Digital Marketing/Communications Senior Specialist: Paid Media Activation — Programmatic, Paid Social & Paid Search

USA (Hybrid)

$74K/yr – $111K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end activation and optimization of paid media campaigns across programmatic, paid social, and paid search, with pre-launch QA, taxonomy control, testing, and performance reporting as core responsibilities.

  • Owns end-to-end activation across three disciplines
  • Manages pre-launch QA, testing, and optimization

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Builds and launches programmatic display and video campaigns in DV360 and partner demand-side platforms, configuring line items, inventory targeting, frequency caps, and pacing.
  • Builds and launches paid social campaigns across platforms including Meta, LinkedIn, and YouTube, configuring objectives, placements, audiences, and delivery settings.
  • Builds and launches paid search campaigns including keyword structure, match types, ad copy variants, extensions, negative keyword lists, and bid strategy selection.
  • Configures audience targeting across retargeting, lookalike, intent-based, and first-party segments activated from the enterprise customer data platform.
  • Leads day-to-day management of campaign activation across all three disciplines, sequencing build work against launch calendars and creative delivery dates.
  • Coordinates with the Trafficker and respective teams on creative specifications, tag delivery, and landing page readiness ahead of go-live.
  • Owns pre-launch quality assurance across all paid media campaigns, verifying targeting, budgets, flight dates, creative rendering, tracking, and landing page function.
  • Owns campaign taxonomy and naming standards so spend and performance roll up consistently across platforms, brands, and reporting environments.
  • Maintains the campaign launch checklist and enforces completion of tracking, creative, approval, and testing requirements before any campaign goes live.
  • Implements version control for campaign assets and audience definitions to prevent errors from outdated materials.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in related discipline and 4 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 2 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 8 years' experience in a related field.
  • Hands-on campaign build and activation experience across programmatic, paid social, and paid search - not planning or oversight alone.
  • Demonstrated experience managing campaigns in a demand-side platform such as DV360, including line-item configuration and in-flight optimization.
  • Experience supporting multiple brands or product lines in a matrixed enterprise environment.
  • Analytical thinking at a skilled level; interprets campaign data, identifies root causes of underperformance, and recommends specific corrective action.
  • Attention to detail; catches configuration, tracking, and creative errors before campaigns reach market.
  • Process discipline; applies and improves standards for taxonomy, QA, and documentation.
  • Communication; explains campaign performance and trade-offs clearly to non-technical marketing partners.
  • Focuses on execution; manages concurrent campaign builds against firm launch dates with minimal guidance.
  • Proficiency with DV360 or comparable demand-side platforms, Google Ads or Search Ads 360, and self-serve social buying platforms including Meta and LinkedIn, and account-based marketing platforms such as DemandScience, Terminus, or 6sense.

Preferred

  • B2B paid media experience preferred.

Benefits

  • A competitive salary and top-notch bonus plans.
  • Exceptional work-life balance, flexible time-off policies and accommodating work schedules.
  • Comprehensive healthcare, with multiple options for individuals and families.
  • Generous 401(k) retirement plans with company match.
  • Professional development and continuing education opportunities.
  • Inclusive parental leave policies, plus comprehensive fertility coverage and adoption assistance.
  • Extra perks like pet insurance, employee discounts and much more.
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Cox Automotive is a full service vehicle care and repair center. We offer under-car services, state inspections, full detailing services, restoration and performance services as well as fleet maintenance programs.Cox Automotive is involved in our community; we support "The Pittsburgh Project", "Eden Christian Academy", and "Young Life". INTEGRITY QUALITY COMMUNITY

Founded in 2009
Sewickley, Pennsylvania, USA
646 employees (25 in marketing)

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$74K/yr – $111K/yr

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