Associate Marketing Manager I, Paid Social

Vernon Hills, IL (On-site)

$65K/yr – $75K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive paid social campaigns end-to-end to expand reach and grow new customer growth, coordinating with cross-functional teams and agencies.

  • Own end-to-end paid social campaigns across TikTok, Meta, YouTube, Pinterest to expand reach.
  • Must-have: 2–3 years in paid social management and data-driven optimization.
  • Standout: Collaboration with Retail, Search, and agency partners to boost ROAS and retailer DSP initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create and optimize paid social campaigns to expand reach and grow mental and physical availability across key channels such as TikTok, Meta, YouTube, Pinterest and more.
  • Manage relationships with agency partners on key paid social channels.
  • Utilize tools like Microsoft Excel and PowerBI to evaluate the effectiveness of Paid Social impact on reach, performance in retail channels, budget efficiency and more.
  • Explore and prospect new paid social communication channels and tactics that will expand our reach and grow mental availability.
  • Work collaboratively with the Retail & Search team and the Paid Media shared services team to maximize total ROAS and new customer growth (specifically, retailer sponsored ads and DSP).
  • Support our School and Retail Sales teams to drive traffic for specific regional, geo-targeted initiatives.
  • Lead asset creation initiatives by collaborating with the creative team and other contracted content creators to support paid social needs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, or relevant field
  • 2-3 years of marketing experience managing Paid Social accounts, or relevant experience in paid advertising as well as social media management.
  • Results-driven attitude – a self-starter who thinks and participates effectively, both independently and as part of a team
  • Analytical skills, and sales acumen – must be able to gather, analyze and interpret data to deliver business insights
  • Proactive and resourceful in solving problems, making decisions and executing on goals
  • Connects inside and outside the team; shares information, transfers knowledge and seeks diverse input from others within the team and across the organization
  • Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with management, sales teams, peers and agency partners and manage those relationships to achieve business objectives
  • Collaborates effectively across creative, product, retail, and analytics teams to develop paid social campaigns from start to finish that are strategically aligned, insight‑driven, and optimized for business impact.
  • Owns results and follows through on commitments, takes responsibility and produces quality results
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hand2mind

We believe in the power of learning by doing: that hands-on learning engages children, deepens their understanding, and provides them with the confidence they need to reach their fullest potential. For more than 60 years, hand2mind has been dedicated to supporting those who champion learning, and also those they champion. With products designed to enhance learning in the classroom and the world around us, we strive to find new ways to encourage hands-on exploration and discovery. Our dynamic experiences are captivating, personalized and fun, while also proven to be developmentally appropriate at every level. At hand2mind we support teachers, engage parents, and build confidence in learners. We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to succeed and learning is a fundamental right. Because when children truly understand, there is no limit to what they can achieve.

Founded in 1965
Vernon Hills, Illinois, USA
147 employees (41 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
140.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.6%
Direct
46.7%
Referral
5.5%
Social
1.6%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~147

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
29 (20% of company)