Associate Planner, Paid Social

Boston, MA (On-site)

$50K/yr – $71K/yrEntry Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own paid social execution and optimization across platforms with cross-functional alignment, turning goals into a data-driven strategy and real-time iterating with analytics and API partner partnerships.

  • Manage daily paid social needs including trafficking, pacing, optimization, and reporting.
  • Collaborate with Planning, Social Strategy, and Analytics to align paid and organic social efforts and use real-time data to improve campaigns.
  • Track market trends, evaluate new ad products, and vet API partners to broaden the social stack.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • You’ll be responsible for working across all social platforms to plan, implement, manage and optimize data-driven campaigns.
  • This role works closely with the national Paid Social practice to constantly track the market, evaluate new opportunities, create training materials, and vet new social/messaging Platforms and API Partners (PMDs/FMPs).
  • As an Associate Planner, Paid Social you’ll manage the daily paid social needs on a client, including ad trafficking, budget pacing, optimization and reporting.
  • Serve as a member of a cross-functional client team to understand goals and translate them into a paid social media strategy across all platforms and devices.
  • Partner with Media Planning, Social Strategy, and Strategy & Analytics groups to understand the role of paid social within the larger paid media campaign, as well as the organic social strategy.
  • Support your team in flawlessly running paid media in API partner platforms and directly in social platforms. Responsible for campaign setup, trafficking, ongoing optimization, and reporting that meets and exceeds client goals.
  • Stay up to date on new ad products and technology advancements, understanding how to translate them to deliver on business goals.
  • Work with the Strategy & Analytics team to use real-time data, testing, and campaign learnings to effectively optimize and manage campaigns. Collect insights to share back with internal and client teams.
  • Leverage planning and forecasting tools within platforms to inform budgets, bid strategies, and target audiences.
  • Produce clear communication for internal teams regarding campaign performance, recommendations and expected deliverables.
  • Work flexible hours to adapt to the real-time nature of the social space. Be available “on call” during non-business hours for posting and optimizing as needed.
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Digitas North America

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Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

Founded in 1980
Boston, Massachusetts, US
2.8K employees (892 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
82% CEO approval

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67.2K
Traffic Source Mix
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Direct
42.7%
Referral
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6.2%
Paid
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Current headcount: ~2.9K

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Marketing Team Size
673 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
3.9 years
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