growth. Assistant Buyers should expect to work from the office at least two days per week

Benefits

  • Flexibility to work in hybrid manner with in-office and work from home options (depending on role).
  • Open/Flexible PTO/Annual leave with US & UK specific policies
  • Sponsored healthcare options and agency-wide physical & mental health support
  • 401k with company match (USA), and generous Pension (UK)
  • Paid sabbatical at significant milestone anniversaries
  • Generous paid parental leave policy
  • Life milestone recognition & support
  • The Pursuit of Happiness Fund devoted to helping Crossmedians find their happy (be it travel, enrichment class, fitness membership or professional development)
  • Cell phone/tech reimbursement
  • Student Loan payment plan (US)
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Crossmedia Inc

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Welcome to Crossmedia, a global, independent and minority-owned, full-funnel agency committed to doing media the right way for the last 25 years. Rooted in TRUST, REASON, and the Pursuit of HAPPINESS, we are committed to acting without bias and backed by the strictest transparency standards, making decisions grounded in data and common sense, and leading with strategies that deliver employee, client, and customer satisfaction. We focus on what media agencies should do: create innovative connections between brands and people regardless of channel or budget, and we do it in an honest way.Our culture is also pretty great. We invest in every colleague’s professional and personal wellbeing and growth, with XM groups like XMEquity365, XMFit, XMReads, and more! Of course, we also have our famous Burgerday every month, along with regular wellness workshops and educational sessions—part of the reason Crossmedia has been named to Ad Age’s Best Places to Work list the past six years in a row!Crossmedia is headquartered in New York and has hubs across the U.S., London, Germany and Toronto.

Founded in 2000
New York, New York, USA
316 employees (94 in marketing)
71% recommend to a friend
89% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
8.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.6%
Direct
52%
Referral
6.4%
Social
5.8%
Paid
1.1%

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Current headcount: ~316

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